10/22/04
Volleyball Preview: No. 18 Kansas State
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Match #19
No. 10 Texas (16-2, 8-2 Big 12) vs.
No. 18 Kansas State (13-6, 7-3 Big 12)
When: Saturday, October 23, 2004 at 3 p.m.
Where: Austin, Texas (Gregory Gym, capacity: 4,400)
All-Time
Series Record: Texas leads, 12-7 (6-3 home, 5-4 away, 1-0 neutral)
Series
Streaks: UT has won the last two meetings and has won four of the last five contests
Last
Meeting: Oct. 9, 2004: No. 11 UT won, 3-0 (30-24, 32-30, 30-23) in Manhattan
Last
UT victory: Same
Last
K-State victory: Oct. 15, 2003: No. 8 KSU won, 3-2 (19-30, 24-30, 20-30, 30-25, 16-14) in Manhattan
Elliott
vs. Kansas State: 4-3
Match Promotions: Volleyball Club Night: $1 general admission for all coaches and players wearing team jerseys; Scout Night: $1 general admission for all scouts in uniform or t-shirt with flyer; FREE general admission with Iowa State soccer ticket; $1 general admission ticket with a Web coupon available at TexasSports.com
QUICK SETS
Saturday's match against K-State is the official begining of the second half of the Big 12 Conference schedule ... UT went 8-2 in the first half ... the last time Texas had a record of 8-2 at the schedule's turn was 2002, when the Horns finished the conference slate 13-7.
Texas remained in the Top 10 in the USA Today/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll this week, falling one spot to No. 10. Texas is ranked No. 12 in this week's Volleyball Magazine poll.
Texas fell from the ranks of the undefeated last weekend after a 3-1 loss at No. 20 Texas A&M ... UT had opened its season 16-0 for the first time since 1990 when the team started 26-0 ... with its victory last Wednesday (Oct. 13) against Missouri, Texas surpassed its 2003 win total (15).
Texas is fourth in the nation in hitting percentage (NCAA Stats release, 10/19/04), with a .316 mark through last week, and is ranked 11th in kills per game (17.05) and 14th in assists per game (15.65) with a freshman - Michelle Moriarty - leading the offense at setter.
Mira Topic is ranked fourth nationally - and leads the Big 12 in both overall and conference only - in kills/game ... last week she earned her third Big 12 Player of the Week award of the season for her performances against Texas Tech and Kansas State.
Mira Topic has now posted four-straight 20-kill matches, with three of them coming against ranked teams (25 at No. 16 Kansas State; 25 at No. 20 Texas A&M; 25 vs. No. 4 Nebraska).
After hitting .341 through their first 15 matches, Texas has hit .204 in its last three matches which included both of the team's losses this season.
UT has limited its opponents to a hitting percentage under .250 in 17 of its 18 matches, including six matches where the team has held its opponents below .100 ... offensively, Texas has hit for an attack percentage of .350 or higher in 10 of 18 matches this season, including four matches of .420 or higher.
UT has won 14 of its 16 victories matches by 3-0 scores, and has won 51 games to its opponents‚ nine in 2004 ... Texas has limited opponents to 19 or fewer points in 23 games this season ... UT managed the feat in only eight games in 2003.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
K-State opened the season 5-4 overall, but has won eight of its last 10 matches ... the team‚s two losses in that stretch were to then-No. 11 Texas (3-0 on Oct. 9) and No. 4 Nebraska (3-1 on Oct. 13) ... KSU is 1-5 against ranked teams, also falling to then No. 11 Cal (3-0), then-No. 4 Florida (3-2) and then-No. 5 Minnesota (3-2) and defeating then-No. 11 Texas A&M (3-0) ... Vali Hejjas leads the team in kills with 234 (3.39/game), while Lisa Martin is tops on the team in hitting percentage (.383) ... Gabby Guerre is the team‚s returning setter and has 759 assists (11.16/game), Angie Lastra has a team-high 283 digs (4.04/game) and Joy Hamlin has a team-high 101 (1.49/game).
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KANSAS STATE QUICK FACTS Location: Manhattan, Kan. Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Purple and White 2003 Record: 30-5 2003 Big 12 Record (Finish): 18-2 (First) 2003 Postseason: NCAA Regional Semifinal Final AVCA Ranking: No. 11 |
