American Report August 28, 2019

Megan Erbes, Director of Communications ([email protected] • 401.453.0660) 15 Park Row West • Providence, RI 02903 TheAmerican.org • Twitter: @American_VBall • Facebook: fb.com/AmericanConf

2019 STANDINGS PRESEASON HONORS

AMERICAN OVERALL PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL SCHOOL W-L PCT W-L PCT. H A N STREAK UCF RV - - 0-0 - - - - - School (First-Place Votes) Pts. Cincinnati RV - - 0-0 - - - - - UConn - - 0-0 - - - - - 1. UCF (8) 118 2. Cincinnati (4) 114

EAST ECU - - 0-0 - - - - - USF - - 0-0 - - - - - 3. Tulane 99 Temple - - 0-0 - - - - - 4. Tulsa 81 Houston - - 0-0 - - - - - 5. SMU 77 Memphis - - 0-0 - - - - - 6. USF 66 SMU - - 0-0 - - - - - 7. Wichita State 65

WEST Tulane - - 0-0 - - - - - 8. Temple 44 Tulsa - - 0-0 - - - - - 9. ECU 39 Wichita State - - 0-0 - - - - - 10. Houston 34 (AVCA Rankings) 11. UConn 32 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE THE AMERICAN TODAY 12. Memphis 23

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 A NEW CHAMPIONSHIP ERA Cincinnati vs. RV South Carolina...... 10 a.m. 2019 rings in a new era in American Athletic Conference Temple vs. Fairfield...... 10 a.m. volleyball, as the conference will hold a championship tournament for the first time in its seven-year history. Preseason Player of the Year Tulane vs. UTEP...... 12 p.m. The 2019 Championship will be held Nov. 22-24 at The UConn vs. Gonzaga...... 12:30 p.m. Venue at UCF, as the Knights claimed last year’s league Jordan Thompson, R-Sr., RS/OH, Cincinnati* Memphis vs. Drake...... 1 p.m. title. Tulsa vs. RV Pepperdine...... 1 p.m. Bradley at SMU...... 1:30 p.m. The league will implement divisions for the first time, Preseason All-Conference Team Arizona State at Houston...... 1:30 p.m. with six teams making up the East and the remaining USF vs. UAB...... 2:30 p.m. six the West. The championship will feature six teams, McKenna Melville, So., OH, UCF* ECU vs. Providence...... 3 p.m. including the top two teams from each division. The final Kristina Fisher, Sr., OH, UCF UCF vs. Iowa State...... 4 p.m. two spots in the field will fall to the next best two teams, Temple vs. Lafayette...... 4 p.m. determined by tie-breaking procedures. The top two Anne-Marie Watson, Jr., RS, UCF seeds - the divisional winners - will receive first-round UConn vs. Air Force...... 4:30 p.m. Jordan Thompson, R-Sr., RS/OH, Cincinnati* Tulane vs. Incarnate Word...... 5 p.m. byes. Wichita State vs. Holy Cross...... 5 p.m. Maria Mallon, So., OH, Cincinnati Tulsa vs. Illinois State...... 6 p.m. REPEAT CHOICE UCF was selected by the American Athletic Conference’s Caylee Parker, So., OH, UConn Cincinnati at 12 Pittsburgh...... 7 p.m. head coaches as the favorite to repeat for the 2019 USF at Ball State...... 7 p.m. Volleyball title, tabulating eight first place votes and Shelby Martin, Jr., S, ECU TAMCC at Houston...... 8 p.m. 118 points. The Knights earned the conference crown in Hannah Flowers, Jr., RS, Memphis UTSA at SMU...... 8:30 p.m. 2018, posting an unblemished 18-0 record in the league, Memphis vs. South Dakota State...... 8:30 p.m. and the No. 13 national seed for the NCAA Championship. Jac’cara Walker, Sr., OH, USF

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 ONE FINAL GO Hannah Jacobs, So., OH, SMU UConn vs. Navy...... 10 a.m. Cincinnati redshirt senior Jordan Thompson, the four- Montana Watts, Sr., L, SMU Memphis at Eastern Illinois...... 12 p.m. time American Athletic Conference Preseason Player ECU vs. George Mason...... 12 p.m. of the Year and two-time unanimous Player of the Year, Lexie Douglas, Jr., OH, Tulane returns for her final campaign with the Bearcats. Last Wichita State vs. Hofstra...... 1 p.m. Erika Hansel, Sr., RS, Tulane* UT Arlington at Houston...... 1:30 p.m. season, Thompson collected Second Team All-America Tulane at Louisiana...... 1:30 p.m. honors and led the nation in points (909), kills (827), Taylor Horsfall, Sr., DS/L, Tulsa UCF vs. RV Rice...... 2 p.m. points per set (6.89) and kills per set (6.27). This summer, Thompson had a breakout performance with Tulsa at North Texas...... 2 p.m. USA Volleyball at the Volleyball Nations League, helping [*] – denotes unanimous selection Temple at UMBC...... 2 p.m. the U.S. to a 2020 Tokyo Olympics berth. Stephen F. Austin at SMU...... 3 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Cleveland State...... 4 p.m. MARQUEE MATCHES ECU vs. Evansville...... 6 p.m. All 12 American teams begin the 2019 season Friday Wichita State at 8 Penn State...... 7 p.m. and will play a minimum of two matches in the opening LSU at Houston...... 8 p.m. weekend. The conference will face a total of eight opponents from 2018 NCAA Championship field, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 including Pepperdine (Tulsa), South Carolina (Cincinnati), UCF at Ole Miss...... 1 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cincinnati), Hofstra (Wichita State), Rice (UCF), Penn State (Wichita State), Navy (UConn) and Illinois State (Tulsa). Five of those opponents are either All times ET and subject to change ranked or receiving votes to start the season. AMERICAN NOTEBOOK

UCF ECU USF TULANE (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American)

First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Iowa State First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Providence First:...... Aug. 30 vs. UAB First:...... Aug. 30 vs. UTEP 2018:...... 27-4, 18-0 American 2018:...... 13-16, 5-13 American 2018:...... 20-12, 9-9 American 2018:...... 29-9, 13-5 American Last Five (2018):...... 4-1 Last Five (2018):...... 1-4 Last Five (2018):...... 1-4 Last Five:...... 4-1

• UCF claimed its second American • Shelby Martin is ECU’s returning All- • USF is coming off its first 20-win • Tulane earned its highest Preseason Athletic Conference title in 2018. The Conference player, picking up Second season in 16 years after going 20-12 Poll finish since 2014 at third place, Knights were only the third team in Team accolades in both 2017 and 2018. in 2018. collecting 99 points. conference history to complete a perfect 18-0 slate. • Martin was the only American Athletic • The Bulls advanced to the NIVC last • The Green Wave tied the American Ath- Conference player to record a triple- season, marking the program’s first letic Conference record for total wins • UCF earned The American’s automatic double in 2018, scoring 10 kills, 34 postseason berth since 2002 and last season with 29, after advancing bid to the NCAA Championship, host- assists and 14 digs at Memphis on the first under head coach Courtney to the NIVC title game. It was the pro- ing a regional. The Knights were the Oct. 28. Draper. gram’s first postseason appearance conference’s highest-ever national since 2009. seed at No. 13. • ECU will begin its 2019 campaign in • Senior Jac’cara Walker was named to Puerto Rico at the Puerto Rico Clasico. the Preseason All-Conference team af- • Tulane set five single-season American • Sophomore McKenna Melville is the The Pirates will face off with Provi- ter earning First Team All-Conference Athletic Conference team records last reigning AVCA Southeast Region Fresh- dence, George Mason and Evansville. accolades in 2018. She was fourth in year, including wins (29), kills (1,952), man of the Year and American Athletic the league last season with 394 kills blocks (350), service aces (203) and Conference Freshman of the Year. (3.52 per set). digs (2,305).

CINCINNATI HOUSTON SMU TULSA (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American)

First:...... Aug. 30 vs. South Carolina First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Arizona State First:...... Aug. 20 vs. Bradley First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Pepperdine 2018:...... 26-8, 15-3 American 2018:...... 17-16, 4-14 American 2018:...... 12-16, 9-9 American 2018:...... 19-12, 11-7 American Last Five (2018):...... 4-1 Last Five (2018):...... 2-3 Last Five (2018):...... 3-2 Last Five (2018):...... 2-3

• Jordan Thompson was named the • David Rehr is set to begin his first • SMU head coach Lisa Seifert, enter- • Tulsa made its first postseason ap- American Athletic Conference Pre- season at the helm for Houston this ing her 24th season, sits three wins pearance since 2012 last season and season Player of the Year for the season. He had previously spent seven shy of her 400th at the helm for the its first under head coach Ryan Wills, fourth-consecutive season. She led season as head coach at Arkansas Mustangs. advancing to the NIVC. the nation in kills per set (6.27) and State, compiling a record of 148-80. points per set (6.89) in 2018. • The Mustangs were one of four teams • Senior Taylor Horsfall is the confer- • The Cougars will defensively look to to place multiple selections on the ence’s top returning libero, ranking • The Bearcats received their second senior libero Katie Karbo, who ranked Preseason All-Conference team, in- second in the conference last year at-large selection to the NCAA Cham- fourth in the league last season with cluding sophomore Hannah Jacobs and with 5.61 digs per set. pionship in three years last season. 5.31 digs per set. senior Montana Watts. • The Golden Hurricane went 11-2 in • Thompson, an AVCA Second Team • Houston returns two of its three top • SMU led the conference in digs last matches at the Reynolds Center last All-American in 2018, was part of USA scorers from last season in senior Me- season with 17.75 per set, while Watts season. Volleyball’s Olympic qualifying roster gan Duncan and junior Silvia Pertens. ranked third among individuals with this past summer, leading the squad 5.49 per set. in points for the tournament.

UCONN MEMPHIS TEMPLE WICHITA STATE (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American) (0-0, 0-0 American)

First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Gonzaga Last:...... Aug. 30 vs. Drake First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Fairfield First:...... Aug. 30 vs. Holy Cross 2018:...... 15-16, 7-11 American 2018:...... 11-19, 4-14 American 2018:...... 8-22, 5-13 American 2018:...... 14-18, 8-10 American Last Five (2018):...... 3-2 Last Five (2018):...... 0-5 Last Five (2018):...... 3-2 Last Five (2018):...... 2-3

• Ellen Herman-Kimball embarks on her • Hannah Flowers was Memphis’ lone • The Owls had five player average over • Wichita State faces a gauntlet of a first season as UConn’s interim head Preseason All-Conference selection. 2.00 kills per set last season and non-conference schedule in 2019, coach. She had previously served as She ranked second in the conference return three of those five, including including nine teams that made the the Huskies’ assistant coach for five last season with 0.39 service aces per Katerina Papazoglou, Dana Westfield NCAA Championship field in 2018. years. set. and Miray Bolukbasi. • The Shockers led The American in at- • UConn welcomes six newcomers; the • The Tigers will play eight teams that • Temple was named to the AVCA’s Team tendance last season and ranked 18th Huskies’ class was recognized as high reached the postseason last year, Academic Honor Roll over the summer, nationall, drawing an average of 2,177 honorable mention by Prep Volleyball. including 2018 NCAA Championship recognizing the top 25 total team GPAs fans per match. team Alabama State. in Division I. • Sophomore Caylee Parker was named • Wichita State is seeking its fifth- to the Preseason All-Conference • Last year, sophomore Molly Murrihy • Papazoglou recorded 12 double- consecutive postseason appearance Team after earning First Team All- became the first Tiger to reach 1,000 doubles last season to lead Temple in 2019. The Shockers advanced to the Conference accolades as a freshman. digs in a season since 2014. and rank fourth in the conference. second round of the NIVC last year. She ranked third in The American with 3.98 kills per set.

2 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball NATIONAL POLLS

AVCA Coaches Poll VOLLEYBALL RPI AMERICAN PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL (Preseason) (2018 Final) School (First-Place Votes) Pts. Team Points Prev. Team Previous 1. UCF (8) 118 1. Stanford (62) 1598 1 2. Cincinnati (4) 114 2. Nebraska (1) 1451 2 11. UCF 10 3. Tulane 99 3. Minnesota 1414 7 4. Tulsa 81 24. Cincinnati 24 4. Texas 1385 5 5. SMU 77 5. Wisconsin 1329 8 52. Tulane 61 6. USF 66 6. Illinois 1258 3 7. Wichita State 65 7. Kentucky 1204 10 83. Wichita State 86 8. Temple 44 8. Penn State (1) 1182 6 9. ECU 39 9. BYU 1111 4 84. Tulsa 80 10. Houston 34 10. Florida 1028 11 11. UConn 32 11. Oregon 934 9 103. USF 98 12. Memphis 23 12. Pittsburgh 827 14 13. Washington 797 18 129. SMU 126 Preseason Player of the Year 14. USC 664 21 Jordan Thompson, R-Sr., RS/OH, Cincinnati* 15. Michigan 645 12 149. Houston 146 16. Marquette 596 15 Preseason All-Conference Team 17. Purdue 571 17 151. UConn 147 McKenna Melville, So., OH, UCF* 18. Creighton 457 13 Kristina Fisher, Sr., OH, UCF 19. Tennessee 438 19 167. Temple 164 Anne-Marie Watson, Jr., RS, UCF 20. Baylor 407 24 200. Memphis 197 Jordan Thompson, R-Sr., RS/OH, Cincinnati* 21. San Diego 313 20 Maria Mallon, So., OH, Cincinnati 22. Washington State 289 16 204. ECU 205 Caylee Parker, So., OH, UConn 23. Cal Poly 213 22 Shelby Martin, Jr., S, ECU 24. Arizona 157 T-25 Hannah Flowers, Jr., RS, Memphis 25. Louisville 120 RV Jac’cara Walker, Sr., OH, USF

Hannah Jacobs, So., OH, SMU Receiving Votes: Missouri 100, Utah 56, Colo- Montana Watts, Sr., L, SMU rado State 51, UCF 45, Pepperdine 36, Florida Lexie Douglas, Jr., OH, Tulane State 33, Hawaii 13, Northern Iowa 13, TCU 10, Erika Hansel, Sr., RS, Tulane* UCLA 7, Cincinnati 6, Rice 6, South Carolina 6, Taylor Horsfall, Sr., DS/L, Tulsa Texas State 6, Loyola Marymount 4, Colorado 3, Kansas 2 Receiving votes: UConn (24), Tulsa (20), Dartmouth [*] – denotes unanimous selection (19), Dayton (13), Radford (8), Utah Valley (6), Florida Gulf Coast (5), University (4), WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE AVCA POLL

UCF Cincinnati UConn ECU Houston Memphis USF SMU Temple Tulane Tulsa Wichita State Preseason RV RV ------

3 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball THE 2019 SEASON

THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN VS. THE TOP 25 (0-0, .000) AGAINST THE CONFERENCES DATE TEAM OPPONENT (RANK) RESULT Aug. 30 Cincinnati Pittsburgh (12) CONFERENCE RECORD PCT Aug. 31 Wichita State Penn State (8) America East 0-0 .000 Atlantic 10 0-0 .000 ACC 0-0 .000 Atlantic Sun 0-0 .000 Big East 0-0 .000 Big Sky 0-0 .000 Big South 0-0 .000 Big Ten 0-0 .000 Big 12 0-0 .000 Big West 0-0 .000 Colonial 0-0 .000 Conference USA 0-0 .000 MATCHES DECIDED IN... Great West 0-0 .000 Horizon 0-0 .000 TEAM THREE SETS FOUR SETS FIVE SETS TOTAL Independent 0-0 .000 UCF Ivy 0-0 .000 Metro Atlantic 0-0 .000 Cincinnati Mid-American 0-0 .000 UConn MEAC 0-0 .000 ECU Missouri Valley 0-0 .000 Houston Mountain West 0-0 .000 Northeast 0-0 .000 Memphis Ohio Valley 0-0 .000 USF Pac-12 0-0 .000 SMU Patriot League 0-0 .000 Temple SEC 0-0 .000 Southern 0-0 .000 Tulane Southland 0-0 .000 Tulsa SWAC 0-0 .000 Wichita State 0-0 .000 Sun Belt 0-0 .000 West Coast 0-0 .000 Western Athletic 0-0 .000

Total: 0-0 .000

COACHING RECORDS

UCF...... TODD DAGENAIS USF...... COURTNEY DRAPER Overall Record...... 212-140/12 Overall Record...... 272-230/16 School Record...... Same School Record...... 110-112/8

CINCINNATI...... MOLLY ALVEY SMU...... LISA SEIFERT Overall Record...... 174-144/11 Overall Record...... 416-383/26 School Record...... 112-113/8 School Record...... 397-315/24

UCONN...... ELLEN HERMAN-KIMBALL TEMPLE...... BAKEER GANESHARATNAM Overall Record...... 0-0/1 Overall Record...... 143-99/9 School Record...... Same School Record...... Same

ECU...... JULIE TORBETT TULANE...... JIM BARNES Overall Record...... 428-377/26 Overall Record...... 405-310/23 School Record...... 90-96/7 School Record...... 61-42/4

HOUSTON...... DAVID REHR TULSA...... RYAN WILLS Overall Record...... 148-80/8 Overall Record...... 90-68/6 School Record...... 0-0/1 School Record...... Same

MEMPHIS...... SEAN BURDETTE WICHITA STATE...... CHRIS LAMB Overall Record...... 94-150/9 Overall Record...... 427-178/20 School Record...... 11-19/2 School Record...... Same

4 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball THE 2019 SEASON

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BIG MATCHES

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK .500+ HITTING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 12 KILLS) SEPT. 2 SEPT. 9 SEPT. 16 SEPT. 23 SEPT. 30 25+ KILLS OCT. 7 OCT. 14 OCT. 21 OCT. 28 NOV. 4 NOV. 11 30+ DIGS NOV. 18

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SEPT. 2 SEPT. 9 SEPT. 16 60+ ASSISTS SEPT. 23 SEPT. 30 OCT. 7 OCT. 14 10+ BLOCKS OCT. 21 OCT. 28 NOV. 4 NOV. 11 5+ ACES NOV. 18 DOUBLE-DOUBLES WEEKLY HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS

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SEPT. 23 TRIPLE-DOUBLES SEPT. 30 OCT. 7

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5 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball STATISTICAL LEADERS

The American Among NCAA Leaders (2018 Final Stats; Top 50)

TEAM STATISTICS Team Kills Service Aces Rank Team No./Avg. Rank Player No./Avg. Assists Per Set 1 Tulane 1,952 5 Kaylie McHugh, Tulane 63 Rank Team No./Avg. 7 Cincinnati 1,860 34 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 46 21 UCF 13.21 35 Wichita State 1,666 T-39 Hannah Flowers, Memphis 45 24 Cincinnati 13.16 T-39 Carly Nolan, Cincinnati 45 28 Tulane 13.07 Team Service Aces Rank Team No./Avg. Total Attacks Blocks Per Set 11 Tulane 203 Rank Player No./Avg. Rank Team No./Avg. 21 Cincinnati 185 1 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 1,807 17 UCF 2.72 29 Houston 179 16 McKenna Melville, UCF 1,432 49 Tulane 2.45 30 Emily Thorson, Tulsa 1,357 Team Total Attacks Digs Per Set Rank Team No./Avg. Total Blocks Rank Team No./Avg. 4 Tulane 5,155 Rank Player No./Avg. 16 SMU 17.75 14 Houston 4,769 25 Dayna Kern, Tulane 152 23 Tulsa 17.54 15 Wichita State 4,727 32 Jaedan Brown, USF 146 33 UCF 17.32 22 USF 4,596 41 Kendall Haywood, Houston 142 49 Temple 16.73 37 Cincinnati 4,496 42 UConn 4,472 Total Digs Hitting Percentage Rank Player No./Avg. Rank Team No./Avg. Team Total Blocks 4 Giorgia Civita, Wichita State 728 12 Cincinnati .274 Rank Team No./Avg. 13 Katie Karbo, Houston 659 47 UCF .243 4 Tulane 350.0 16 Taylor Horsfall, Tulsa 640 20 UCF 318.5 20 Kaylie McHugh, Tulane 626 Kills Per Set 47 USF 291.5 28 Montana Watts, SMU 597 Rank Team No./Avg. 34 Jordan Pingel, UCF 597 25 Cincinnati 13.98 33 UCF 13.87 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Total Kills 46 Tulane 13.65 Rank Player No./Avg. Aces Per Set 1 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 827 Match W-L Percentage Rank Player No./Avg. 14 McKenna Melville, UCF 529 Rank Team No./Avg. 24 Kaylie McHugh, Tulane 0.44 8 UCF .871 48 Hannah Flowers, Memphis 0.39 Triple Doubles 26 Cincinnati .765 Rank Player No./Avg. 28 Tulane .763 Attacks Per Set 21 Shelby Martin, ECU 1 Rank Player No./Avg. Opponent Hitting Percentage 2 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 13.69 Rank Team No./Avg. 15 McKenna Melville, UCF 12.24 5 Tulane 0.152 19 Emily Thorson, Tulsa 12.01

Team Assists Digs Per Set Rank Team No./Avg. Rank Player No./Avg. 1 Tulane 1,869 6 Giorgia Civita, Wichita State 5.78 7 Cincinnati 1,750 10 Taylor Horsfall, Tulsa 5.61 32 Wichita State 1,574 15 Montana Watts, SMU 5.49 48 UCF 1,545 25 Katie Karbo, Houston 5.31 50 USF 1,541 39 Jordan Pingel, UCF 5.10

Team Attacks Per Set Kills Per Set Rank Team No./Avg. Rank Player No./Avg. 13 SMU 39.06 1 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 6.27 17 Tulsa 38.68 15 McKenna Melville, UCF 4.52 23 Temple 38.30 35 Houston 37.85 Points 36 UCF 37.84 Rank Player No./Avg. 44 UConn 37.58 1 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 909.0 15 McKenna Melville, UCF 587.5 Team Digs Rank Team No./Avg. Points Per Set 5 Tulane 2,305 Rank Player No./Avg. 18 USF 2,097 1 Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 6.89 22 Houston 2,076 15 McKenna Melville, UCF 5.02 30 UCF 2,026 35 Wichita State 2,019 40 Tulsa 2,000

6 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball MEDIA SERVICES BIG EAST FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES

American Athletic Conference TheAmerican.org Email Distribution The official website of the American Athletic Media members may access PDF versions of the Communications Contacts Conference features up-to-date information on complete daily press release, including conference UCF all facets of the league. Vollyeball standings, re- and team-by-team statistics, on TheAmerican.org. Megan Herboth sults, statistics and notes are updated as games Regular updates of the release will be distributed Office: 407-823-0994 are played. via e-mail from the conference office. To be includ- Email: [email protected] ed on the distribution list, send an e-mail request Twitter: @UCF_Volleyball Twitter, Facebook & Instagram to Megan Erbes at [email protected]. Fans and media members are invited to follow the CINCINNATI latest American Athletic Conference volleyball Weekly Awards Mollie Radzinski news through social media. The American Twitter The American names an Offensive and Defensive, Office: 513-556-0667 feed may be accessed @American_VBall and the Player of the Week each Monday during the sea- Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GoBearcatsVB conference’s official Facebook page is available at son, along with a five-player Honor Roll. Winners @AmericanConf. The official Instagram account is are chosen from nominations provided by confer- UCONN www.instagram.com/American_Conf. ence communications contacts. The information Asha Evans will be available from the conference office via Office: 860-486-3531 release as well as on the league web site. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @UConnVB Annual Awards The American Athletic Conference will name all- ECU conference teams and individual honors following Chip Welch Office: 252-737-4520 the conclusion of the regular season. The awards Email: [email protected] are chosen by a vote of the league’s head coaches. @American_VBall AmericanConf Twitter: @ECUVB

HOUSTON Ryan Levine Office: 713-743-9404 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @UHCougarVB

MEMPHIS Lamar Chance Office: 901-678-2349 @American_Conf Email: [email protected] Twitter: @MemphisVolley

USF Patrick Puzzo Office: 813-974-4087 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @usfvolleyball

SMU Travis Chamblee Office: 214-768-3735 American Athletic Conference Communications Email: [email protected] Phone: 401.453.0660 Twitter: @SMUVolleyball TEMPLE Volleyball Contact Lauren Ferrett Megan Erbes Office: 215-204-1608 Director of Communications Email: [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @Temple_VB Mobile: 401-500-2003 TULANE Bernie Cafarelli Hali Oughton Maggie McEvilly Associate Commissioner Director of Digital Media Office: 504-314-2475 [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GreenWaveVB Chuck Sullivan Nick Phillips TULSA Assistant Commissioner Assistant Director of Digital & Social Media Chris Slack [email protected] [email protected] Office: 918-531-3720 Email: [email protected] Tom Fenstermaker Cory Kamerschak Twitter: @TulsaVolleyball Director of Communications Assistant Director of Video/Creative Services [email protected] [email protected] WICHITA STATE Ryan Anderson Katie Ristow Office: 316-978-5461 Director of Creative Services Email: [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @GoShockersVB

7 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball SCHEDULES & RESULTS

UCF (0-0, 0-0 American) UCONN (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0

AUGUST AUGUST 30 vs. Iowa State1 4 p.m. 30 vs. Gonzaga1 12: 30 p.m. 31 vs. Rice1 2 p.m. 30 vs. Air Force1 4:30 p.m. 31 vs. Navy1 10 a.m. SEPTEMBER 1 at Ole Miss1 1 p.m. SEPTEMBER 6 South Carolina2 7:30 p.m. 5 Iona2 7 p.m. 7 Albany2 7 p.m. 6 Boston College2 7 p.m. 8 Kansas2 4 p.m. 7 Central Connecticut2 2 p.m. 13 vs. Marquette3 5:30 p.m. 13 vs. Virginia3 10 a.m. 14 vs. Illinois3 11 a.m. 13 at Ohio3 7:30 p.m. 14 at Illinois State3 6:30 p.m. 14 vs. College of Charleston3 11 a.m. 20 Florida Gulf Coast4 7 p.m. 19 Holy Cross4 7 p.m. 21 Miami (Fla.)4 11 a.m. 20 Dartmouth4 7 p.m. 21 Florida Atlantic4 7 p.m. 21 Providence4 6 p.m. 27 UConn* 7 p.m. 27 at UCF* 6 p.m. 29 Temple* 12 p.m. 29 at USF* 12 p.m.

OCTOBER OCTOBER 4 at Cincinnati* 12 p.m. 4 at Temple* 12 p.m. 6 at ECU* 1 p.m. 6 Tulane* 12 p.m. 11 at USF* 7 p.m. 11 Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 13 Memphis* 12 p.m. 13 ECU* 12 p.m. 18 at Wichita State* 8 p.m. 18 at Memphis* 8 p.m. 20 at Tulsa* 2 p.m. 20 at SMU* 2 p.m. 25 Houston* 7 p.m. 25 Wichita State* 7 p.m. 27 Tulane* 1 p.m. 27 Tulsa* 12 p.m.

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 1 USF* 7 p.m. 1 at ECU* 7 p.m. 3 at SMU* 2 p.m. 3 at Cincinnati* 12 p.m. 8 ECU* 7 p.m. 8 Temple* 12 p.m. 10 Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 10 at Houston* 2 p.m. 14 at Temple* 7 p.m. 14 USF* 7 p.m. 16 at UConn* 12 p.m. 16 UCF* 12 p.m.

All times EST and subject to change All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [*] Denotes conference game 1 Rebel Invitational (Oxford, Miss.) 1 Pentagon Invite (Washington, D.C.) 2 UCF Challenge (Orlando, Fla.) 2 UConn Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) 3 Redbird Classic (Normal, Ill.) 3 Ohio Invite (Athens, Ohio) 4 Sunshine State Classic (Orlando, Fla.) 4 Dog Pound Challenge (Storrs, Conn.)

CINCINNATI (0-0, 0-0 American) ECU (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0

AUGUST AUGUST 30 vs. South Carolina1 10 a.m. 30 vs. Providence1 3 p.m. 30 at Pittsburgh1 7 p.m. 31 vs. George Mason1 12 p.m. 31 vs. Cleveland State1 4 p.m. 31 vs. Evansville1 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 6 vs. Tennessee2 10:15 a.m. 6 at North Florida2 10 a.m. 6 at Michigan State2 7:30 p.m. 6 vs. Mercer2 4:30 p.m. 7 vs. Indiana State2 3:30 p.m. 7 vs. Wake Forest2 11 a.m. 13 vs. Notre Dame3 3 p.m. 10 NC State 7 p.m. 14 vs. Ball State3 10 a.m. 13 George Washington3 7 p.m. 14 at Northern Kentucky3 7:30 p.m. 14 Norfolk State3 1 p.m. 19 at Xavier4 6 p.m. 14 USC Upstate3 7 p.m. 21 Bowling Green4 12 p.m. 17 NC Central 6 p.m. 22 Louisville 1 p.m. 20 at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. 27 ECU* 7 p.m. 21 vs. Alabama A&M 12 p.m. 29 at Wichita State* 2 p.m. 25 Campbell 7 p.m. 27 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. OCTOBER 29 at Tulsa* 1 p.m. 4 UCF* 12 p.m. 6 USF* 1 p.m. OCTOBER 11 at UConn* 7 p.m. 4 USF* 7 p.m. 13 at Temple* 1 p.m. 6 UCF* 12 p.m. 18 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 11 at Temple* 7 p.m. 20 at Houston* 2 p.m. 13 at UConn* 12 p.m. 25 Memphis* 7 p.m. 18 at Houston* 8 p.m. 27 SMU* 1 p.m. 20 at Tulane* 1 p.m. 30 Dayton 7 p.m. 25 SMU* 7 p.m. 27 Memphis* 12 p.m. NOVEMBER 29 at NC Central 6 p.m. 1 Temple* 7 p.m. 3 UConn* 12 p.m. NOVEMBER 8 at USF* 7 p.m. 1 UConn* 7 p.m. 10 at UCF* 1 p.m. 3 Temple* 12 p.m. 15 at ECU* 7 p.m. 8 at UCF* 6 p.m. 17 Tulsa* 1 p.m. 10 at USF* 12 p.m. 15 Cincinnati* 7 p.m. All times EST and subject to change 17 Wichita State* 12 p.m. [*] Denotes conference game 1 Panther Challenge (Pittsburgh, Pa.) All times EST and subject to change 2 Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.) [*] Denotes conference game 3 NKU Invitational (Highland Heights, Ky.) 1 Puerto Rico Clasico (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) 4 Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio) 2 UNF Invitational (Jacksonville, Fla.) 3 Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)

8 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball SCHEDULES & RESULTS

HOUSTON (0-0, 0-0 American) USF (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0

AUGUST AUGUST 30 Arizona State1 1:30 p.m. 30 vs. UAB1 2:30 p.m. 30 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1 8 p.m. 30 at Ball State1 7 p.m. 31 UT Arlington1 1:30 p.m. 31 LSU1 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER 6 vs. Florida Gulf Coast2 11 a.m. SEPTEMBER 7 vs. Auburn2 11 a.m. 3 at McNeese 7:30 p.m. 7 at Miami (Fla.)2 5:30 p.m. 6 at UTSA2 1 p.m. 10 North Florida 6 p.m. 7 vs. Maryland2 1:30 p.m. 13 at Florida3 12 p.m. 7 vs UTRGV2 6 p.m. 13 vs. Long Beach State3 5 p.m. 10 at Lamar TBA 14 vs. James Madison3 2 p.m. 12 at Baylor3 TBA 17 Jacksonville 6 p.m. 13 vs. Tennessee3 4 p.m. 20 Indiana4 7 p.m. 17 at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. 21 Indiana4 2 p.m. 20 at Texas Tech4 7 p.m. 21 Stetson4 7 p.m. 21 vs. UTEP4 12 p.m. 24 at Bethune-Cookman 6 p.m. 21 vs. Incarnate Word4 6 p.m. 27 Temple* 7 p.m. 27 SMU* 8 p.m. 29 UConn* 12 p.m. 29 Memphis* 2 p.m. OCTOBER OCTOBER 4 at ECU* 7 p.m. 4 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 6 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 6 at Temple* 1 p.m. 11 UCF* 7 p.m. 11 at Wichita State* 8 p.m. 13 SMU* 12 p.m. 13 at Tulsa* 2 p.m. 18 at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 18 ECU* 8 p.m. 20 at Wichita State* 2 p.m. 20 Cincinnati* 2 p.m. 25 Tulane* 7 p.m. 25 at UCF* 7 p.m. 27 Houston* 12 p.m. 27 at USF* 1 p.m. NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 1 at UCF* 6 p.m. 1 Tulsa* 8 p.m. 3 at Memphis* 2 p.m. 3 Wichita State* 2 p.m. 8 Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 8 Tulane* 8 p.m. 10 ECU* 12 p.m. 10 UConn* 2 p.m. 14 at UConn* 7 p.m. 15 at Memphis* 8 p.m. 16 at Temple* 1 p.m. 17 at SMU* 2 p.m. All times EST and subject to change All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [*] Denotes conference game 1 Ball State Tournament (Muncie, Ind.) 1 Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 2 Hurricane Invitational (Coral Gables, Fla.) 2 UTSA Classic (San Antonio, Texas) 3 Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) 3 Baylor Invitational (Waco, Texas) 4 USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) 4 Red Raider Classic (Lubbock, Texas) SMU (0-0, 0-0 American) MEMPHIS (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 AUGUST AUGUST 30 Bradley1 1:30 p.m. 30 vs. Drake1 1 p.m. 30 UTSA1 8:30 p.m. 30 vs. South Dakota State1 8:30 p.m. 31 Stephen F. Austin1 3 p.m. 31 at Eastern Illinois1 12 p.m. SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 6 vs. East Tennessee State2 12 p.m. 6 Gardner-Webb2 11 a.m. 6 at Coastal Carolina2 7 p.m. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff2 8 p.m. 7 vs. South Carolina State2 11 a.m. 7 UT Martin2 2 p.m. 13 vs. Dayton3 11 a.m. 13 vs. Alabama State3 11 a.m. 13 at Missouri State3 6 p.m. 13 at Southern Illinois3 8:30 p.m. 14 vs. Weber State3 11 a.m. 14 vs. IUPUI3 12 p.m. 18 TCU 8 p.m. 20 North Alabama4 11 a.m. 21 at Oklahoma 3 p.m. 20 Toledo4 8 p.m. 27 at Houston* 8 p.m. 21 Southeast Missouri4 2 p.m. 29 at Tulane* 2 p.m. 27 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 29 at Houston* 2 p.m. OCTOBER 4 Tulsa* 8 p.m. OCTOBER 6 Wichita State* 2 p.m. 4 Wichita State* 8 p.m. 11 Memphis* 8 p.m. 6 Tulsa* 2 p.m. 13 at USF* 1 p.m. 11 at SMU* 8 p.m. 18 Temple* 8 p.m. 13 at UCF* 12 p.m. 20 UConn* 2 p.m. 18 UConn* 8 p.m. 25 at ECU* 7 p.m. 20 Temple* 2 p.m. 27 at Cincinnati* 12 p.m. 25 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 27 at ECU* 12 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 at Memphis* 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 3 UCF* 2 p.m. 1 SMU* 8 p.m. 8 at Wichita State* 8 p.m. 3 USF* 2 p.m. 10 at Tulsa* 2 p.m. 8 at Tulsa* 2 p.m. 15 Tulane* 8 p.m. 10 at Wichita State* 2 p.m. 17 Houston* 2 p.m. 15 Houston* 8 p.m. 17 Tulane* 3 p.m. All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game All times EST and subject to change 1 SMU Doubletree Invitational (Dallas, Texas) [*] Denotes conference game 2 Carolina Classic Volleyball Tournament (Conway, S.C.) 1 EIU Panther Invitational (Charleston, Ill.) 3 Missouri State Invitational (Springfield, Mo.) 2 Tiger Brawl (Memphis, Tenn.) 3 Saluki Invitational (Carbondale, Ill.) 4 Beale Street Challenge (Memphis, Tenn.) 9 • 2019 American Athletic Conference Volleyball SCHEDULES & RESULTS

TEMPLE (0-0, 0-0 American) TULSA (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0

AUGUST AUGUST 30 vs. Fairfield1 10 a.m. 30 vs. Pepperdine1 12:30 p.m. 30 vs. Lafayette1 4 p.m. 30 vs. Illinois State1 5:30 p.m. 31 at UMBC1 2 p.m. 31 at North Texas1 1:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 6 vs. Ohio2 10 a.m. 6 vs. South Dakota2 11:30 a.m. 6 vs. Winthrop2 4:30 p.m. 6 vs. Louisiana Tech2 5:30 p.m. 7 at American2 2 p.m. 7 at Kansas City2 2:30 p.m. 13 Radford3 6:30 p.m. 11 at Oral Roberts 8 p.m. 14 Columbia3 11 a.m. 13 Houston Baptist3 1 p.m. 14 Lehigh3 7 p.m. 13 UTSA3 8 p.m. 19 at Villanova4 7 p.m. 14 SIUE3 2 p.m. 20 vs. Princeton4 7 p.m. 20 vs. Samford4 2 p.m. 27 at USF* 7 p.m. 20 at Western Kentucky4 8 p.m. 29 at UCF* 1 p.m. 21 vs. Northern Kentucky4 4 p.m. 27 Wichita State* 8 p.m. OCTOBER 29 ECU* 1 p.m. 4 UConn* 12 p.m. 6 Houston* 1 p.m. OCTOBER 11 ECU* 7 p.m. 4 at SMU* 8 p.m. 13 Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 6 at Memphis* 2 p.m. 18 at SMU* 8 p.m. 11 Tulane* 8 p.m. 20 at Memphis* 2 p.m. 13 Houston* 2 p.m. 25 Tulsa* 7 p.m. 18 USF* 8 p.m. 27 Wichita State* 1 p.m. 20 UCF* 2 p.m. 25 at Temple* 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 27 at UConn* 12 p.m. 1 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 3 at ECU* 12 p.m. NOVEMBER 8 at UConn* 12 p.m. 1 at Houston* 8 p.m. 10 at Tulane* 2 p.m. 3 at Tulane* 2 p.m. 14 UCF* 7 p.m. 8 Memphis* 2 p.m. 16 USF* 1 p.m. 10 SMU* 2 p.m. 15 at Wichita State* 8 p.m. All times EST and subject to change 17 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m. [*] Denotes conference game 1 UMBC Invitational (Catonsville, Md.) All times EST and subject to change 2 American Volleyball Classic (Washington, D.C.) [*] Denotes conference game 3 Cherry & White Challenge (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 North Texas Invitational (Denton, Texas) 4 Big 5 Challenge (Villanova, Pa.) 2 Roo Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) 3 Tulsa Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.) 4 WKU Volleyball Invitational (Bowling Green, Ky.) TULANE (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 WICHITA STATE (0-0, 0-0 American) Home: 0-0/Away: 0-0/Neutral: 0-0 AUGUST 30 vs. UTEP1 12 p.m. AUGUST 30 vs. Incarnate Word1 5 p.m. 30 vs. Holy Cross1 5 p.m. 31 at Louisiana-Lafayette1 1:30 p.m. 31 vs. Hofstra1 1 p.m. 31 at Penn State1 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER 3 Southeastern Louisiana 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER 6 Missouri State2 7 p.m. 5 vs. San Jose State2 7 p.m. 7 Houston Baptist2 3 p.m. 6 at Cal Poly2 10 p.m. 8 Ole Miss2 2 p.m. 7 vs. North Texas2 2 p.m. 10 at New Orleans 7:30 p.m. 12 BYU3 8 p.m. 13 vs. Ohio State3 2 p.m. 13 VCU3 8 p.m. 14 vs. Bowling Green3 12 p.m. 14 Texas3 8 p.m. 14 at Western Kentucky3 7 p.m. 19 at Creighton4 7:30 p.m. 18 Southern Mississippi 8 p.m. 20 vs. Wyoming4 3 p.m. 21 at LSU 3 p.m. 21 at Nebraska TBA 27 Memphis* 8 p.m. 27 at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 29 SMU* 2 p.m. 29 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER OCTOBER 4 Houston* 8 p.m. 4 at Memphis* 8 p.m. 6 at UConn* 12 p.m. 6 at SMU* 2 p.m. 11 at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 11 Houston* 8 p.m. 13 at Wichita State* 2 p.m. 13 Tulane* 2 p.m. 18 Cincinnati* 8 p.m. 18 UCF* 8 p.m. 20 ECU* 1 p.m. 20 USF* 2 p.m. 25 at USF* 7 p.m. 25 at UConn* 7 p.m. 27 at UCF* 1 p.m. 27 at Temple* 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 1 Wichita State* 8 p.m. 1 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 3 Tulsa* 2 p.m. 3 at Houston* 2 p.m. 8 at Houston* 8 p.m. 8 SMU* 8 p.m. 10 Temple* 2 p.m. 10 Memphis* 2 p.m. 11 at SMU* 8 p.m. 15 Tulsa* 8 p.m. 17 at Memphis* 3 p.m. 17 at ECU* 12 p.m.

All times EST and subject to change All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [*] Denotes conference game 1 Doubletree Classic (Lafayette, La.) 1 Penn State Classic (University Park, Pa.) 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Volleyball Classic (New Orleans, La.) 2 Cal Poly Tournament (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) 3 Holiday Inn-University Plaza Invitational (Bowling Green, Ky.) 3 Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kan.) 4 Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.)

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