#20 Volleyball Closes Road Stretch with Series at #19 Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kansas – The #20 University of Houston Volleyball staff caps a nine-match highway swing with a two-match collection at #19 Kansas on Friday and Saturday. Both fits can be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. 
 
The Cougars are at the prowl for his or her first Big 12 Conference win after a tricky three-set loss to #10 BYU within the staff’s league opener remaining week. Houston is 2-0 in opposition to Kansas within the all-time collection.
 

#20 HOUSTON (7-3, 0-1 BIG 12) AT #19 KANSAS (10-2, 1-1 BIG 12)
Date | Time				Friday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m.  Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m
Location				Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena | Lawrence, Kansas
TV				Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | Friday | Saturday
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston
Social Media				@uhcougarvb  | @uhccougarvb  | Cougar Volleyball  | #CrossCoogs | #BeSomeone

QUICK HITS

• Houston entered the AVCA Poll remaining season for the primary time since 1994 and tied its very best ultimate rating in program historical past at No. 17. In the preseason iteration of this yr’s ballot, the Cougars had been voted at #19 and feature been ranked as prime as #13 this season. The Cougars were ranked in all six polls thus far this season and feature been positioned in 13 immediately polls.
• The Big 12 Conference ranked as the highest volleyball convention within the nation remaining yr in line with the NCAA’s Conference RPI liberate and added 3 2022 NCAA event groups in Houston, BYU and UCF on July 1. The Big 12 these days has 5 groups ranked within the AVCA ballot with every other two receiving votes.
• Houston went an ideal 14-0 at house throughout the Fertitta Center remaining season, one in every of 18 groups to head undefeated and one in every of 9 to win 14-or-more. The staff’s house win streak of 17 is the 4th longest lively streak within the nation. 
• Kellen Morin captured the University of Houston’s first-ever person Big 12 Conference honors by way of being named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29. 
• The Cougars broke their four-set digs report with 98 in opposition to SMU on Sept. 9. The mark helped propel Houston into forty third nationally and third within the Big 12 with 15.72 digs according to set.
• Morin has been a drive for Houston on the internet this season, main the staff in blocks in 8 of the 9 fits and rating eleventh nationally with 1.49 blocks according to set. Her mark aids Houston’s rating of forty third within the nation within the class (2.50).
• Houston held Liberty to a unfavorable hitting proportion, the primary time Houston held an opponent unfavorable since Aug. 26, 2017, in opposition to Southern U. 
• Kansas sits at 10-2 at the yr with its simplest losses coming in opposition to Purdue, who now sits at #17 within the AVCA Poll, and Texas Tech. 

 
SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. Kansas

• All-time: UH leads 2-0 | Sets: UH leads 5-1
• In Houston: 0-0
• In Lawrence: UH leads 1-0
• Neutral Sites: UH leads 1-0
• Last assembly: UH received 3-1 | A | Sept. 11, 1987
• Houston Streak: W2
• Rehr’s UH profession vs. Kansas: First assembly
• Houston’s Last 5: WW

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