#21 Volleyball Returns to Fertitta Center for Battle with TCU

HOUSTON – The #21 University of Houston Volleyball group performs its first of 2 combatants this week on Wednesday as TCU visits Fertitta Center. 
 
The fit, scheduled for a 7 p.m. first serve, is the group’s Red Out sport. Fans are inspired to put on purple and the primary 500 enthusiasts will obtain a unfastened purple blouse. 
 

QUICK HITS

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• Houston entered the AVCA Poll final season for the primary time since 1994 and tied its best possible ultimate score in program historical past at No. 17. In the preseason iteration of this 12 months’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 13 polls thus far this season and feature been positioned in 20 directly polls. 
• Kellen Morin captured the University of Houston’s first-ever particular person Big 12 Conference honors by means of being named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29. Kate Georgiades and Rachel Tullos added their first Big 12 weekly honors with Defensive Player of the Week alternatives on Oct. 24 and Nov. 7, respectively. 
• Morin has been a drive for Houston on the internet this season, main the group in blocks in 16 of the 23 suits and ranks twenty fourth nationally with 1.31 blocks according to set. Morin additionally sits at #2 within the league (twenty second nationally) in hitting share whilst Georgiades ranks 2d within the Big 12 in digs according to set (4.62).
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• The Cougars held Liberty to a destructive hitting share, the primary time Houston held an opponent destructive since Aug. 26, 2017, towards Southern U. Houston then repeated the feat, proscribing Cincinnati to a -.009 hitting potency on Oct. 29.
• After changing all of the best 5 attendances in program historical past final 12 months, Houston has already changed the highest 3 once more this season, together with the primary two volleyball sellouts at Fertitta Center. Houston lately sits at thirty ninth in cumulative attendance and twenty fourth in moderate attendance nationally. 
• The Cougars are certainly one of two groups with 3 avid gamers within the best 50 for profession units performed amongst energetic avid gamers, becoming a member of Oregon. Houston’s beginning seven final fit contains 4 grad scholars, two seniors and a junior.
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• David Rehr turned into the 3rd head trainer in Houston Volleyball historical past to hit 100 wins within the NCAA technology, changing into the fastest to whole the feat on Nov. 10 towards Oklahoma (141 suits). He’s certainly one of a minimum of 4 coaches to hit 100 wins at Houston (data incomplete prior to 1973).

 
SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. TCU

• All-time: Houston leads 7-4
• Sets: Houston leads 26-16
• In Houston: Houston leads 4-2
• In Fort Worth: Series tied 1-1
• Neutral Sites: Houston leads 2-1
• Last assembly: TCU gained 3-1 | A | Sept. 13, 2013
• Houston Streak: L2
• Rehr’s UH profession vs. TCU: 0-0
• Houston’s Last 5: LLWLW (2-3)
• Houston’s Longest Win Streak: 4, 2002-2003
• Houston’s Longest Losing Streak: 2, 2010-Present

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