Wednesday, November 24
New Orleans, La.
6 p.m.
Tulane University
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UCF
Volleyball Gears up for the Final Week of the Season
Nov 23, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
New Orleans -ย The Tulane University volleyball team will close out the 2021 season in Uptown this week with a pair of matches. The Wave will take on the Knights of UCF on Wednesday with serve slatted for 6 p.m. The season closer will follow on Friday when USF rolls in for senior day at 1 p.m.
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Game Notes
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THIS WEEK'S MATCHUPS
Tulane Volleyball vs. UCF
Tulane: 17-13 / UCF: 24-6
Wednesday, Nov. 24 - 6 p.m. CT
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse/ New Orleans
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The Green Wave will go into Friday's match looking for their first win against UCF since Tulane got it done in 2016. Tulane last met the Knights in October when they fell 3-0. Tulane holds the third best record in the American Conference against the Knights who have led the league for the last 6 seasons.ย
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Tulane Volleyball vs. USF
Tulane: 17-13 / USF: 7-22
Friday, Nov. 26 - 1 p.m. CT
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse/ New Orleans
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Friday's match against USF will be the second meeting between the teams this season. When the teams last met in October, Tulane clinched the win in five sets. Friday will also mark senior night for the Tulane volleyball program.ย
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RANKINGSย
Tulane was picked fourth in 2021 American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Poll, returning nearly the entire roster from the spring 2021 season. UCF was selected to win the league while USF was picked to finish seventh. With one week of play left in the regular season, Tulane currently sits in sixth. Meanwhile UCF leads the league with a strong 17-1 record USF posts the reciprocal mark of 1-17.ย
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AWARDS
The Green Wave picked up two preseason all-conference team selections in seniorsย Lexie Douglasย andย Kayla Dinkins. Tulane has also earned four AAC weekly honor roll selections inย Michelle Urquhart,ย Anna Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) andย Mackenzie Martin.
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Quick Hits
Follow Tulane volleyball on social media at @GreenWaveVB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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Game Notes
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THIS WEEK'S MATCHUPS
Tulane Volleyball vs. UCF
Tulane: 17-13 / UCF: 24-6
Wednesday, Nov. 24 - 6 p.m. CT
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse/ New Orleans
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Live Stats- UCFย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Watch-UCF
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The Green Wave will go into Friday's match looking for their first win against UCF since Tulane got it done in 2016. Tulane last met the Knights in October when they fell 3-0. Tulane holds the third best record in the American Conference against the Knights who have led the league for the last 6 seasons.ย
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Tulane Volleyball vs. USF
Tulane: 17-13 / USF: 7-22
Friday, Nov. 26 - 1 p.m. CT
Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse/ New Orleans
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Live Stats- USFย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Watch-USF
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Friday's match against USF will be the second meeting between the teams this season. When the teams last met in October, Tulane clinched the win in five sets. Friday will also mark senior night for the Tulane volleyball program.ย
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RANKINGSย
Tulane was picked fourth in 2021 American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Poll, returning nearly the entire roster from the spring 2021 season. UCF was selected to win the league while USF was picked to finish seventh. With one week of play left in the regular season, Tulane currently sits in sixth. Meanwhile UCF leads the league with a strong 17-1 record USF posts the reciprocal mark of 1-17.ย
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AWARDS
The Green Wave picked up two preseason all-conference team selections in seniorsย Lexie Douglasย andย Kayla Dinkins. Tulane has also earned four AAC weekly honor roll selections inย Michelle Urquhart,ย Anna Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) andย Mackenzie Martin.
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Quick Hits
- Tulane sits in fifth in the AAC leaderboard for kills with a team number of 1474.
- Tulane holds three places on the AAC's top 20 leaderboard in hitting percentage in Kayla Dinkins (4th, .334), Anna Davis (17th, .280) and Yvette Burcescu (21st, .252).
- Tulane is second in hitting percentage in the AAC with a .239 clip.
- Tulane has earned AAC weekly honor roll selections in Urquhart, Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) and Mackenzie Martin.
- Dinkins sits at fifth in school history in block assists with 373 she is two away from breaking into fourth.
- Douglas is third in program history with 1563 kills.
- Taylor Henigsman and Urquhart lead the Green Wave with 6 double doubles this season, Douglas comes in third with 5 and rounding out the group is Chelsea Harvey with 2.
- Henigsman is third in the AAC in assists per set this season averaging 10.01 assists a set.
- Douglas and Urquhart are tied for 12th in the AAC in kills at 318 a piece.
- Urquhart is 8th in the AAC in points with 383.5, Douglas follows closely in 11th, and Dinkins rounds out the list in 18th.
- Henigsman is seventh in program history in assists at 2,460.
- Sophia Ervanian is 15th in the ACC in digs with 326 averaging 2.88 a set, Jillian Dits sits in 17th with 274.
- Earlier in the season, Martin broke the program record for most digs in a single match, 41.
Follow Tulane volleyball on social media at @GreenWaveVB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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