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PROVO, Utah – The #20 University of Houston Volleyball staff makes its Big 12 Conference debut at the street at #10 BYU at 8 p.m. CT, Wednesday. The recreation can be Houston’s first tournament of the season on nationwide tv because the tournament will probably be broadcast on ESPN2.
Houston continues a nine-match street swing with the midweek tilt, and lately hang a 4-2 document clear of the Fertitta Center. Houston is on a three-match win streak and gained either one of its suits final weekend in College Station, Texas, taking down Texas A&M and Liberty.
QUICK HITS
- Houston entered the AVCA Poll final season for the primary time since 1994 and tied its best ultimate score in program historical past at No. 17. In the preseason iteration of this yr’s ballot, the Cougars have been voted at #19 and feature been ranked as prime as #13 this season. Houston has been ranked in all 5 polls thus far this season and feature been positioned in 12 directly polls.
- The Big 12 Conference ranked as the highest volleyball convention within the nation final yr in step 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 lately has six groups ranked within the AVCA ballot, which is 46 % of the league’s groups, the best share of a convention ranked nationally.
- Houston went a really perfect 14-0 at house within the Fertitta Center final 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 fifth longest energetic streak within the nation.
- Kellen Morin captured the University of Houston’s first-ever person Big 12 Conference honors via being named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.
- Houston broke its four-set digs document with 98 towards SMU on Sept. 9. The mark helped propel Houston into twenty ninth nationally and 1st within the Big 12 with 16.15 digs in keeping with set.
- Morin has been a power for Houston on the internet this season, main the staff in blocks in 8 of the 9 suits and score eighth nationally with 1.56 blocks in keeping with set. Her mark aids Houston’s score of thirty second within the nation within the class (2.61).
- Houston held Liberty to a unfavorable hitting share, the primary time Houston held an opponent unfavorable since Aug. 26, 2017, towards Southern U.
- BYU sits at 11-1 at the season and is ranked #10 within the AVCA Coaches Poll. BYU has gotten a key win over then-#5 Pitt with the staff’s lone loss towards then-#13 Washington State in four-sets. BYU is coming off a couple of sweeps towards Utah State and Utah Valley final weekend.
SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. BYU
- All-time: UH leads 6-5 | Sets: BYU leads 18-19
- In Houston: UH leads 1-0
- In Provo: UH leads 3-2
- Neutral Sites: BYU leads 3-2
- Last assembly: UH gained 3-2 | A | Sept. 11, 2010
- Houston Streak: W1
- Rehr’s UH occupation vs. BYU: First assembly
- Houston’s Last 5: WLLLL
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