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SMU VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL 2019 matcH NOTES 2015 & 2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • 2015 NCAA FIRST ROUND • 2016 NCAA SECOND ROUND CONTACT: TRAVIS CHAMBLEE • PHONE: (214) 768-3735 • EMAIL: [email protected] THE MATCHUPS 2019 SCHEDULE OCT. 18 | TEMPLE | 7 P.M. | OCT. 20 | CONNECTICUT | 1 P.M. | DALLAS, TEXAS | MOODY COLISEUM RECORD 11-5 temple THE AMERICAN 4-2 10-7 | 1-5 AAC NON-CONFERENCE 7-3 HOME 6-1 2019 TEAM STATS AWAY 3-3 NEUTRAL 2-1 Hitting Pct. .282 VS Opp. Hitting Pct. .258 Kills/Set 12.55 Date Opponent Time/Results SMU Assists/Set 11.79 SMU DoubleTree Invitational – Dallas, Texas Aces/Set 1.17 Fri. Aug. 30 Bradley W, 3-0 MUSTANGS Digs/Set 16.09 Fri. Aug. 30 UTSA W, 3-0 Blocks/Set 1.72 Sat. Aug. 31 Stephen F. Austin L, 3-2 11-5 | 4-2 AAC Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam Thurs. Sept. 5 at Oral Roberts W, 3-2 2019 TEAM STATS ALL TIME SERIES: SMU TRAILS 5-7 Sat. Sept. 7 vs. Incarnate Word W, 3-0 Missouri State Invitational - Springfield, Mo. Hitting Pct. .268 Fri. Sept. 13 vs. Dayton W, 3-0 Opp. Hitting Pct. .218 connecticut Fri. Sept. 13 at Missouri State W, 3-0 Kills/Set 14.21 Sat. Sept. 14 vs. Weber State L, 3-0 Assists/Set 13.43 8-10 | 2-4 AAC Aces/Set 1.15 Wed. Sept. 18 TCU W, 3-0 Digs/Set 16.69 2019 TEAM STATS Sat. Sept. 21 at Oklahoma L, 3-1 Blocks/Set 2.03 Fri. Sept. 27 at Houston* L, 3-2 Hitting Pct. .224 Head Coach Lisa Seifert Sun. Sept. 29 at Tulane* L, 3-2 Opp. Hitting Pct. .254 Fri. Oct. 4 Tulsa* W, 3-2 Kills/Set 11.67 Sun. Oct. 6 Wichita State* W, 3-0 2019 LEADERS Assists/Set 10.95 Fri. Oct. 11 Memphis* W, 3-1 Kills Hannah Jacobs 3.47 Aces/Set 1.03 Sun. Oct. 13 at USF* W, 3-1 Assists Lily Heim 11.49 Digs/Set 13.73 Fri. Oct. 18 Temple* 7 p.m. Service Aces Makayla Miller 18 Blocks/Set 2.16 Sun. Oct. 20 Connecticut* 1 p.m. Digs Montana Watts 4.52 Head Coach Ellen Herman-Kimball Fri. Oct. 25 at East Carolina* 6 p.m. Blocks M. Kennedy, K. Winkler 0.95 Sun. Oct. 27 at Cincinnati* 11 a.m. ALL TIME SERIES: SMU LEADS 12-0 Fri. Nov. 1 at Memphis* 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 3 UCF* 1 p.m. Fri. Nov. 8 at Wichita State* 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 10 at Tulsa* 1 p.m. KEY STORYLINES Fri. Nov. 15 Tulane* 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 17 Houston* 1 p.m. FAMILIAR FACES SMU IN 2019 RECOGNITIONS American Athletic Conference Championship - Orlando, Fla. • The Mustangs return four of six starters • SMU is 11-5 overall, 4-2 in The American, • Montana Watts has been named to the Fri. Nov. 22 Quarterfinals TBA with wins in its last four matches. The American Athletic Conference Weekly and the libero from last season. Montana Sat. Nov. 23 Semifinals TBA Mustangs are 3-0 at home in conference Honor Roll twice this season. Watts became just the second player in Sun. Nov. 24 Championship TBA program history with at least 600 digs in matches this season and 6-1 in Moody • Lily Heim was named to the AAC Weekly multiple seasons. Meryn Kennedy led the Colisuem overall. The schedule also Honor Roll after leading SMU to a 3-0 win Fri. Nov. 29 North Texas 2 p.m. team with 111 blocks, and setters Lily Heim includes wins against TCU and Dayton, against TCU, and again after averaging and Kendall Patterson combined for 12.27 receiving votes at the time of the match. 12.62 assists in league wins against Home matches in bold; *Conference match; All times CT. assists per set. Hannah Jacobs leads the team with 3.47 Memphis and USF. kills per set, and is one of three attackers • Freshman Alex Glover was named to the ANOTHER MILESTONE averaging at least three kills per set. league’s Weekly Honor Roll after leading • Head coach Lisa Seifert earned her 400th SMU with a .455 attack percentage while win at SMU when the Mustangs defeated CONFERENCE RANKINGS scoring 23 kills with seven blocks in two Oral Roberts, 3-2, on Sept. 5, 2019. She • Averaging 14.21 kills per set, SMU ranks home conference wins. SOCIAL MEDIA is just the third SMU head coach to amass second in the American Athletic Conference. 400 wins on the Hilltop, following long-time • Hannah Jacobs, fourth-3.47, Mekenzi ALL-TIME SERIES smumustangs.com women’s basketball head coach Rhonda Heckmann, seventh-3.32, and Rachel • SMU is 5-7 all-time against Temple. smumustags.com/volleyball Rompola and men’s tennis head coach Carl Woulfe, 10th-3.07, all rank in the top 10 in • SMU is 4-2 at home against the Owls, Neufeld, both of whom have since retired. the league in kills. losing two of the last three at home. smumustangs • The Mustangs are fourth in the league with • Last Meeting - Sept. 23, 2018 smuvolleyball GAINING MOMENTUM a .268 attack percentage overall, and rank SMU won 3-0 at home in the only match • In the past 10 seasons, Seifert’s teams third, hitting .257 against AAC opponents. of the season. Temple won both matches in smumustangs have won 204 matches, including the • SMU is second, averaging 13.43 assists. 2017 after splits in the previous four years. smuvolleyball program’s first NCAA Tournament victory Lily Heim is second individually with 11.49. • SMU is 12-0 all-time against Connecticut. with a 3-0 win against Texas A&M in 2016. • SMU leads the AAC in digs with 16.69. • SMU is 6-0 at home against the Huskies. smu.mustangs The decade includes six 20-win seasons, Montana Watts is fourth with 4.52 per set. • Last Meeting - Sept. 21, 2018 smuvolleyball including a program-record 27 wins in SMU won 3-1 at home in the only match of 2015. SMU won back-to-back conference the season. It was seventh time UConn won smumustangs championships in 2015 and 2016, and made a set in a series that has never gone five three straight postseason appearances. sets. SMU has five sweeps against UConn. 2019 SMU VOLLEYBALL • SMUMUSTANGS.COM • SMUVOLLEYBALL 1 SMU VOLLEYBALL COACHING SPOTLIGHT THE SEIFERT FILE LISA SEIFERT • 11 All-America Selections • 17 All-Region Selections • 53 All-Conference Honors HEAD COACH • One Conference Player of the Year • Four Conference Position Players of the Year WINONA STATE, 1983 • One Conference Freshman of the Year 25TH SEASON • One CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year • 80 Academic All-Conference Honors • Six AVCA Academic Team Awards • 2015 AVCA Region and American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Lisa Seifert is the first and only volleyball coach in SMU history. Under • 2003 WAC Coach of the Year her tutelage, the Mustangs have moved into the national spotlight with team and individual regional and national rankings. She has coached • Member of the AVCA Coaches’ Poll Committee players to All-Conference honors 55 times and 10 All-America awards. • Member of the Northeast Regional Advisory Committee Mustang athletes have not only excelled on the court under Seifert, but • Former Member of the NCAA West Committee also in the classroom, where 80 student-athletes have been awarded • Served as the Mid-West Region Awards Chair Academic All-Conference honors. • 25 players Nationally-Ranked in the Top-50 since 2000 • All-Region Team Selection Committee She led the Mustangs to the American Athletic Conference championship in 2015 with a 17-3 mark and a program-record 27 wins • All-America Selection Committee overall with six losses. Avery Acker was named conference Player and • 2008 Freshman Recruiting Class Ranked 46th Setter of the Year, as the Mustangs set a school record, hitting .245 By PrepVolleyball.com as a team. Three players earned All-America status, with five being • 2010 Inductee into the St. Francis High School named to the all-conference team. Seifert won her second conference Mustangs were forced to rely heavily on All-Freshman outside hitter Hall of Fame Kathryn Wilkerson and senior co-captain Caitlin Rainbird, finishing Coach of the Year honor, and was named region Coach of the Year. • Elected in 2013 by her peers to serve as the President of with a 16-15 overall record. the League Coaches for the newly-formed American SMU won a second straight American Athletic Conference Athletic Conference championship in 2016, winning a program-record 18 conference The 2009 season saw a Seifert-led squad produce a 19-12 record matches with two losses. The Mustangs went 25-7 overall during the behind the program’s first All-American Honorable Mentions in regular season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for a second sophomore Dana Powell and senior Kendra Kahanek. As a whole, consecutive season. Five players earned all-conference awards with the Mustangs’ defense set a SMU single-season record with 317.5 SEASON RESULTS blocks in just 121 games, while holding its opponents to 223.5 team Morgan Heise being named Libero of the Year for a third straight YEAR OVERALL CONF blocks. The Mustangs were particularly tough at home winning 12 of season. Kendall Patterson was named conference Freshman of 1996 7-24 3-13 the Year. 14 games in Moody Coliseum. 1997 15-19 5-9 SMU advanced to the postseason for a third straight year, finishing 21- Seifert led the Mustangs to 25 wins in 2010, a school record at the 1998 14-17 5-9 11 in 2017.