The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2-1, 0-0 WAC) @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (0-3, 0-0 Southland) Match #4 • Road Match #2 at Dugan Wellness Center Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. (CDT)

UTRGV 2018 Schedule 2018 Roster Date Opponent Result Time/Record August (2-1) Probable Starters 2018 Statistics HBU Classic 8/24 vs. Louisiana Tech W 3-0 1-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown K/Set A/Set D/Set B/Set 8/24 vs. PVAM W 3-0 2-0 2 Barbara Silva RS 5-11 Jr. Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 3.70 0.00 1.10 0.30 8/25 at Houston Baptist L 1-3 2-1 3 Alexandra Ecker (C) MB 5-10 Sr. Helotes, TX 2.43 0.00 1.00 0.71 8/28 at Corpus Christi 6:30 p.m. Utah State Tournament 8 Debora Nazario S 5-10 So. Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil 0.43 11.00 1.29 0.14 8/31 at Utah State 1 p.m. 9 Pamela Moreira RS 6-0 R-Fr. Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil 4.00 0.00 2.00 0.67 8/31 vs. No. 24 Cal Poly 5:30 p.m. 11 Antonela Jularic OH 6-1 Sr. Vrbovec, Croatia 2.00 0.10 2.10 0.30 September (0-0, 0-0 WAC) 9/1 vs. Loyola Marymount 1 p.m. 16 Draik Banks MB 6-1 Jr. McAllen, TX 1.40 0.10 0.10 0.90 9/4 Incarnate Word 6 p.m. 18 Gyzell Zayas L 5-6 Sr. San , TX 0.00 0.40 5.10 0.00 Baylor Classic 9/7 vs. Rice 3 p.m. 9/8 at No. 12 Baylor 11 a.m. Off the Bench 2018 Statistics 9/11 Corpus Christi 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown K/Set A/Set D/Set B/Set UTRGV Tournament 1 Ragni Steen Knudsen OH 5-11 Sr. Myre, Norway N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/14 Texas Southern 1:30 p.m. 9/14 Texas Tech 7 p.m. 4 Jackie Kingsbury OH 5-9 So. Los Fresnos, TX 1.20 0.00 0.80 0.20 9/15 Houston Baptist 12:30 p.m. 5 Talita Oliveira MB 6-3 Jr. Caimar, Sao Paulo, Brazil N/A N/A N/A N/A 9/20 at CSU Bakersfield* 9 p.m. 6 Carter Helmcamp S 5-8 Fr. McAllen, TX 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 9/22 at California Baptist* 9 p.m. 9/27 Grand Canyon* 7 p.m. 7 Barbara Thais Krug OH/DS 5-9 Sr. Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 9/28 Seattle U* 12 p.m. 10 Dubravka Vukoja S 6-0 Sr. Subtica, Serbia 0.00 8.50 1.50 0.50 October (0-0, 0-0 WAC) 12 Paulina Ramirez DS 5-7 Jr. Monterrey, Mexico N/A N/A N/A N/A 10/4 at Chicago State* 7 p.m. 10/6 at Kansas City* 1 p.m. 13 Julia Moctezuma DS 5-5 Jr. Spring, TX 0.00 0.00 3.67 0.00 10/11 at Utah Valley* 7 p.m. 14 Veronkia Jandova MB 6-2 So. Prague, Czech Republic 2.33 0.00 0.00 0.33 10/13 New Mexico State* 7 p.m. 15 Marina Martinez L/DS 5-5 Sr. Donna, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A 10/18 CSU Bakersfield* 7 p.m. 10/20 Utah Valley* 12 p.m. 10/27 at NM State* 3 p.m. Head Coach Todd Lowery (Fourth Season, Black Hills State) November (0-0, 0-0 WAC) Assistant Coach Vini Baigan (Fourth Season, Park College) 11/1 at Grand Canyon* 8 p.m. Athletic Trainer Kelsey Carleton (First Season, Western Illinois) 11/3 at Seattle U* 3 p.m. 11/8 California Baptist* 7 p.m. 11/15 Chicago State* 7 p.m. Pronunciations 11/17 Kansas City* 12 p.m. WAC Tournament (@ CSU Bakersfield) 1 Ragni Steen Knudsen [STEHN kih-NUDE-sin] 11/22 Quarterfinals (If Necessary) 7/9:30 p.m. 11/23 Semifinals 7/9:30 p.m. •Note: Steen is her middle name 11/24 Championship 9 p.m. 5 Talita Oliveira [ah-lih-VAIR-uh] NCAA Tournament 7 Barbara Thais Krug [TIE-iss] [KROOG] 11/29 First Round ESPN3 TBD 12/30 Second Round ESPN3 TBD •Note: Thais is her middle name 12/7 Sweet 16 ESPN3 TBD 10 Dubravka Vukoja [duh-BRAV-kah] [VOO-koy-yah] 12/8 Elite 8 ESPN3 TBD 11 Antonela Jularic [ann-tuh-NELL-ah] [jew-LAH-rick] Final Four (@ Sprint Center in Minneapolis, Minn.) 12/13 Semifinals ESPN2 6/8:30 p.m. 16 Draik Banks [DRAKE] 12/15 Championship ESPN2 8 p.m. 18 Gysell Zayas [gih-ZELL] [ZEYE-is] Home matches in bold All Times CT Vini Baigan [BYE-gun] *Western Athletic Conference Match

Year-By-Year Records Under Coach Lowery Record Home Road Neutral WAC Home Road WAC Tournament Home Road Neutral NCAA NIVC RPI 2015 12-19 5-6 2-11 5-2 4-10 3-4 1-6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 N/A 248 2016 21-14 7-2 7-9 7-3 7-7 5-2 2-5 3-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 N/A 123 2017 17-12 11-1 3-8 3-3 10-4 7-0 3-4 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 153 2018 2-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 N/A Total 52-46 23-9 12-29 17-8 21-21 15-6 6-15 5-2 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 Streaks L1 L1 L1 W2 W1 W7 W1 L1 L1 W1 W2 L1 N/A

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 1

How the 2018 Squad Was Built Returning Players (13) Transfers (3) Freshmen (1) Alexandra Ecker Debora Nazario Draik Banks Carter Helmcamp Veronika Jandova Paulina Ramirez Antonela Jularic Jackie Kingsbury Talita Oliveira Marina Martinez Ragni Steen Knudsen Barbara Silva Barbara Thais Krug Dubravka Vukoja Julia Moctezuma Gysell Zayas Pamela Moreira

Class Breakdown Seniors (7) Juniors (5) Sophomores (3) Freshmen (2) Alexandra Ecker Draik Banks Veronika Jandova Carter Helmcamp Jularic Julia Moctezuma Jackie Kingsbury Pamela Moreira Ragni Steen Knudsen Talita Oliveira Debora Nazario Barbara Thais Krug Paulina Ramirez Marina Martinez Barbara Silva Dubravka Vukoja Gysell Zayas

By Home State/Country Texas (7) Brazil (5) Croatia (1) Czech Republic (1) Mexico (1) Draik Banks Barbara Thais Krug Antonella Jularic Veronika Jandova Paulina Ramirez Alexandra Ecker Pamela Moreira Carter Helmcamp Debora Nazario Norway (1) Serbia (1) Jackie Kingsbury Talita Oliveira Ragni Steen Knudsen Dubravka Vukoja Marina Martinez Barbara Silva Julia Moctezuma Gysell Zayas

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Last Match UTRGV Drops HBU Classic Finale Aug. 25, 2018 at Sharp Gym – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) volleyball team closed out the HBU Classic with a 1-3 (25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 18-25) loss to host Houston Baptist University (HBU). Freshman Pamela Moreira led UTRGV (2-1) with 19 kills, 12 digs and two blocks. Junior Barbara Silva recorded 13 kills with two blocks. Senior Alexandra Ecker finished with 10 kills on .400 hitting and four blocks. Sophomore Debora Nazario dished out 45 assists while senior Gysell Zayas recorded 25 digs. Mikayla Vivens led HBU (3-0) with 17 kills and 14 digs. Megan Patillo, Kelly Colwell and Ashtyn Richey all finished with 12 kills. Madison O’Brien recorded 46 assists, 13 digs and five blocks. HBU was in control early in the first set, going up 16-10 on a Vivens kill. UTRGV responded by scoring four of the next five points, including a pair of Moreira kills, to pull within two. UTRGV still trailed at 16-19, but won three-straight serves, capped by a block by Moreira and junior McAllen Memorial alum Draik Banks, to tie the set. Then, with the set tied at 22, Moreira came up with two kills to help UTRGV score the final three points en route to a 1-0 lead in the match. UTRGV led by as much as four in the second set, going up 18-14 on an ace by senior Antonela Jularic. UTRGV still had the lead at 21-19 after a Silva kill before HBU scored the final six points to tie the match. UTRGV led early in the third set, going up 8-7 on a Jularic ace, but HBU responded with an 8-2 run to take control of the set. HBU rode that momentum into the fourth set, as with the score tied at 4, HBU went on a 10-2 run to push the match out of reach.

8/25/18 1 2 3 4 5 F Kills Leader Assists Leader Digs Leader Blocks Leader Hit% (K-E-TA) BS-BA-BE Aces Pts UTRGV 25 21 21 18 -- 1 Moreira-19 Nazario-45 Zayas-25 Ecker-4 .185 (50-23-146) 2-10-1 4 61.0 Houston Baptist 22 25 25 25 -- 3 Vivens-17 O’Brien-46 Lewis-21 Patillo-7 .276 (61-19-152) 1-18-3 6 77.0

Previous Matches UTRGV Opens Season with Sweep of Louisiana Tech Aug. 24, 2018 at Sharp Gym – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) volleyball team opened the 2018 season with a 3-0 (25-9, 25- 20, 25-22) victory over Louisiana Tech at the HBU Classic. Senior Antonela Jularic led UTRGV (1-0) with eight kills on .467 hitting and six digs. Junior Barbara Silva recorded eight kills with a career-high four aces. Junior McAllen Memorial alum Draik Banks recorded seven kills on .600 hitting with a match-high four blocks. Sophomore Debora Nazario dished out a match-high 32 assists while senior Gysell Zayas recorded a match- high 16 digs. Lara Hendricks led Louisiana Tech (0-1) with nine kills. UTRGV out-hit Louisiana Tech .305 (37-12-82) to .044 (27-23-91). Three of Silva’s aces came in the first set, as she won 12 of her 13 serves. She won six-straight serves, including one ace, to help UTRGV turn a 1-1 score into a 7-1 score. Then, with UTRGV up 19-9, Silva won the final six serves of the set, including two aces. UTRGV never trailed in the second set, taking its largest lead at 13-7 on a Silva kill. Louisiana Tech won six of the next eight serves to pull within two, but a kill and an ace by sophomore Los Fresnos alum Jackie Kingsbury sparked UTRGV to score five of the next seven points and push the set out of reach. Louisiana Tech took its first lead of the match in the third set, going up 15-12 on a Hendricks kill. Jularic responded with a kill to help UTRGV score the next six points and take the lead. Louisiana Tech came back to take a 22-21 lead on a Mia Postran ace. But UTRGV took advantage of four-straight attack errors to complete the sweep.

8/24/18 1 2 3 4 5 F Kills Leader Assists Leader Digs Leader Blocks Leader Hit% (K-E-TA) BS-BA-BE Aces Pts UTRGV 25 25 25 -- -- 3 Jularic-8 Nazario-32 Zayas-16 Banks-4 .305 (37-12-82) 0-10-0 9 51.0 Silva-8 Louisiana Tech 9 20 22 -- -- 0 Hendricks-8 Hildenbrand-11 Currie-11 Davis-3 .044 (27-23-91) 0-8-0 5 36.0 Mirich-8 Prostran-11

UTRGV Opens Season with Sweep of Louisiana Tech Aug. 24, 2018 at Sharp Gym – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) volleyball team opened the 2018 season with a 3-0 (25-9, 25- 20, 25-22) victory over Louisiana Tech at the HBU Classic. Senior Antonela Jularic led UTRGV (1-0) with eight kills on .467 hitting and six digs. Junior Barbara Silva recorded eight kills with a career-high four aces. Junior McAllen Memorial alum Draik Banks recorded seven kills on .600 hitting with a match-high four blocks. Sophomore Debora Nazario dished out a match-high 32 assists while senior Gysell Zayas recorded a match- high 16 digs. Lara Hendricks led Louisiana Tech (0-1) with nine kills. UTRGV out-hit Louisiana Tech .305 (37-12-82) to .044 (27-23-91). Three of Silva’s aces came in the first set, as she won 12 of her 13 serves. She won six-straight serves, including one ace, to help UTRGV turn a 1-1 score into a 7-1 score. Then, with UTRGV up 19-9, Silva won the final six serves of the set, including two aces. UTRGV never trailed in the second set, taking its largest lead at 13-7 on a Silva kill. Louisiana Tech won six of the next eight serves to pull within two, but a kill and an ace by sophomore Los Fresnos alum Jackie Kingsbury sparked UTRGV to score five of the next seven points and push the set out of reach. Louisiana Tech took its first lead of the match in the third set, going up 15-12 on a Hendricks kill. Jularic responded with a kill to help UTRGV score the next six points and take the lead. Louisiana Tech came back to take a 22-21 lead on a Mia Postran ace. But UTRGV took advantage of four-straight attack errors to complete the sweep.

8/24/18 1 2 3 4 5 F Kills Leader Assists Leader Digs Leader Blocks Leader Hit% (K-E-TA) BS-BA-BE Aces Pts UTRGV 25 25 25 -- -- 3 Jularic-8 Nazario-32 Zayas-16 Banks-4 .305 (37-12-82) 0-10-0 9 51.0 Silva-8 Louisiana Tech 9 20 22 -- -- 0 Hendricks-8 Hildenbrand-11 Currie-11 Davis-3 .044 (27-23-91) 0-8-0 5 36.0 Mirich-8 Prostran-11

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1,000 Kills Club Set ‘Em Up

• Senior Ragni Steen Knudsen is on the verge of becoming the • Senior Dubravka Vukoja is one of the best setters in NCAA DI ninth members of UTRGV’s 1,000 kills club. program history:

Rank Kills Name Years Rank Assists Per Set Name Year(s) 1. 1,629 Jaclyn Muszynski 2000-03 1. 11.03 Katie Burke 2002 2. 1,405 Kellie Phillips 2005-08 2. 9.21 Chelsea Blakely 2005-08 3. 1,352 Heather Bravo 2003-06 3. 8.97 Nycole Masaki 2012-13 4. 1,175 Tanja Thomas 1989-91 4. 8.35 Dubravka Vukoja 2015-Present 5. 1,159 Bojana Mitrovic 2015-17 5. 8.19 Lorena Lopez 1999-00 6. 1,101 Alisha Watson 2013-16 6. 8.04 Mary Kate Clark 2014 7. 1,076 Stephanie Redd 2002-05 7. 7.82 Tina Sekulic 2015-17 8. 1,056 Marci Logan 2007-10 8. 7.47 Ida Pena 1993 9. 921 Cathi Netemeyer 2002-04 9. 7.26 Miya Shimada 1997-98 10. 892 Ragni Steen Knudsen 2016-Present 11. 887 Danielle Holthe 2002-05 2018 Match Notes

Block Party Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/27)

• UTRGV currently has two of the best blockers in NCAA DI program • UTRGV is 15-25 all-time against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a history: series dating back to 2000. • Rank Block Assists Name Years UTRGV has split with Corpus Christi during each of the last two 1. 288 Alexandra Ecker 2015-Present seasons as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy 2. 274 Haley Durham 2012-15 Army Community Credit Union, winning the home match each time. 3. 250 Danielle Holthe 2002-05 4. 240 Stephanie Redd 2002-05 • In last year’s win, UTRGV swept Corpus Christi for the first time in 5. 231 Sarah Davis 2009-12 10 years, a span of 19 matches. 6. 224 Deanna Schneyer 2005-08 7. 218 Maria Kliefoth 2011-14 Houston Baptist (8/25) 8. 217 Barbara Silva 2016-Present 9. 214 Lisa Yanez 1993-96 • UTRGV opened the season by winning its first seven sets before 10. 199 Bojana Mitrovic 2015-17 falling to HBU 1-3 (25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 18-25).

Rank Total Blocks Name Years • Freshman Pamela Moreira recorded her first double-double with a 1. 341 Haley Durham 2012-15 match-high 19 kills and 12 digs en route to All-Tournament Team 2. 323 Lisa Yanez 1993-96 honors. 3. 314 Alexandra Ecker 2015-Present 4. 312 Danielle Holthe 2002-05 • Senior Alexandra Ecker recorded 10 kills on .400 hitting with a 5. 310 Stephanie Redd 2002-05 team-high four blocks to earn All-Tournament Team honors. 6. 295 Deanna Schneyer 2005-08 7. 272 Sarah Davis 2009-12 • Junior Barbara Silva recorded 13 kills. 8. 255 Maria Kliefoth 2011-14 9. 233 Barbara Silva 2016-Present Prairie View A&M (8/24) 10. 217 Bojana Mitrovic 2015-17 • UTRGV swept Prairie View A&M 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-16). Playing All Your Favorite Hits • Junior Barbara Silva recorded more than twice as many kills as anyone else with 16 on .414 hitting, three aces and six digs. • Ecker, Knudsen and Silva rank among the best hitters in NCAA DI

program history (minimum 500 attacks): • Junior Julia Moctezuma started and posted a career-high 11 digs. Rank Hitting Percentage Name Year 1. .320 Lisa Yanez 1993-96 Louisiana Tech (8/24)

2. .281 Alexandra Ecker 2015-Present 3. .250 Maria Kleifoth 2009-10 • UTRGV opened the season with a 3-0 (25-9, 25-20, 25-22) victory 4. .248 Rita Gonzalez 2009-10 over Louisiana Tech.

5. .243 Barbara Silva 2016-Present 6. .240 Cathi Netemeyer 2002-04 • The 16-point margin of victory is the largest by UTRGV in the 7. .236 Haley Durham 2012-15 opening set of a season since at least 2000. 8. .233 Ragni Steen Knudsen 2016-Present 9. .218 Julie Williams 1995-96 • This was the second-straight meeting between these two teams that occurred in both the season opener and first match of the HBU Classic. UTRGV won the last match on Aug. 28, 2015, as well.

• Junior Barbara Silva served up a career-high four aces with eight kills.

• In her first match with UTRGV, senior Antonela Jularic recorded a match-high tying eight kills on .467 hitting and six digs.

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• In her first match with UTRGV, junior Draik Banks posted a match- Christi 3-0, marking UTRGV’s first sweep of Corpus Christi since high four blocks. Oct. 9, 2007, a span of 19 matches.

Preseason Notes • UTRGV drew a program record 8,861 fans.

• UTRGV got off to its best conference start in NCAA DI program • UTRGV was picked second in the preseason WAC coaches’ poll: history by going 4-0. UTRGV finished with an NCAA DI program record 10 conference victories to finish in second place, the best Place Team (First Place Votes) Pts. finish in NCAA DI program history.

1. New Mexico State (6) 62 • UTRGV swept eight opponents last season. 2. UTRGV (3) 57 • UTRGV won seven-straight matches from Sept. 13 through Oct. 5, 3. CSU Bakersfield 48 its longest winning streak at the NCAA DI level since winning seven-straight from Sept. 12-26, 2003. 4. Utah Valley 42 5. Kansas City 35 • Junior Ragni Steen Knudsen and senior Bojana Mitrovic were All-WAC First Team selections, while sophomore Barbara Silva 6. Grand Canyon 30 was a member of the All-WAC Second Team as voted on by the 7. Seattle U 23 WAC head coaches based on results during WAC play.

8. California Baptist 17 • This was the third year in a row Mitrovic had earned All-WAC First Team honors. 9. Chicago State 10 (Points awarded on an 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis as coaches were not • In WAC play last season, Knudsen averaged 3.68 kills and 2.10 allowed to vote for their own teams) digs per set. She ranks second in the WAC in kills and points (4.19) and fourth in aces (0.36) per set. Knudsen tied for the most kills in • Senior Ragni Steen Knudsen is the Preseason WAC Player of the a WAC match this season with 25 at Chicago State on Oct. 26, and Year and is joined on the Preseason All-WAC team by senior the most in a four-set match with 22 at Utah Valley on Oct. 5. She Alexandra Ecker and junior Barbara Silva. also had 16 kills at Grand Canyon on Nov. 11, tied for the second most in a three-set WAC match this season. Knudsen dished out a • Alexandra Ecker is serving as team captain for the third year in a WAC-high tying four aces against Seattle U on Nov. 2. row. • Mitrovic averaged 3.24 kills and 2.91 digs per set during WAC play. th 2017 Team Notes She ranks eighth in the WAC in kills and 10 in points (3.63) per set. Mitrovic recorded 21 digs against Utah Valley on Nov. 4, the fourth-highest total in a three-set match in the WAC this season. • UTRGV won a program record 11 home matches by going 10-0 in the regular season and adding a WAC Tournament Semifinals • Silva averaged 3.18 kills, 0.74 digs and 0.77 blocks per set during victory. WAC play. She ranks ninth in the WAC in hitting (.265) and 10th in kills. Silva recorded 17 kills against Utah Valley on Nov. 4, tied for • UTRGV broke its single-match attendance record twice, with 1,634 the most in a three-set match in the WAC this season. fans at the WAC Tournament Championship Match against CSU Bakersfield (11/18) and 1,529 in a South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Union clash against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/13). UTRGV won the match against Corpus

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2018 Starting Lineups (2)

Match No. OH OH/DS RS MB MB S L W-L Pct. 1, 3 Jularic Moreira Silva Banks Ecker Nazario Zayas 1-1 .500 2 Jularic Moctezuma Silva Banks Jandova Vukoja Zayas 1-0 1.000

2018 UTRGV Leaders

Kills Digs Blocks Assists Double- Individual Match Leaders Player 10+ 20+ 10+ 20+ 30+ 10+ 10+ 20+ 30+ 40+ 50+ Doubles K D B A Draik Banks 2 Alexandra Ecker 1 1 Carter Helmcamp Veronika Jandova Antonela Jularic 1 Jackie Kingsbury Ragni Steen Knudsen Barbara Thais Krug Marina Martinez Julia Moctezuma 1 1 Pamela Moreira 1 1 1 Debora Nazario 1 1 2 Talita Oliveira Paulina Ramirez Barbara Silva 2 2 Dubravka Vukoja 1 1 Gysell Zayas 2 1 2

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2018 Record When … 2018 Individual Records in Starting Lineup

Home Road Neutral Overall Players W-L Pct. Leading after first set...... 0-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 Draik Banks 2-1 .667 Trailing after first set...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Antonela Jularic 2-1 .667 Barbara Silva 2-1 .667 Leading after second set..... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Gysell Zayas 2-1 .667 .500 Trailing after second set...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Alexandra Ecker 1-1 Pamela Moreira 1-1 .500 Tied after second set...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Debora Nazario 1-1 .500

Veronika Jandova 1-0 1.000 Leading after third set ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Julia Moctezuma 1-0 1.000 Trailing after third set ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Dubravka Vukoja 1-0 1.000

Tied after fourth set ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Service Aces Home Road Neutral Overall

Leading ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 When Playing … Home Road Neutral Overall Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Three Sets ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Tied ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Four Sets ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Five Sets ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 By Conference … Home Road Neutral Overall At a Tournament...... 0-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 Big 12 ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Match 1 of DH ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Big West ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Match 2 of DH ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Conference USA ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0

Pac-12 ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting Home Road Neutral Overall Southland ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Hitting .300 or better...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 SWAC ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Hitting .200-.299 ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 WAC ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting .100-.199 ...... 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 WCC...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting below .100 ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0

Out-hitting the opposition .... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 By Day … Home Road Neutral Overall Getting out-hit ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 On Sunday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied in hitting percentage.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 On Monday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

On Tuesday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kills Home Road Neutral Overall On Wednesday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Leading ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 On Thursday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 On Friday ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Tied ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 On Saturday ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1

Blocks Home Road Neutral Overall By Month … Home Road Neutral Overall Leading ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 In August ...... 0-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 In September ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In October ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In November ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Digs Home Road Neutral Overall In December ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Leading ...... 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Tied 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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Todd Lowery Head Coach Date Named: 1/19/15 • Head Coaching Experience: 15th Season • College: Bowling Green State University

Todd Lowery, who won two national championships as the head coach 2015: In his first seasn at the helm of UTRGV, Lowey led the team to a of the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) volleyball team, was 7-8 record in non-conference play before showing signs of serious hired as the head coach of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley improvement against WAC teams down the stretch. UTRGV won four of (UTRGV) volleyball team on Jan. 9, 2015. its final eight matches, including a sweep of defending WAC Tournament Champion CSU Bakersfield in the regular seasn and a 2017: In his third season at UTRGV, Lowery led the team to its second- sweep of third-seeded Utah Valley in the WAC Tournament straight WAC Tournament Championship berth. UTRGV finished a Quarterfinals. Lowery coached Bojana Mitrovic to All-WAC First Team program-best second in the WAC with a program record 10 WAC wins honors, as she led the WAC in kills per set (program record 4.30), total as part of a 17-win season that included eight sweeps. UTRGV also kills (program record 460), points per set (4.82) and total points (515.5) won a program record 11 home matches, including a 10-0 mark during while ranking 10th in total digs (253). He also developed Alexandra the regular season. The success of the team led UTRGV to draw a Ecker into the best freshman hitter in program history (.285) and program record 8,861 fans, including a record 1,634 fans for the WAC Dubravka Vukoja into one of the best setters, as she averaged 9.16 Tournament Championship Match. Lowery coached three All-WAC assists per set, the sixth-highest single-season total in program history. honorees, including first teamers Ragni Steen Knudsen and Bojana Both Ecker and Vukoja earned All-WAC Freshman Team honors. Mitrovic and second teamer Barbara Silva. Career: Lowery was the head coach at National American University 2016: In his second season at UTRGV, Lowery led the team to its first (NAU) from 2002-08 and UTB from 2009-14. During that time, he went NCAA Tournament berth by becoming the first No. 5 seed to win the 416-36 (.920) to go with four NAIA national championships (2002, 2006, WAC Tournament Championship. Lowery coached the team to its first 2011, and 2013). His team went 211-22 (.906) at NAU, including 41-0 winning season in 13 years, posting the best winning percentage (.600) records in 2002 and 2006, and 205-14 (.936) at UTB, including a 37-0 and most wins (21) in NCAA DI program history. UTRGV opened the record in 2013. season with a signature win at Baylor, a team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, en route to the Baylor Invitational In 2014, Lowery led UTB to a 34-5 record and the No. 2 ranking in the Tournament Championship. UTRGV went 2-1 during all four of its non- nation after reaching the national championship match. conference tournaments, finishing in second in the other three tournaments. The non-conference success was a big reason reason for His student-athletes have included 31 NAIA All-Americans, three NAIA UTRGV’s 10-win Septemeber, marking the second winningest month in National Players of the Year, six Region III MVPs, and six Red River NCAA DI program history. UTRGV punctuated non-conference play by Athletic Conference (RRAC) MVPs. His teams have achieved a knocking off NCAA Tournament participant Texas A&M-Corpus Christi cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher nine times. for the first time since 2007. UTRGV went on to win a program record seven WAC matches. UTRGV was one of just four teams in the NCAA Lowery has racked up the personal accolades as well, earning the 2006 Tournament with three players averaging at least three kills per set, NAIA National Coach of the Year award, two NAIA National including All-WAC honorees Bojana Mitrovic and Alisha Watson, the Tournament Coach of the Year awards (2006 and 2011), 12 regional later of which was the WAC Tournament MVP, and Ragni Steen coach of the year awards (2002-07 and 2009-14), six RRAC Coach of Knudsen, who broke the NCAA DI program record for kills in a season. the Year awards (2009-14), and one South Dakota Associate Press UTRGV put together the best blocking season in program history, as Coach of the Year award (2002). Barbara Silva, Alexandra Ecker and Mitrovic all surpassed the previous NCAA DI program record for block assists in a season. Silva Lowery earned his Master of Education degree in Education also shattered the program records for blocks per set and total blocks. Administration in 2002 from Chadron State. He completed his Bachelor UTRGV showed strong passing ability throughout the season, as of Education in Physical Education with a Minor in Athletic Coaching, Fatoumata Dacosta ranked first in the WAC and the state of Texas as Chemistry, and Health and Wellness at Black Hills State in 2000. well as 19th in the nation in digs. As a team, UTRGV led the WAC and ranked in the top 20 in the nation in kills, assists, digs and blocks. Lowery reisdes in the Rio Grande Valley with his wife, Missy, and their son, Braxton.

Year School Record Conference Postseason 2018 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2-1 (.667) 0-0 (.000) 2017 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 17-12 (.586) 10-4 (.714) 2016 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 21-14 (.600) 7-7 (.500) NCAA Tournament First Round 2015 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 12-19 (.387) 4-10 (.286) 2014 The University of Texas at Brownsville 34-5 (.872) 13-0 (1.000) NAIA Runners Up 2013 The University of Texas at Brownsville 37-0 (1.000) 12-0 (1.000) NAIA National Champions 2012 The University of Texas at Brownsville 30-2 (.938) 10-0 (1.000) NAIA Semifinals 2011 The University of Texas at Brownsville 32-2 (.941) 9-0 (1.000) NAIA National Champions 2010 The University of Texas at Brownsville 38-2 (.950) 14-0 (1.000) NAIA Semifinals 2009 The University of Texas at Brownsville 34-3 (.919) 17-0 (1.000) NAIA Quarterfinals 2007 National American University 26-11 (.703) 2006 National American University 41-0 (1.000) NAIA National Champions 2005 National American University 33-3 (.919) 2004 National American University 31-5 (.861) 2003 National American University 39-3 (.929) 2002 National American University 41-0 (1.000) NAIA National Champions TOTALS (552 Matches) 470-82 (.851) 96-21 (.821) Four NAIA National Championships

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 8

Ragni Steen Knudsen OH 1 Height: 5-9 • Hometown: Myre, Norway • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs WAC and 134th in the NCAA in kills per set (3.46) … Posted 16 double- 0 N/A Kills 26 11/17/17 vs. Utah Valley doubles … Led team in kills 15 times while recording 20+ kills three times 0 N/A Attacks 61 9/16/16 vs. Abilene Christian 0 N/A Assists 3 9/9/16 vs. Abilene Christian and 10+ kills 31 times … Led team in digs twice while reaching double- 0 N/A Aces 5 11/17/16 at UMKC figures 16 times … One of only three players to start every match … 0 N/A Digs 18 2x, Last 10/12/17 vs. GCU Posted team-high eight kills with nine digs in NCAA Tournament at No. 4 0 N/A Blocks 6 8/26/17 at St. Louis Texas (12/2) … Recorded match-high 15 kills on .387 in WAC Tournament Championship win over Utah Valley (11/19) … Served Career: Ranks eighth in program history in hitting percentage (.233) and career-high five aces with 13 kills and eight digs in WAC Tournament th 10 in kills (892) … One of only two players in program history to post Quarterfinals vs. UMKC (11/17) … Served up career-high tying four aces multiple 400+ kill seasons with 421 in 2017 and 471 in 2016. while recording 11 kills and seven digs at Chicago State (11/12) … 2018 (Senior): Earned Preseason WAC Player of the Year honors. Recorded 16th double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs vs. Grand Canyon 2017 (Junior): Finished season with 421 kills, the seventh-highest single- (10/29) … Posted 15th double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs vs. CSU season total in program history … Led UTRGV in kills 20 times and digs Bakersfield (10/27) … Had match-high 17 kills at Incarnate Word (10/25) twice … Reached double-figures in kills 28 times, including three matches … Posted 17 kills with eight digs at Utah Valley (10/22) … Recorded of 20+ kills, and double-figures in digs 10 times en route to 10 double- team-high 18 kills at Seattle U (10/20) … Posted match-high 15 kills on doubles … Earned All-WAC Tournament Team honors (11/18) … Posted .278 hitting vs. UMKC (10/15) … Recorded match-high 16 kills without an double-double with 18 kills and 11 digs in WAC Tournament error in 34 attacks for a career-high .471 hitting percentage vs. Chicago Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Recorded career-high 26 State (10/13) … Posted 14th double-double with 20 kills and 12 digs vs. kills on .386 hitting with nine digs in WAC Tournament Semifinals victory Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/11) … Recorded 13th double-double with over Utah Valley (11/17) … Earned All-WAC First Team honors after team-high 11 kills and 11 digs at CSU Bakersfield (10/1) … Served up ranking second in the WAC in kills (3.68) and points (4.19) and fourth in career-high four aces while posting 12th double-double with 12 kills and aces (0.36) per set (11/15) … Recorded match-high 16 kills with seven 14 digs vs. Seattle U (9/24) … Recorded 11th double-double with 15 kills, digs at Grand Canyon (11/14) … Posted 13 kills with 12 digs at CSU 15 digs and career-high three aces vs. Utah Valley (9/22) … Earned All- Bakersfield (11/9) for ninth double-double of the season … Recorded Tournament Team honors at Owls Classic after averaging 2.54 kills on double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs vs. Utah Valley (10/4) … Served .300 hitting and 1.00 blocks (9/17) … Recorded career-high 25 kills with up season-high tying four aces with team-high 19 kills vs. Seattle U (11/2) 11 digs and career-high three aces for 10th double-double at Florida …Recorded team-high 19 kills at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded a career- Atlantic (9/17) … Posted ninth double-double with career-high 24 kills on high 25 kills with six digs at Chicago State (10/26) … Recorded double- .279 hitting and 11 digs vs. Abilene Christian (9/16) … Earned All- double with 11 kills and 10 digs at New Mexico State (10/21) … Posted Touranment Team honors at Texas Tech Tournament after averaging double-double with 17 kills and career-high tying 18 digs vs. Grand 4.44 kills on .241 hitting and 4.00 digs (9/10) … Posted eighth double- Canyon (10/13) … Recorded match-high 17 kills on .308 hitting at Seattle double with 12 kills and 14 digs at Texas Tech (9/10) … Recorded U (10/7) … Recorded kills on five of the match’s last six serves en route seventh double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs vs. Abilene Christian (9/9) to season-high 22 kills on .354 hitting with 13 digs for double-double at … Posted sixth double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs at Texas A&M- Utah Valley (10/5) … Recorded team-high 13 kills on .324 hitting vs. Corpus Christi (9/6) … Earned All-Tournament team honors at Tulane’s UMKC (9/28) … Posted double-double with season-high tying 17 kills and Allstate Sugar Bowl Tournament by averaging 3.92 kills on .300 hitting 12 digs vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Recorded double-double with 10 and 3.33 digs per set (9/3) … Recorded match-high 17 kills on .469 kills and season-high 16 digs vs. Incarnate Word (9/15) … Posted double- hitting, 12 digs and four blocks vs. Bethune-Cookman (9/3) … Ledteam double of season with 11 kills and 11 digs vs. Corpus Christi (9/13) … Hit with 14 kills and 18 digs vs. Sam Houston State (9/3) … Recorded 16 kills .455 en route to 12 kills vs. Lamar (9/8) … Posted first double-double of and 10 digs for double-double at Tulane (9/2) … Posted team-high 11 season with 15 kills and 10 digs vs. UC Riverside (9/8) … Posted 12 kills kills on .304 hitting vs. Prairie View A&M (8/27) … Recorded double- with eight digs and four aces at Corpus Christi (9/5) … Recorded 13 kills double with 13 kills and 14 digs vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/27) … vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Posted match-high 17 kills on .452 hitting Posted double-double of 10 kills, 13 digs and three blocks in debut at with six digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/1) … Recorded match-high tying 12 Baylor (8/26). kills at No. 14 Oregon (8/31) … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at 2015 (Lindsey Wilson College): Led team to 2015 NAIA National BYU Invitational after averaging 3.60 kills, 1.50 digs and 0.70 blocks Semifinals, earning American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) (8/26) … Recorded team-high 15 kills, five digs and career-high six blocks and Mid-South Conference Freshman of the Year honors as well as a vs. Saint Louis (8/26) … Recorded match-high 14 kills at No. 10 BYU spot on the AVCA Southeast All-Region Team … Averaged 3.19 kills on (8/25) … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors (8/16). .277 hitting and 0.47 blocks in 140 sets across 41 matches (29 starts). 2016 (Sophomore): Broke program records for kills (471), attacks Off the Court: Daughter of Geir Knudsen and Hanne Steen … Has one (1,327) and sets played (136) … Finished season ranked third in the sister, Marianne … Majoring in international business.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score TBD at TBD...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .000 0-0 Totals...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 136-35 471 3.46 167 1327 .229 26 0.19 48 0.35 55 327 2.40 44 5 40 45 0.33 2 0 544.0 4.00 2017.. 108-28 403 3.73 141 1102 .238 14 0.13 34 0.31 51 228 2.11 35 0 36 36 0.33 3 0 455.0 4.21 2018.. 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 244-63 874 3.58 308 2429 .233 40 0.16 82 0.34 106 555 2.27 79 5 76 81 0.33 5 0 999.0 4.09

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 9

Barbara Silva OH 2 Height: 5-11 • Hometown: Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil • Year: Junior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs 2016 (Freshman): Shattered NCAA DI program records for blocks per 16 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Kills 20 10/12/17 vs. Grand Canyon set (1.16), total blocks (156) and block asssts (143) while ranking 24th in 29 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 53 10/12/17 vs. Grand Canyon th 0 N/A Assists 2 11/3/16 @ UTEP the NCAA and second in the WAC in total blocks and 84 in the NCAA 4 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Aces 4 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech and third in the WAC in blocks per set … Played in 135 sets, ranking 6 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 12 9/2/17 vs. Loyola Marymount fourth in NCAA DI program history … Led team in blocks 19 times and 2 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Blocks 9 2x, Last 10/27/16 vs. CSUB kills once while reaching double-figures in kills eight times … Posted eight blocks in WAC Tournament Semifinals at New Mexico State (11/18) … Career: Ranks fifth in program history in hitting (.241), tied for eighth in Earned All-WAC Freshmen Team honors (11/16) … Posted career-high block assists (214) and ninth in total blocks (230). tying 16 kills at UMKC (11/10) … Recorded career-high tying nine blocks 2018 (Junior): Recorded 13 kills at Houston Baptist (8/25) … Recorded vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/27) … Narowly missed triple-double with eight match-high 16 kills on .414 hitting with three aces vs. Prairie View A&M kills, career-high nine digs and career-high nine blocks at Seattle U. All (8/24) … Served up career-high four aces vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24) … of the blocks were assisted, allowing Silva to break the single-season Earned Preseason-All WAC honors. block assists record (previously 94) (10/20) … Posted six blocks to break 2017 (Sophomore): Led UTRGV in kills twice and blocks three times … freshman NCAA DI program record for total blocks (previously 94) with Reached double-figures in kills 18 times and digs once … Posted season- career-high six digs vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/11) … Recorded high six blocks with 11 kills on .308 hitting in WAC Tournament six blocks (four assisted) to break freshman NCAA DI program record for Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Recorded 11 kills in WAC block assists (previously 80) at New Mexico State (10/8) … Came up with Tournament Semifinals victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Earned All- seven blocks and career-high two aces at CSU Bakersfield (10/1) … WAC Second Team honors after ranking ninth in the WAC in hitting (.265) th Recorded 10 kills on .444 hitting with six blocks at Grand Canyon (9/29) and 10 in kills (3.18) (11/15) … Recorded 11 kills on .556 hitting with … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Owls Classic after averaging season-high tying five blocks at Grand Canyon (11/11) … Posted match- 2.54 kills on .300 hitting and 1.00 blocks (9/17) … Posted career-high high 18 kills with season-high five blocks at CSU Bakersfield (11/9) … eight blocks with 12 kills on .346 hitting at Florida Atlantic (9/17) … Recorded match-high 17 kills while adding three block vs. Utah Valley Recorded career-high 16 kills on .414 hitting with four blocks vs. Abilene (10/4) … Recorded 18 kills vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Hit .342 en route to 17 Christian (9/16) …Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Texas Tech kills at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded season-high tying four blocks with 12 Tournament after averaging 3.11 kills on .460 hitting with 2.00 blocks kills and six digs at New Mexico State (10/21) … Hit .407 en route to 13 (9/10) … Posted 10 kills on .421 hitting with career-high tying eight blocks kills and four blocks vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/14) … Recorded career-high vs. Stephen F. Ausitn (9/10) … Recorded career-high 11 kills on .500 20 kills with career-high tying four blocks vs. Grand Canyon (10/12) … hitting at Texas Tech (9/10) … Hit .462 (7-1-13) with eight blocks vs. Recorded career-high 19 kills on .359 hitting at Utah Valley (10/5) … Abilene Christian (9/9) … Recorded 10 kills with six blocks vs. Sam Recorded 10 kills with seven digs and season-high tying four blocks vs. Houston State (9/3) … Posted 10 kills on .348 hitting with five blocks vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Recorded 10 kills vs. Incarnate Word (9/15) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/27) … Recorded seven kills without an … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Oregon Classic after error in 16 attacks (.438) and four blocks in debut at Baylor (8/26) … averaging 3.00 kills on .264 hitting and 2.50 digs in 10 sets (9/2) … Second semester with the program after joining the team in the spring. Posted career-high 12 digs with eight kills vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Off the Court: Daughter of Joao Alberto da Silva and Neudelia Maria de Recorded 12 kills with eight digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/1) … Posted 10 Sousa Castro ... Has one brother, Rubens de Castro Silva ... Majoring in kills on .318 hitting at No. 14 Oregon (8/31) … Recorded 13 kills on .480 exercise science. hitting vs. Saint Louis (8/26).

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 8 4 17 .235 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.0 0 12.5 .305 3-0 Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 16 4 29 .414 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 19.0 .191 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 13 7 33 .182 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2.0 0 15.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 10 37 15 79 .278 0 8 5 0 11 0 3 0 3.0 0 46.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 135-35 230 1.70 99 581 .225 7 0.05 12 0.09 25 86 0.64 4 13 143 156 1.16 19 1 326.5 2.41 2017.. 101-28 286 2.83 107 714 .251 4 0.04 2 0.02 8 93 0.92 7 3 65 68 0.67 10 1 323.5 3.20 2018.. 10-3 37 3.70 15 79 .278 0 0.00 8 0.80 5 11 1.10 0 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 46.5 4.60 TOTAL. 250-67 564 2.26 224 1400 .243 11 0.04 22 0.09 38 192 0.77 11 16 217 233 0.93 29 2 710.5 2.84

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 10

Alexandra Ecker (C) MB 3 Height: 5-10 • Hometown: Helotes, TX • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs … Posted match-high nine blocks to go with five kills on 11 error-free 10 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Kills 11 2x, Last 9/8/17 vs. UC Riverside attacks (.455) at CSU Bakersfield (10/1) … Recorded career-high tying 20 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Attacks 23 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State 0 N/A Assists 4 9/4/15 vs. Southern 10 kills on .304 hitting at Grand Canyon (9/29) … Posted a career-high 0 N/A Aces 4 10/31/15 @ UMKC 11 blocks, tied for the third-best single-match total in program history vs. 4 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Digs 14 9/1/15 vs. TAMUCC Bethune-Cookman (9/3) … Recorded career-high tying five blocks at 4 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Blocks 11 9/3/16 vs. Bethune-Cookman Tulane (9/2) … Named team co-captain. 2015 (Freshman): Finished season with freshman program record .285 2018 (Senior): Earned HBU Classic All-Tournament Team honors (8/25) hitting percentage … Tied career-high with five blocks against CSU … Recorded 10 kills on .400 hitting with four blocks at Houston Baptist Bakersfield in WAC Tournament Semifinals (11/20) … Earned All-WAC (8/25) … Recorded seven kills on .353 hitting vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24) Freshman Team honors (11/18) … Hit .625 (5-0-8) with a career-high five … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors … Named captain. blocks vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/7) … Served up career-high four aces at 2017 (Junior): Led UTRGV in blocks 18 times … Reached double- Missouri-Kansas City (10/31) … Tied career-high with 10 kills on .600 figures in kills twice … Recorded season-high tying eight blocks in WAC hitting vs. Utah Valley (10/17) … Recorded career-high 10 kills with no Tournament Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Broke errors on .556 hitting at Grand Canyon (10/10) … Hit .500 with career- program block assists record with second of four blocks in WAC high tying eight kills at CSU Bakersfield (10/8) … Had seven digs on .312 Tournament Semifinals victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Played error- hitting with three blocks at New Mexico State (9/26) … Played error-free free with six kills on .600 hitting and four blocks at Grand Canyon (11/11) with five kills in eight attack for a .625 hitting percentage at Praire View … Recorded seven kills on .467 hitting while adding four blocks vs. Utah A&M (9/24) … Recorded career-high eight kills with eight digs against Valley (10/4) … Hit .353 with eight kills and four blocks vs. Seattle U Tulane (9/19) … Came up with career-high 14 digs vs. Texas A&M- (11/2) … Recorded 10 kills on .438 hitting vs. Incarnate Word (9/15) … Corpus Christi (9/1) … Recorded five kills, three blocks and two aces Posted career-high tying 11 kills vs. UC Riverside (9/8) … Recorded against Alcorn State en route to All-Tournament Team honors (8/29) … season-high eight kills on .333 hitting vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Recorded six kills without an error in 13 attacks with three blocks in debut Recored seven kills on .316 hitting vs. Northern Illinois (9/1) … Posted vs. Louisiana Tech (8/28). eight blocks vs. Saint Louis (8/26) … Recorded five kills on .333 hitting 2011-14 (O’Connor High School): Averaged 3.50 kills on .419 hitting to vs. No. 21 Ohio State (8/25) … Named co-captain. go with 0.82 blocks per set while leading her team to the area round of 2016 (Sophomore): Averaged 1.00 kills per set, the third-highest single- the state tournament as a senior. During the season, Ecker earned All- season total in NCAA DI program history, while finishing with 136 total Tournament Team honors at the Smithson Valley and Fraulien blocks, also the third-highest total, and 122 block assists, the second- tournaments … A three-year letter winner, earned All-District First Team highest total … Played in NCAA DI program record 136 sets … Led team honors as a junior and Second Team honors as a sophomore … Multi- in blocks 14 times … Reached double-figures in kills thrice … Hit team- sport athlete, qualifying for regionals in the 4x400-meter relay as a high .455 with five kills in 11 error-free attacks in NCAA Tournament at sophomore and a junior … Off the court, in the top five percent of her No. 4 Texas (12/2) … Recorded eight kills on .429 hitting with five digs graduating class. and six blocks vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/27) … Posted career-high 11 kills Off the Court: Daughter of Steve and Ecker … Has one brother, without an error in 17 attacks for a .647 hitting percentage at Utah Valley Mark who plays baseball for Texas A&M, and one sister, Andrea … (10/22) … Recorded eight kills on .600 hitting at New Mexico State (10/8) Majoring in pre-med.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 7 1 17 .353 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1.0 0 7.5 .305 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 10 2 20 .400 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 4.0 0 13.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 7 17 3 37 .378 0 0 1 0 7 2 3 0 5.0 0 20.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2015.. 107-31 144 1.35 41 361 .285 25 0.23 15 0.14 25 127 1.19 12 1 58 59 0.55 6 1 189.0 1.77 2016.. 136-35 190 1.40 59 452 .290 23 0.17 13 0.10 16 90 0.66 1 14 122 136 1.00 5 4 278.0 2.04 2017.. 108-28 165 1.53 50 428 .269 8 0.07 2 0.02 4 40 0.37 3 9 97 106 0.98 9 2 224.5 2.07 2018.. 7-2 17 2.43 3 37 .378 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 7 1.00 0 2 3 5 0.71 0 0 20.5 2.86 TOTAL. 362-97 517 1.43 156 1285 .281 56 0.15 30 0.08 46 265 0.73 16 26 288 314 0.87 20 7 717.0 1.98

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 11

Jackie Kingsbury OH 4 Height: 5-9 • Hometown: Los Fresnos, TX • Year: Sophomore

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs volleyball with three kills on .375 hitting, two digs and one block at 5 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Kills 6 9/9/17 @ Texas Tech Chicago State (10/26) … In her home debut, recorded four kills on .429 9 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 14 9/9/17 @ Texas Tech 0 N/A Assists 1 8/25/17 at Ohio State hitting with first block vs. Texas Southern (9/16) … Racked up career- 2 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Aces 2 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech high six kills at Texas Tech (9/9) … In collegiate debut, recorded two kills 2 2x, Last 8/24/18 vs. PVAM Digs 2 4x, Last 8/24/18 vs. PVAM against No. 21 Ohio State (8/25). 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Blocks 3 11/9/17 at CSUB 2013-16 (Los Fresnos High School): Averaged 5.3 kills, 6.2 digs and 2.9 aces in 106 sets as a senior en route to All-Metro MVP honors … 2018 (Sophomore): Recorded five kills with career-high tying two digs Three-time All-District honoree … Finished her career with a school vs. Prairie View A&M (8/24). record 1,147 kills. 2017 (Freshman): Recorded a career-high three blocks at CSU Off the Court: Daughter of William and Marian Kingsbury … Has two Bakersfield while also serving first-career ace (11/9) … Recorded four brothers, Matthew and Ernesto Culver … Majoring in criminal justice. kills on .429 hitting with one block at UMKC (10/28) …Played error-free

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 2 1 0 4 .250 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 3.0 .305 3-0 Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.0 0 5.5 .191 3-0 Totals...... 5 6 1 13 .385 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1.0 0 8.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 19-9 27 1.42 12 74 .203 1 0.05 1 0.05 3 4 0.21 1 0 6 6 0.32 0 0 31.0 1.63 2018.. 5-2 6 1.20 1 13 .385 0 0.00 2 0.40 2 4 0.80 0 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 8.5 1.60 TOTAL. 25-12 34 1.36 13 91 .231 1 0.04 3 0.12 5 8 0.32 1 0 7 7 0.28 1 0 40.5 1.60

Talita Oliveira MB 5 Height: 6-3 • Hometown: Cajamar, Sao Paulo, Brazil • Year: Junior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs blocks with three kills vs. Corpus Christi (9/13) … Made first-career start 0 N/A Kills 6 9/15/17 vs. Incarnate Word vs. Lamar (9/8) … In collegiate debut, recorded career-high six blocks 0 N/A Attacks 18 9/13/17 vs. TAMUCC 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A with three kills vs. UC Riverside (9/8). 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A 2016 (Freshman, Indian Hills Community College): Averaged 1.36 0 N/A Digs 2 9/16/17 vs. Texas Southern kills on .274 hitting and 1.16 blocks in 98 sets across 31 matches … 0 N/A Blocks 6 2x, Last 9/13/17 vs. TAMUCC Academic All-Region honoree. Off the Court: Attended high school at Architiclino Santos … Daughter 2018 (Junior): Third season with the program. of Irani Rosa and Ubirajara Rubens … Has one sister, Taina Oliveira … 2017 (Sophomore): Led UTRGV in blocks three times … Recorded six Majoring in kinesiology. kills and five blocks vs. Incarnate Word (9/15) … Posted match-high six

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score TBD at TBD...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .000 0-0 Totals...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 28-10 20 0.71 14 66 .091 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 4 0.14 0 3 23 26 0.93 1 0 34.5 1.21 2018.. 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 28-10 20 0.71 14 66 .091 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 4 0.14 0 3 23 26 0.93 1 0 34.5 1.21

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Carter Helmcamp S 6 Height: 5-8 • Hometown: McAllen, TX • Year: Freshman

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs while leading her team to a 34-6 record, including a 9-3 mark in district 0 N/A Kills 0 N/A play … District 30-6A Setter of the Year as a junior … District Honorable 1 2x, Last 8/25/18 @ HBU Attacks 1 2x, Last 8/25/18 @ HBU 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A Mention as a sophomore … 2014 RGVSports.com All-Valley Newcomer 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A of the Year after recording 393 assists, 60 digs, 33 aces, 146 kills and 18 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M blocks to lead team to Sweet 16 of the State Tournament … Competed 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A at USA Junior Nationals during the summer of 2015 … Made the continental team of Team USA and served as an alternate for the A1 2018 (Freshman): Recorded one dig in collegiate debut vs. Prairie View national team in the summer of 2014 … Played club volleyball with the A&M (8/24) … Joined the program in the spring of 2018. RGV Venom. 2014-17 (McAllen High School): Averaged 2.84 kills on .308 hitting, Off the Court: Majoring in management. 4.93 assists, 1.56 digs, 0.47 aces, and 0.49 blocks in 91 sets as a senior

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 2 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .191 1-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 3 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2018.. 3-2 0 0.00 0 2 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 3-2 0 0.00 0 2 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00

Barbara Thais Krug OH/DS 7 Height: 5-11 • Hometown: Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs Cookman (9/3) … Came off the bench to provide 15 digs in three sets vs. 0 N/A Kills 6 2x, Last 9/21/16 vs. PVAM Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/27). 2 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Attacks 21 9/6/16 @ TAMUCC 0 N/A Assists 4 9/16/16 vs. Abilene Christian 2015 (Freshman, Blinn College): Averaged 0.28 kills and 2.12 digs per 0 N/A Aces 2 9/16/16 vs. Abilene Christian set in 116 sets (37 matches) … Raised level of play in conference 4 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Digs 16 9/3/16 vs. Bethune-Cookman competition, averaging 1.19 kills on .283 hitting and 3.00 digs in 21 sets 0 N/A Blocks 4 9/10/16 vs. Stephen F. Austin (six matches). 2011-14 (Martin Luther High School): Selected for the Junior National 2018 (Senior): Third season with the program. Team in 2014 … Played for school as well as for Ginastica (SGNH), 2017 (Junior): Missed most of the season due to injury, recording one Uniao (GNU) and Cascavel club teams … Named best server in 2013 kill, four digs and one block in four sets across three matches. and best hitter in 2012 … Earned All-State honors in each of final three 2016 (Sophomore): UTRGV went 9-4 (.692) with Krug in the starting seasons. lineup … Recorded five kills and 15 digs vs. New Mexico State (11/5) … Off the Court: Daughter of Paulo Ricardo and Roseli Goreti Flesch Krug Posted 13 digs at Utah Valley (10/22) … Recorded 10 digs vs. Texas … Has one brother, Bruno Henrique Krug, and one sister, Fernanda Lais A&M-Corpus Christi (10/11) … Posted career-high four blocks vs. Krug … Majoring in mass communications. Stephen F. Austin (9/10) … Recorded career-high 16 digs vs. Bethune-

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .305 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 7 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 124-34 51 0.41 43 240 .033 21 0.17 7 0.06 16 215 1.73 30 1 19 20 0.16 3 0 68.5 0.55 2017.. 4-3 1 0.25 4 10 -.300 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 4 1.00 0 0 1 1 0.25 1 0 1.5 0.25 2018.. 7-2 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 7 1.00 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 135-39 52 0.39 47 251 .020 21 0.16 7 0.05 16 226 1.67 31 1 20 21 0.16 4 0 70.0 0.52

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 13

Debora Nazario S 8 Height: 5-10 • Hometown: Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil • Year: Sophomore

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs digs vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/13) … Dished out match-high 46 2 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Kills 3 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State assists vs. Northern Illinois (9/1) … Recorded 20 assists in two sets at 7 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Attacks 7 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech 45 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Assists 46 9/1/17 vs. Northern Illinois No. 14 Oregon (8/31) … In first start, dished out 21 assists with six digs 1 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Aces 1 6x, Last 8/24/18 vs. LA Tech and one block at No. 10 BYU (8/25). 5 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Digs 18 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State Prep Volleyball: Played with current teammate Pamela Moreira on state 1 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Blocks 3 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State of Sao Paulo team, winning the Brazilian Club Youth National Championship in 2013 and 2014 and earning Best Setter honors in 2013 2018 (Sophomore): Dished out season-high 45 assists at Houston … Played club volleyball with ADC Bradesco, leading her team to the Baptist (8/25) … Dished out 32 assists vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24)5 2016 U21 State Championship, the 2014 U19 State Championship, and 2017 (Freshman): Recorded 16 assists and four digs in final set and a the 2013 U17 State Championship … Previously played with Club GRB half of WAC Tournament Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Barueri, helping the team to the 2011 U15 State Championship. Recorded career-high 18 digs, career-high three kills and career-high Off the Court: Daughter of Arnoldo Ruiz and Gustione Nazarus … Has three blocks with 38 assists for double-double vs. New Mexico State one brother, Vinicius Ruiz … Majoring in management. (9/23) … Posted first double-double with 31 assists and career-high 14

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 1 2 7 -.143 32 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1.0 0 2.5 .305 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 2 1 6 .167 45 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 7 3 3 13 .000 77 1 0 0 9 0 1 0 1.0 0 4.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 38-18 9 0.24 4 27 .185 223 5.87 5 0.13 8 85 2.24 0 2 11 13 0.34 2 21 21.5 0.55 2018.. 7-2 3 0.43 3 13 .000 77 11.00 1 0.14 0 9 1.29 0 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 4.5 0.57 TOTAL. 47-21 12 0.26 7 41 .122 316 6.72 6 0.13 8 98 2.09 0 2 12 14 0.30 2 21 26.0 0.55

Pamela Moreira RS 9 Height: 6-0 • Hometown: Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil • Year: Redshirt Freshman

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs Spring 2017 (Fort Hays State College): Completed first academic 19 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Kills 19 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist semester. 49 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Attacks 49 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A Prep Volleyball: Played with current teammate Debora Nazario on state 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A of Sao Paulo team, winning the Brazilian Club Youth National 12 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Digs 12 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Championship in 2013 and 2014 … Played club volleyball with Franca, 2 2x, Last 8/25/18 @ HBU Blocks 2 2x, Last 8/25/18 @ HBU leading her team to the 2016 U19 Silver Division State Championship … Also helped her team to the 2014 State Scholar Games and 2012 State 2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Earned HBU Classic All-Tournament Team Youth Games Championships, earning Most Valuable Player honors honors (8/25) … Posted first double-double with career-high 19 kills and during the latter tournament. career-high 12 digs at Houston Baptist (8/25) … Recorded five kills and Off the Court: Studied at Colegio Soberano … Daughter of Fabiene and two blocks in two sets of collegiate debut vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24). Edison Moreira … Has two siblings, Kava and Alicie … Majoring in 2017 (Freshman): Redshirted first season with the program. engineering.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 2 5 3 12 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 0 6.0 .305 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 19 7 49 .245 0 0 2 0 12 0 2 0 2.0 0 20.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 6 24 10 61 .230 0 0 2 0 12 0 4 0 4.0 0 26.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 2018.. 6-2 24 4.00 10 61 .230 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 12 2.00 0 0 4 4 0.67 0 0 26.0 4.33 TOTAL. 6-2 24 4.00 10 61 .230 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 12 2.00 0 0 4 4 0.67 0 0 26.0 4.33

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 14

Dubravka Vukoja S 10 Height: 6-0 • Hometown: Subtica, Serbia • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs 12 times, reaching double-figures 25 times, including six matches of 30+ 0 N/A Kills 4 8/26/17 at St. Louis assists and 12 of 20+ assists … Lead team in digs and blocks once each 8 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 9 11/17/17 vs. Utah Valley 34 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Assists 60 11/17/17 vs. Utah Valley … Dished out season-high tying 39 assists at Chicago State (11/12) … 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Aces 3 10/14/17 vs. CSU Bakersfield Posted second double-double with 19 assists and 18 digs at UTEP (11/3) 5 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 19 2x, Last 10/14/17 vs. CSUB … Dished out match-high 27 assists at Incarnate Word (10/25) … Had 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Blocks 8 8/26/17 at St. Louis team-high 31 assists at Utah Valley (10/22) … Dished out 26 assists vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/11) … Dished out 34 assists vs. Utah 2018 (Senior): Dished out 34 assists vs. Prairie View A&M (8/24). Valley (9/22) … Recorded career-high tying five blocks with 21 assists in 2017 (Junior): Finished season averaging 10.08 assists, the third- two sets vs. Prairie View A&M (9/20) … Dished out season-high 39 highest single-season total in program history, after dishing out 937 assists while blocking career-high tying five attacks at Florida Atlatnic assists, the ninth-highest total … Led UTRGV in assists 23 times and digs (9/17) … Recorded fifth-career double-double with match-high 32 assists twice … reached double-figures in assists 23 times, including 21 matches and career-high 19 digs at Tulane (9/2). of 20+ assists, 17 matches of 30+ assists, 10 matches of 40+ assists, 2015 (Freshman): Dished out 9.16 assists per set, the sixth-highest four matches of 50+ assists, and one of 60 assists … Reached double- single-season total in program history … Recorded career-high five figures in digs eight times en route to six double-doubles … Dished out blocks with 32 assists and eight digs against CSU Bakersfield in WAC career-high 60 assists, including 21 in the first set, in WAC Tournament Tournament Semifinals (11/20) … Served up career-high tying two aces Semifinals victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Recorded double-double with 41 assists and eight digs in WAC Tournament Quarterfinals vs. Utah with 45 assists and 15 digs at CSU Bakersfield (11/9) … Dished out 55 Valley (11/19) … Earned All-WAC Freshman Team honors (11/18) … Led assists with 11 digs for double-double vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Posted team in blocks for first time with career-high four to go with 39 assists and double-double with 39 assists and 14 digs at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded seven digs vs. Grand Canyon (11/5) … Recorded fourth double-double career-highs in aces (3) and digs (19) while dishing out 37 assists for with 46 assists and 11 digs at Missouri-Kansas City (10/31) … Dished out double-double vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/14) … Recorded double-double career-high 49 assists with career-high two aces at New Orleans (10/19) with 52 assists and season-high 16 assists vs. Grand Canyon (10/12) … … Posted third double-double with career-high 46 assists and career- Posted double-double with match-high 47 assists and 10 digs at Seattle high 13 digs at Grand Canyon (10/10) … Dished out career-high 36 U (10/7) … Dished out career-high 58 assists in four sets at Utah Valley assists vs. Missouri-Kansas City (10/1) … Recorded second-straight (10/5) … Recorded second double-double with 35 assists and season double-double with 19 assists and 12 digs against Texas A&M-Corpus high-tying 12 digs vs. Texas Southern (9/16) … Dished out season-high Christi (9/1) … Posted first double-double with 24 assists and 11 digs vs. 41 assists vs. UC Riverside (9/8) … Posted seventh-career double- Alcorn State (8/29) … Started at setter in debut, dishing out match-high double with 32 assists and 12 digs at Corpus Christi (9/5) … Dished out 30 assists to go with three kills in three attacks and eight digs. 38 assists with seven blocks vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Posted 2011-14 (ZOK Spartak): Played club volleyball while attending Bosa career-high eight blocks to go with 41 assists, career-high four kills and Milicevic. six digs vs. Saint Louis (8/26) … Dished out 24 assists with seven digs Off the Court: Daughter of Ilinka and Zlatko Vukoja … Has one sister, against No. 21 Ohio State (8/25). Iva … Majoring in finance. 2016 (Sophomore): Posted two double-doubles … Led team in assists

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 0 3 8 -.375 34 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 2.0 0 2.5 .191 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 4 0 3 8 -.375 34 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 2.0 0 2.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2015.. 70-25 16 0.23 12 56 .071 641 9.16 11 0.16 14 141 2.01 1 0 22 22 0.31 5 27 38.0 0.54 2016.. 93-28 18 0.19 10 64 .125 560 6.02 14 0.15 8 136 1.46 0 0 39 39 0.42 1 14 51.5 0.55 2017.. 90-26 28 0.31 22 112 .054 913 10.14 22 0.24 21 202 2.24 2 2 38 40 0.44 5 13 71.0 0.79 2018.. 4-2 0 0.00 3 8 -.375 34 8.50 1 0.25 0 6 1.50 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 0 2.5 0.50 TOTAL. 260-82 63 0.24 47 244 .066 2172 8.35 48 0.18 43 492 1.89 3 3 100 103 0.40 11 54 164.0 0.63

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 15

Antonela Jularic OH 11 Height: 6-1 • Hometown: Vrbovec, Croatia • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs hitting percentage (17-4-37) against Charlotte (11/10) … Matched career 8 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Kills 22 11/6/16 vs. FIU mark in aces twice with four against Florida Atlantic (11/4) and Charlotte 34 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 56 11/6/16 vs. FIU 1 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Assists 5 9/30/16 vs. North Texas (11/10) … One kill shy of a double-double with nine kills, 17 digs and a 3 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Aces 4 4x, Last 9/16/17 @ Baylor career-high five blocks against UTEP (10/16) … Named to the 9 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 17 2x, Last 10/16/16 vs. UTEP Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. 1 3x, Last 8/25/18 @ HBU Blocks 7 10/29/17 vs. Louisiana Tech 2015 (Freshman, UTSA): Averaged 1.27 kills, 1.10 digs and 0.31 blocks with 23 aces in 81 sets … Had the match-winning kill against No. 12 2018 (Senior): Served up season-high three aces at HBU (8/25) … Oregon to secure UTSA’s first victory over a ranked opponent (9/7) … Recorded eight kills on .467 hitting with two aces in debut vs. Louisiana Most career highs came against Clemson (Sept. 18) with 14 kills, 47 total, Tech (8/24). attacks and 12 digs for lone double-double … Reached double-figures in 2017 (Junior, UTSA): Averaged 0.87 kills, 0.68 digs and 0.31 blocks with kills four times. 21 aces in 85 sets … Served up season-high four aces at Baylor (9/16) Prep Volleyball: Named the Best Athlete in her hometown of Vrbovec, … Posted season-high six blocks and season-high nine digs vs. Texas Croatia, in 2010 … Member of the Croatian Youth National and Senior State (9/16) … Recorded season-high nine kills at Texas State (9/7). National Teams … cCmpeted in the 2015 Youth World Championships 2016 (Sophomore, UTSA): Averaged career-best 2.34 kills, 1.96 digs in Estonia in 2015 … Played for HAOK Mladost in Zagreb, Croatia, the and 0.34 blocks with 27 aces in 106 sets … Started all 28 matches … town in which she was born. Reached double figures in kills nine times, including a career-high 22 Off the Court: Daughter of Anto and Drazenka Jularic … Has one against FIU (11/6) … Finished with six double-doubles … Posted a .351 brother, Antonio … Majoring in psychology.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 8 1 15 .467 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 1.0 0 10.5 .305 3-0 Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 7 6 34 .029 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 1.0 0 7.5 .191 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 5 5 24 .000 1 3 2 1 6 0 1 0 1.0 0 8.5 .185 1-3 Totals...... 10 20 12 73 .110 1 5 3 1 21 0 3 0 3.0 0 26.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2015.. 81-28 103 1.27 57 380 .121 7 0.09 23 0.28 32 89 1.20 9 2 23 25 0.31 1 1 139.5 1.72 2016.. 106-28 248 2.34 110 841 .164 26 0.25 27 0.25 44 208 1.96 35 2 34 36 0.34 4 1 294.0 2.77 2017.. 85-23 74 0.87 52 345 .064 0 0.00 21 0.25 31 58 0.68 10 2 24 26 0.31 1 0 109.0 1.28 2018.. 10-3 20 2.00 12 73 .110 1 0.10 5 0.50 3 21 2.10 1 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 26.5 2.60 TOTAL. 282-82 445 1.58 231 1639 .131 34 0.12 76 0.27 110 376 1.33 55 6 84 90 0.32 6 2 569.0 2.02

Paulina Ramirez DS 12 Height: 5-7 • Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico • Year: Junior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs ace in extended playing time vs. UMKC (9/28) … Served up first ace vs. 0 N/A Kills 0 N/A New Mexico State (9/23) … Dished out first-career assist vs. Texas 0 N/A Attacks 1 9/28/17 vs. UMKC 0 N/A Assists 1 2x, Last 11/17/17 vs. UVU Southern (9/16) … Recorded two digs in season debut at Corpus Christi 0 N/A Aces 1 4x, Last 11/18/17 vs. CSUB (9/5). 0 N/A Digs 5 11/4/17 vs. Utah Valley 2016 (Freshman): Recorded first two-career digs in WAC Tournament 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A Quarterfinals vs. UMKC (11/17) … Won eight-straight serves to start collegiate career and bring UTRGV back from 14-19 defecit to victory at 2018 (Junior): Third season with the program. Chicago State (11/12). 2017 (Sophomore): Posted four digs and one assist in WAC Tournament Off the Court: Daughter of Abiel Ramirez, Gabriela Rivera and Octavio Semifinals victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Recorded a career-high Arellano … Has one sister, Nathalia Ramirez … Majoring in anthropology five digs vs. Utah Valley (11/4) … Recored career-high three digs vs. with a minor in philosophy. Grand Canyon (10/12) … Recorded career-high tying two digs with one

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score TBD at TBD...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .000 0-0 Totals...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 2-2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 2017.. 28-13 0 0.00 0 2 .000 2 0.07 3 0.11 8 20 0.71 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.11 2018.. 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 30-15 0 0.00 0 2 .000 2 0.07 3 0.10 8 22 0.73 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.10

2018 UTRGV Match Notes 16

Julia Moctezuma DS 13 Height: 5-3 • Hometown: Spring, TX • Year: Junior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs starting in set two while playing all three sets and recording career-high 0 N/A Kills 0 N/A six digs with one assist vs. UMKC (9/28) … Recorded career-high two 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 1 4x, Last 8/24/18 vs. PVAM 0 N/A Assists 2 3x, Last 10/28/17 @ UMKC digs with first-career ace and one assist vs. Texas Southern (9/16) … 0 N/A Aces 1 3x, Last 11/18/17 vs. CSUB Made season debut at No. 14 Oregon (8/31). 11 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 11 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M 2016 (Freshman): Recorded first two assists and first dig at UTEP (11/3) 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A … Made debut vs. Prairie View A&M (9/20). 2012-15 (Klein Collins High School): Averaged 5.23 assists and 2.37 2018 (Junior): Started and recorded career-high 11 digs vs. Prairie View digs while dishing out 57 service aces in 130 sets as a senior … In three A&M (8/24). years at the varsity level, averaged 4.68 assists and 1.84 digs while 2017 (Sophomore): Tied career-highs in digs (6) and assists (2) at dishing out 163 aces in 393 sets. UMKC (10/28) … Dished out career-high tying two assists with an ace Off the Court: Daughter of Joe and Cassandra Moctezuma … Has one and four digs vs. Chicago State (9/30) … Started a set for the first time, brother, Joseph … Majoring in biology.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .191 3-0 Totals...... 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 4-3 0 0.00 0 2 .000 2 0.50 0 0.00 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 2017.. 24-9 0 0.00 0 1 .000 6 0.25 2 0.08 7 27 1.12 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.08 2018.. 3-1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 11 3.67 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL. 34-14 0 0.00 0 4 .000 8 0.24 3 0.09 8 42 1.24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.09

Veronika Jandova MB 14 Height: 6-2 • Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic • Year: Sophomore

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs blocks to lead the team at Chicago State (10/26) … Served up career- 7 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Kills 11 10/7/17 @ Seattle U high two aces with seven kills on .312 hitting and mathc-high five blocks 15 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 21 10/21/17 @ New Mexico State 0 N/A Assists 1 11/17/17 vs. Utah Valley vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/14) … Recorded career-high 11 kills on .400 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Aces 2 2x, Last 10/26/17 at CSU hitting at Seattle U (10/7) … Hit .778 with eight kills and just one error in 0 N/A Digs 5 10/21/17 @ New Mexico State nine attacks vs. Chicago State (9/30) … Recorded five kills and six blocks 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Blocks 9 8/26/17 at St. Louis vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Recorded seven kills on .385 hitting vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Posted match-high nine blocks vs. Saint Louis 2018 (Sophomore): Recorded seven kills vs. Prairie View A&M (8/24). (8/26) … Recorded six kills on .600 hitting in collegiate debut against No. 2017 (Freshman): Recorded seven kills and three blocks in WAC 21 Ohio State (8/25). Tournament Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Recorded six Prep Volleyball: Played for the U20 national team as well as the club kills on .364 hitting with four blocks in WAC Tournament Semifinals team PVK Olymp Praha. victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Recorded five kills without an error on Off the Court: Studied at High School Přípotoční … Daughter of Miroslav .625 hitting with four blocks vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Hit .625 en route to six and Jana Jandova … Has one sister, Tereza … Major is undeclared. kills, four digs and three blocks at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded seven

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 7 4 15 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 8.5 .191 3-0 Totals...... 3 7 4 15 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 8.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 90-26 108 1.20 33 243 .309 2 0.02 10 0.11 21 25 0.28 0 5 76 81 0.90 5 1 161.0 1.79 2018.. 3-1 7 2.33 4 15 .200 0 0.00 1 0.33 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 8.5 2.67 TOTAL. 97-28 122 1.26 40 274 .299 2 0.02 11 0.11 25 26 0.27 0 6 79 85 0.88 6 1 178.5 1.84

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Marina Martinez L/DS 15 Height: 5-5 • Hometown: Donna, Texas • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs six kills and career-high tying 11 digs at Arkansas Pine Bluff (9/17). 0 N/A Kills 6 9/17/16 at UAPB 2015 (Freshman, Prairie View A&M): Ranked sixth on the team with 84 0 N/A Attacks 16 9/17/16 at UAPB 0 N/A Assists 2 9/16/16 at Grambling digs for an averaged of 1.56 in 54 sets … Recorded season highs of four 0 N/A Aces 2 2x, Last 11/5/16 @ Alabama A&M kills and 11 digs at UTRGV (Sept. 24) … Reached double-figures in digs 0 N/A Digs 11 2x, Last 9/17/16 at UAPB for the first time with 10 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/22). 0 N/A Blocks 1 11/14/16 vs. UAPB 2011-14 (Donna High School): Earned Class 5A All-State Honorable Mention, All-Rio Grande Valley First Team, District 32-5A Most Valuable 2018 (Senior): Redshirting first season with the program as per NCAA Player, and First Team All-District honors by averaging 3.5 kills (442 total) transfer regulations. and 9.4 digs (1.185 total) per set as a senior … Led team to District 32- 2017 (Junior, Our Lady of the Lake): Averaged 4.1 digs (478 total) and 5A Championship … Participated in the Rio Grande Valley Volleyball All- 0.59 assists (70 total) in 118 sets across 35 matches … Served up 23 Star Showcase, leading the Class 5A East All-Stars to a three-set win aces. over the West. 2016 (Sophomore, Prairie View A&M): Averaged 1.42 digs (101 total) Off the Court: Daughter of X and X … Siblings … Majoing in kinesiology. in 71 sets across 27 matches … Served up nine aces … Posted 10 digs with three kills vs. Arkansas Pine Bliff (11/14) … Recorded career-high

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score TBD at TBD...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .000 0-0 Totals...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2015.. 54-25 10 0.19 4 40 .150 12 0.22 6 0.11 11 84 1.56 15 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 16.0 0.30 2016.. 71-27 10 0.14 14 63 -.063 9 0.13 9 0.13 12 101 1.42 13 0 1 1 0.01 0 1 19.5 0.27 TOTAL..125-52 20 0.16 18 103 .019 21 0.17 15 0.12 23 185 1.48 28 0 1 1 0.01 1 2 35.5 0.28

Draik Banks MB 16 Height: 6-1 • Hometown: McAllen, TX • Year: Junior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs 2012-15 (McAllen Memorial High School): Two-sport star, competing 7 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Kills 14 10/26/17 vs. Canisius in both volleyball and basketball … Earned Rio Grande Valley All-Star 12 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 28 10/21/17 vs. Rider 1 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Assists 2 11/4/17 @ Siena and Offensive Player of the Year honors as a senior by averaging 2.7 kills 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A on .312 hitting in 84 sets … Recognized as MVP Blocker of the Year with 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Digs 2 5x, Last 11/18/17 vs. Iona 60 total blocks (19 solo) … Led her team to State Championship 4 8/24/18 vs. Louisiana Tech Blocks 10 11/5/17 vs. Marist Semifinals appearances during each of her last two seasons, with records of 35-8 as a senior and 33-10 as a junior … Earned the Coaches’ Choice 2018 (Junior): Recorded seven kills on .600 hitting with four blocks in award as a junior … ROTC Iron Woman of the Year as a freshman … debut vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24). Two-time honorable mention in basketball … Honor Roll student … 2017 (Sophomore, Niagara): Led team in hitting (.301) and blocks (0.99 Member of the National Honor Society … Represented McAllen on a per set) while averaging 1.71 kills in 104 sets. holiday float as an outstanding female athlete. 2016 (Freshman, Niagara): As a freshman in 2016, Banks averaged Off the Court: Majoring in biology. 0.72 kills on .248 hitting and 0.55 blocks in 64 sets.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 7 1 10 .600 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.0 0 9.0 .305 3-0 Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 6 2 12 .333 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2.0 0 7.0 .191 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 1 1 11 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.0 0 2.5 .185 1-3 Totals...... 10 14 4 33 .303 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 9.0 0 18.5

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2016.. 64-26 46 0.72 14 129 .248 2 0.03 0 0.00 0 2 0.03 0 3 32 35 0.55 2 0 65.0 1.02 2017.. 104-28 178 1.71 51 422 .301 6 0.06 0 0.00 8 22 0.21 3 10 93 103 0.99 12 0 234.5 2.25 2018.. 10-3 14 1.40 4 33 .303 1 0.10 0 0.00 0 1 0.10 0 0 9 9 0.90 1 0 18.5 1.80 TOTAL..178-57 238 1.34 69 584 .289 9 0.05 0 0.00 8 25 0.14 3 13 134 147 0.83 15 0 318.0 1.79

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Gysell Zayas L 18 Height: 5-6 • Hometown: San Antonio, TX • Year: Senior

2018 Season Highs Category Career Highs high 38 digs vs. Grand Canyon (10/12) … Recorded 13 digs with seven 0 N/A Kills 1 3x, Last 10/12/17 vs. GCU assists and two aces at Seattle U (10/7) … Posted 24 digs in four sets at 1 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Attacks 4 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State 3 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Assists 9 9/23/17 vs. New Mexico State Utah Valley (10/5) … Recorded out 19 digs (6.33 per set) vs. Chicago 2 8/24/18 vs. Prairie View A&M Aces 2 6x, Last 8/24/18 vs. PVAM State (9/30) … Posted career-high 6.67 digs per set with 20 digs in three 25 8/25/18 @ Houston Baptist Digs 38 10/12/17 vs. Grand Canyon sets vs. UMKC (9/28) … Recorded career-high 27 digs with career-high 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A nine assists vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Posted career-high tying 18 digs vs. Texas Southern (9/16) … Recorded career-high 18 digs vs. UC 2018 (Senior): Posted match-high 25 digs at Houston Baptist (8/25) … Riverside (9/8) … Posted match-high 16 digs at No. 10 BYU (8/25). Recorded match-high 16 digs vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24). 2015-16 (Tyler Junior College): Averaged 3.24 digs in 110 sets across 2017 (Junior): Averaged 4.39 digs per set, the ninth-highest single- 27 matches as a sophomore … Academic All-Region honoree and part season total in program history after posting 483 digs, the seventh- of the Dean’s List in the fall of 2016 … As a freshman, averaged 4.74 digs highest total … Led UTRGV in digs 25 times … Reached double-figures in 115 sets across 30 matches in digs 24 times, including seven matches of 20+ kills and one of 38 … 2011-14 (O’Connor High School): Played with current teammate Recorded match-high tying 19 digs in WAC Tournament Championship Alexandra Ecker. vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Posted 21 digs at CSU Bakersfield (11/9) Off the Court: Daughter of Geieve and Ramon Zayas … Has two ... Recorded match-high 23 digs vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Posted fifth- siblings, Gavi and Glana … Majoring in business marketing. highest single-match digs total in NCAA DI program history with career-

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Hit% Score Aug 24, 2018 vs Louisiana Tech...... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .305 3-0 Aug 24, 2018 vs Prairie View A&M.... 3 0 0 1 .000 3 2 1 2 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 .191 3-0 Aug 25, 2018 at HBU...... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 .185 1-3 Totals...... 10 0 0 1 .000 4 2 3 4 51 0 0 0 0.0 0 2.0

CAREER STATISTICS Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Pts Pts/S 2017.. 106-28 3 0.03 1 23 .087 88 0.83 15 0.14 16 464 4.38 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 18.0 0.17 2018.. 10-3 0 0.00 0 1 .000 4 0.40 2 0.20 3 51 5.10 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.20 TOTAL. 120-32 3 0.03 1 24 .083 93 0.77 17 0.14 21 534 4.45 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 20.0 0.17

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UT Rio Grande Valley Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 25, 2018) All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-1 0-0 0-1 2-0

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 9 Moreira,Pamela 6 24 4.00 10 61 .2 3 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 12 2.00 0 4 4 0.67 0 0 26.0 2 Silva,Barbara 10 37 3.70 15 79 .2 7 8 0 0.00 8 5 0.80 0 11 1.10 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 46.5 3 Ecker,Alexandra 7 17 2.43 3 37 .3 7 8 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 7 1.00 2 3 5 0.71 0 0 20.5 14 Jandova,Veronika 3 7 2.33 4 15 .2 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.33 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 8.5 11 Jularic,Antonela 10 20 2.00 12 73 .1 1 0 1 0.10 5 3 0.50 1 21 2.10 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 26.5 16 Banks,Draik 10 14 1.40 4 33 .3 0 3 1 0.10 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.10 0 9 9 0.90 1 0 18.5 4 Kingsbury,Jackie 5 6 1.20 1 13 .3 8 5 0 0.00 2 2 0.40 0 4 0.80 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 8.5 8 Nazario,Debora 7 3 0.43 3 13 .0 0 0 77 11.00 1 0 0.14 0 9 1.29 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 4.5 6 Helmcamp,Carter 3 0 0.00 0 2 .0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 13 Moctezuma,Julia 3 0 0.00 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 11 3.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 10 Vukoja,Dubravka 4 0 0.00 3 8 - .3 7 5 34 8.50 1 0 0.25 0 6 1.50 1 1 2 0.50 0 0 2.5 1 Knudsen,Ragni Steen 2 0 0.00 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 18 Zayas,Gysell 10 0 0.00 0 1 .0 0 0 4 0.40 2 3 0.20 4 51 5.10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 7 Krug,Barbara Thais 7 0 0.00 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 7 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 TEAM ------8 ------UT RIO GRANDE VALL 10 128 12.80 55 338 .2 1 6 117 11.70 20 16 2.00 15 142 14.20 3 26 16.0 1.60 1 0 164.0 Opponents 10 115 11.50 58 335 .1 7 0 110 11.00 15 23 1.50 20 130 13.00 1 36 19.0 1.90 5 0 149.0

Team Statistics UTRGV OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 24 vs Louisiana Tech W 3-0 25-9,25-20,25-22 33 K i l ls 128 115 Aug 24 vs Prairie View A&M W 3-0 25-21,25-22,25-16 47 E r r o r s 55 58 Aug 25 at HBU L 1-3 25-22,21-25,21-25,18-25 426 Total Attacks 338 335 Attack Pct .2 1 6 .1 7 0 Record in 3-set matches: 2-0 K i l ls / S e t 12.8 11.5 Record in 4-set matches: 0-1 SET Record in 5-set matches: 0-0 A s s is t s 117 110 A t te m p ts 331 340 Assist Pct .3 5 3 .3 2 4 A s s is t s / S e t 11.7 11.0 SERVE A c e s 20 15 E r r o r s 16 23 A t te m p ts 233 209 Serve Pct .9 3 1 .8 9 0 A c e s /S e t 2.0 1.5 SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 15 20 E r r o r s /S e t 1.5 2.0 A t te m p ts 186 217 Reception Pct .9 1 9 .9 0 8 DEFENSE D ig s 142 130 D ig s /S e t 14.2 13.0 BLOCKING Block Solo 3 1 Block Assist 26 36 Total Blocks 16.0 19.0 B lo c k s / S e t 1.6 1.9 Block Errors 1 5 Ball handling errors 0 0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 426 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/426 Neutral site #/Avg 2/40 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -

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