Mean Green Volleyball Communications Assistant (Volleyball): Bronte Hermesmeyer Phone: (254) 630-7147 | Email: [email protected]
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Mean Green Volleyball Communications Assistant (Volleyball): Bronte Hermesmeyer Phone: (254) 630-7147 | Email: [email protected] MATCH 21 AT TEXAS STATE North Texas Mean Green (11-9, 6-6 C-USA) Head coach: Andrew Palileo GAMEDAY INFORMATION Career Record: 423-293 (21st Year) DATE: Thursday, March 23, 2021 | 6 p.m. Record at UNT: 147-98 (8th Year) LOCATION: Strahan Arena; San Marcos, Home (at UNT): 83-32 | Road: 44-43 | Neutral: 21-23 Texas TV: ESPN+ Texas State Bobcats (28-8, 15-1 Sun Belt) TALENT: Brant Freeman (PxP), Mick Head coach: Sean Huiet Haley (Analyst) Career Record: 28-8 (1st Year) STATS: www.MeanGreenStats.com Record at Texas State: 28-8 (1st Year) Home (2020-21): 10-5 | Road: 13-3 | Neutral: 5-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE MATCH PREVIEW Overall: 11-9 | C-USA: 6-6 The North Texas Mean Green will wrap up regular season play on Thursday night at Home: 8-3 | Away: 3-6 Texas State. The Mean Green are coming off five straight wins, most recently winning two do-or-die matches at Southern Miss to advance to the C-USA Tournament. Texas DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT State, who won the Sun Belt Tournament Championship in the fall, has already ad- 10/3/20 vs. SFA W, 3-2 vanced to its third consecutive NCAA Tournament. 1/22/21 vs. SMU Canceled Quick shot: 1/23/21 vs. SMU Canceled • The Mean Green have not won six matches in a row since 2018, when the UNT 2/4 at Wichita State L, 0-3 won its final seven regular season matches. 2/5 at Wichita State L, 1-3 2/7 vs. UAB* L, 2-3 SERIES BREAKDOWN 2/8 vs. UAB* L, 0-3 2/11 vs. UT Arlington W, 3-0 2/13 at UTSA* W, 3-2 SERIES INFORMATION 2/14 at UTSA* L, 1-3 Overall: Texas State leads, 23-7 3-9 2/22 vs. [RV] Texas State W, 3-0 In Denton: In San Marcos: 2-12 2/25 at No. 6 Baylor L, 0-3 Neutral site: 2-2 2/28 vs. UTEP* W, 3-2 First meeting: North Texas won 2-0; 1979 at 3/1 vs. UTEP* L, 2-3 neutral site 3/4 vs. Oklahoma W, 3-1 Last meeting: North Texas won 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 3/7 at Rice* L, 2-3 25-22); Feb. 22, 2020 in Denton 3/8 at Rice* L, 0-3 Streak: North Texas, 1 3/12 vs. No. 6 Baylor Canceled Under Palileo: 3-1 3/14 vs. Louisiana Tech* W, 3-0 Strahan Arena 3/15 vs. Louisiana Tech* W, 3-1 THE VENUE 3/17 vs. Texas Tech W, 3-0 Arena: Strahan Arena at University Events Center 3/21 at Southern Miss* W, 3-0 Capacity: 10,000; TBA with COVID-19 protocols 3/22 at Southern Miss* W, 3-1 3/25 at Texas State 6 p.m. 4/1-4/3 C-USA Tournament TBD BY THE NUMBERS HOME AWAY Rhett Robinson needs 14 kills to move into 10th in program history *C-USA match 14 for career kills (980). The local product is only in her third season. Henrianna Ibarra collected a career-high 31 digs during Monday’s You can@MEANGREENVB follow the social media ac- win at Southern Miss, which is the fifth-most digs for a four-set counts of Mean Green volleyball at 31 match in program history. @MeanGreenVB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. These platforms provide any relevant stats, information and exciting con- With one match left in the regular season, Sarah Haeussler leads tent throughout the 2020-21 season. the Mean Green with a .346 attack percentage. This would finish as .346 the fourth-highest single-season hitting percentage in team history. North Texas Mean Green volleyball | 1 MEAN GREEN NOTABLES 2020-21 Team Leaders “RHETTRO” ROBINSON NORTH TEXAS Outside hitter Rhett Robinson has put together a career season for the Mean Green. Kills No. The junior from Krum, Texas ranks first in Conference USA and sixth in the nation Rhett Robinson 322 with 322 total kills. In a win over Louisiana Tech on March 15, Robinson hit a ca- Barbara Martin 171 reer-high .636 attack percentage, which is the fifth-highest in program history in the rally era (since 1999). Attacks No. Rhett Robinson 834 In addition to serving as the Mean Green’s primary offensive threat, Robinson has been great on defense. She is second on the team with 68 blocks, which ranks third Barbara Martin 605 in Conference USA. Hitting Percentage (min. 100) Pct. 2020-21 NCAA KILLS LEADERS Sarah Haeussler .346 Miranda Youmans .315 Rk. Player School Kills Rk. Player School Kills 1 Janell Fitzgerald Texas St. 437 6 Rhett Robinson UNT 322 Aces No. 2 Yossiana Pressley Baylor 387 7 Logan Eggleston Texas 312 Barbara Martin 25 3 Kylie Deberg Missouri 368 8 Dani Drews Utah 308 Kaliegh Skopal 15 4 Taylor Bannister LSU 350 9 Samantha Sanders Texas Tech 305 5 Hali Wisnoskie Louisiana 340 10 Jillian Gillen Arkansas 302 Assists No. Kaliegh Skopal 722 Kasey Bortnem 59 VALERIE VALERIAN RETURNS Digs No. Henrianna Ibarra 246 In what was already a bizzare season, senior outside hitter Valerie Valerian returned Aleeyah Galdeira 220 to the court for North Texas two weeks ago against Rice. Valerian, who is one of the most decorated players in program history, was away on an accounting internship that she accepted in fall 2020. Total Blocks No. Sarah Haeussler 74.0 The senior is in the Top 5 in program history in kills (1,359) and ranks sixth in digs Rhett Robinson 68.0 (1,101). Valerian’s return in 2020-21 has helped the Mean Green race back into contention for the C-USA Tournament. The Mean Green are 5-2 since she returned to the court RECORD BREAKDOWN and have won five consecutive contests heading into the regular season finale at Texas State. 2020 Streak Under Palileo Overall 11-9 W5 147-98 Home 8-3 W4 83-32 NORTH TEXAS HIGHLIGHTS C-USA POTW Road 3-6 W2 44-43 The North Texas Mean Green highlighted a chunk of this week’s C-USA Player of the Neutral 0-0 -- 21-23 Week. C-USA 6-6 W4 77-37 3 sets 5-4 W3 -- Senior Kaliegh Skopal earned her second C-USA Setter of the Week award and the 4 sets 3-2 W3 -- fifth of her career. Skopal averaged 11.90 assists-per-set, including a 48-assists per- 5 sets 3-3 L2 -- formance in Monday’s win at Southern Miss. She also has eight double-doubles. Henrianna Ibarra, who took over the starting libero role three weeks ago, had her best week of 2020-21. The redshirt junior was phenomenal on the back row, aver- aging 6.70 digs-per-set. During Monday’s must-win match over Southern Miss, Ibarra how unt fares against tallied a career-best 31 digs conference usa OPPONENT RECORD IBARRA’S ROAD TO THE COURT Charlotte 6-2 Henrianna Ibarra took over the starting libe- FIU 10-12 ro role three weeks ago and has transitioned Florida Atlantic 12-5 smoothly. Ibarra leads the team with 246 digs. In Louisiana Tech 19-11 C-USA matches this season, Ibarra ranks ninth in Marshall 7-3 the league with 3.55 digs-per-set. Middle Tennessee 13-13 Rice 6-15 The success comes as no surprise, considering Ibarra led the 2017 Mean Green squad with 320 Southern Miss 11-7 digs as a freshman. However, Ibarra missed both UAB 6-4 the 2018 and 2019 seasons due to two sea- UTEP 12-9 son-ending ACL injuries. UTSA 13-20 WKU 3-21 Ibarra’s return has been vital both on and off the court, as she is one of the team’s Total 76-34 vocal leaders in the locker room. North Texas Mean Green volleyball | 2 CONFERENCE USA RUNDOWN 2020-21 CONFERENCE USA VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS West Division C-USA Matches All Matches Standings W L Pct. W L Pct. Rice 12 0 1.000 13 4 .813 UAB 7 5 .583 8 7 .533 UTEP 6 4 .600 5 6 .455 North Texas 6 6 .500 11 9 .550 UTSA 5 7 .417 7 11 .389 Southern Miss 4 6 .400 9 8 .529 Louisiana Tech 0 12 .000 1 19 .050 East Division C-USA Matches All Matches Standings W L Pct. W L Pct. No. 18 WKU 10 0 1.000 16 0 1.000 Charlotte 9 3 .750 11 4 .733 Marshall 8 4 .667 10 4 .714 Old Dominion 4 6 .400 7 8 .467 Middle Tennessee 4 7 .364 5 9 .357 FIU 3 9 .250 3 10 .231 Florida Atlantic 1 10 .091 1 12 .077 ***Top 4 teams in each division advance to the C-USA Tournament on April 1-3 in Hattiesburg, MS. 2020-21 CONFERENCE USA LEADERS Overall matches Kills ................................................................322, Rhett Robinson (North Texas) Assists ............................................................722, Kaliegh Skopal (North Texas) Aces ...............................................................29, Marley Banton (Middle Tennessee) Digs ...............................................................342, Mia Ybarra (UTSA) Attack percentage ........................................461, Anota Adekunle (Rice) Blocks ............................................................74, Sarah Haeussler (North Texas) Conference only Kills ................................................................217, Rhett Robinson (North Texas) Assists ............................................................481, Kaliegh Skopal (North Texas) Aces ...............................................................27, Marley Banton (Middle Tennessee) Digs ..............................................................202, Mia Ybarra (UTSA) Attack percentage ........................................454, Lauren Matthews (Western Kentucky); Anota Adekunle (Rice) Blocks ............................................................56, Destiny Leon (Marshall) North Texas Mean Green volleyball | 3 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Player Ht. 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