The Wave Wraps Up Season This Week in Florida

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University volleyball team will travel to Florida this week to take on the University of Central Florida (25-1, 17-1 AAC) and the University of South Florida (10-18, 4-12 AAC). Wednesday's matchup will begin at 4:00 pm in the Venue at UCF, while Friday's first serve is at 6:00 pm in The Yuengling Center.

THE MATCHUPS
The last time UFC and Tulane matched up was Sep 21st, when the Wave dropped an intense three-set match against the Knights (25-22, 25-22, 25-20). Last week the Knights extended the winning streak to 12 for the second time this season with a 3-0 sweep over East Carolina on Friday night on the road. UCF followed that up with a sweep over Temple (10-19, 4-14 AAC) on Sunday.

The Green Wave defeated USF in four games earlier this season. The Bulls started last week with a comeback five-game win at Temple on Friday night. The Bulls then lost in four games to ECU on Sunday afternoon. Before facing the Green Wave on Friday, the Bulls will travel to Houston on Wednesday to take on The University of Houston.

PRESEASON RANKINGS

Tulane is currently eleventh in the 2022 American Athletic Conference standing. While the two competitors this week are placed second (UCF) and ninth (South Florida) in the league.

QUICK HITS

Amarachi Osuji leads the team with 290 kills this season.
Skylar Bumpers leads the team with 59 total blocks this season
Tulane owns the AAC's fifth-best hitting percentage at .207.
Tulane is seventh in the AAC in kills with 1394, averaging 12.34 a set.
The Green Wave is eighth as a team in service aces (AAC) with 146, an average of 1.29 aces a set.
Kaiser sits in. the eight spot in hitting percentage in the AAC at .315.
The team's total of 1780 digs lands Tulane fourth in the AAC with an average of 15.75.
Kate Van Houten is third in the AAC for assists with 824, averaging 8.49 a set.

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The Wave Wraps Up Season This Week in Florida

Players Mentioned

Amarachi Osuji

Kate Van Houten

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The Wave Wraps Up Season This Week in Florida

Players Mentioned

Amarachi Osuji

Kate Van Houten

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