#22 Volleyball Plays Road Finale at #25 Baylor

WACO, Texas – The #22 University of Houston Volleyball crew performs its ultimate highway fit of the common season towards #25 Baylor, the crew’s 8th ranked matchup of the 12 months. First serve is scheduled for six p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
 
The assembly between former Southwest Conference foes renews Houston’s 11^th maximum widespread competition because the groups have performed 40 instances since 1976. 
 

QUICK HITS

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• Houston entered the AVCA Poll closing season for the primary time since 1994 and tied its perfect 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 had been ranked in all 14 polls thus far this season and feature been positioned in 21 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 picks on Oct. 24 and Nov. 7, respectively. 
• Morin has been a pressure for Houston on the web this season, main the crew in blocks in 16 of the 25 fits and ranks forty sixth nationally with 1.24 blocks in keeping with set. Morin additionally leads the league (fifteenth nationally) in hitting share whilst Georgiades ranks 2d within the Big 12 in digs in keeping with set (4.54).
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• The Cougars held Liberty to a damaging hitting share, the primary time Houston held an opponent damaging 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 the most sensible 5 attendances in program historical past closing 12 months, Houston has changed the highest 3 once more this season, together with the primary two volleyball sellouts at Fertitta Center. Houston these days sits at thirty seventh in cumulative attendance and thirty first in moderate attendance nationally. 
• The Cougars are certainly one of two groups with 3 gamers within the most sensible 50 for profession units performed amongst lively gamers, becoming a member of Oregon. Houston’s beginning seven closing 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 generation, changing into the fastest to finish the feat on Nov. 10 towards Oklahoma (141 fits). He’s certainly one of at least 4 coaches to hit 100 wins at Houston (information incomplete previous to 1973).

 
SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. Baylor

• All-time: Houston leads 31-9
• Sets: Houston leads 100-42
• In Houston: Houston leads 13-4 
• In Waco: Houston 15-4
• Neutral Sites: Houston leads 3-1
• Last assembly: Baylor received 3-2 | H | March 18, 2021
• Houston Streak: L8
• Rehr’s UH profession vs. BU: 0-2
• Houston’s Last 5: LLLLL (0-5)
• Houston’s Longest Win Streak: 25, 1975-1992
• Houston’s Longest Losing Streak: 8, 2003-Present 

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