The Wave Readies to Wash Up in Huston and Cincinnati this Week

The Wave is Readies to Wash Up in Houston and Cincinnati this Week

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University volleyball team will travel to Texas and Ohio this week to take on the University of Houston (21-2, 12-0 AAC) and the University of Cincinnati (6-16, 4-8 AAC). Wednesday night's matchup will begin at 2:30 pm in the Fertitta Center, and Sunday's will see first serve at noon in the Fifth Third Arena.

THE MATCHUPS

The last time Houston and Tulane matched up was Sep 21^st, when the Wave dropped an intense five-set match to the Cougars (25-22, 9-25, 26-24, 25-18,15-8) in its first AAC match of the season. The Green Wave endured the same fate on Sep 23^rd, when it suffered a tough four-set loss (26-28, 25-16, 24-26, 21-25) to Cincinnati. The Bearcats and the Cougars will face off against each other this week in Cincinnati on Friday, Nov 4.

PRESEASON RANKINGS

Tulane is currently ninth in the 2022 American Athletic Conference. While the two competitors this week are ranked first (Huston) and sixth (Cincinnati) respectively.

QUICK HITS

Amarachi Osuji leads the team with 236 kills this season.
Kayla Kaiser leads the team with 38 total blocks in 13 this season
Tulane owns the AAC's fifth-best hitting percentage at .217.
Tulane is fifth in the AAC in kills with 616, averaging 12.57 a set.
The Green Wave is sixth as a team in service aces (AAC) with 62, an average of 1.27 aces a set.
Kaiser sits sixth best for hitting percentage in the AAC at .335.
The team's total of 781 digs lands Tulane fourth in the AAC with an average of 15.94.
Van Houten is sixth in the AAC for assists with 441, averaging 9.00 a set.

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