The University of Texas Vaqueros (2-3, 0-0 WAC) vs. Louisiana (3-1) + Incarnate Word (4-3) + Texas Southern (1-5) + Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) Matches #6-9 • Home Matches #1-4 at UTRGV Fieldhouse Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 9-12, 2021

UTRGV 2021 Schedule 2021 Roster Date Opponent TV/Result Time/Record August (2-0) Probable Starters 2021 Statistics New Orleans Invitational 8/28 vs. Alcorn State W 3-0 1-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown K/Set A/Set D/Set B/Set 8/27 at New Orleans W 3-1 2-0 1 Evana Ramos L 5-1 Fr. Edinburg, TX 0.05 0.80 2.95 0.00 8/27 vs. Tennessee State CNCL (Hurricane Ida) 2 Perris Key OH 5-8 Fr. Katy, TX 1.00 0.07 1.47 0.13 September (0-3, 0-0 WAC) Cowtown Classic 7 Luisa Silva Dos Santos MB 6-0 So. Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2.15 0.30 0.60 0.70 9/2 vs. UMBC L 2-3 2-1 8 Sarah Cruz RS 6-2 Jr. Olomouc, CZ 3.53 0.26 1.79 0.74 9/2 at TCU L 0-3 2-2 9 Luanna Emiliano S 5-7 Fr. Belo Horizonte, Brazil 0.45 8.55 3.15 0.15 9/3 vs. Nicholls State L 2-3 2-3 UTRGV Tournament 11 Ioanna Charitonidi OH 5-11 So. Athens, Greece 1.67 0.06 2.28 0.22 9/9 Louisiana ESPN+ 7 p.m. 14 Veronika Jandova MB 6-2 Sr. Prague, CZ 1.95 0.05 0.15 1.15 9/10 Incarnate Word ESPN+ 7 p.m. 9/11 Texas Southern ESPN+ 5 p.m. 9/12 Corpus Christi ESPN+ 1 p.m. Off the Bench 2021 Statistics Pirate Invitational No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown K/Set A/Set D/Set B/Set 9/17 vs. Appalachian State 10 a.m. 9/17 at East Carolina ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 3 Julia Abramo Rocha S 5-7 Fr. São Paulo, Brazil 0.22 2.22 0.56 0.00 9/18 vs. Gardner-Webb 11 a.m. 4 Yasmim Da Silva OH 5-11 Jr. Guaramirim, Santa Catarina, Brazil 1.69 0.31 1.06 0.38 9/23 UTEP ESPN+ 7 p.m. 5 Ingridy Foltran OH 6-0 Fr. Barueri, Brazil 1.27 0.00 0.45 0.36 9/25 Stephen F. Austin* ESPN+ 2 p.m. October (0-0, 0-0 WAC) 6 Karson Davis S 5-8 Fr. Conroe, TX N/A N/A N/A N/A 10/2 at Lamar* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 10 Revna Çakir MB 6-0 Fr. Bursa, Turkey N/A N/A N/A N/A 10/7 at Abilene Christian* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 12 Regina Tijerina L 5-2 Jr. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico N/A N/A N/A N/A 10/9 at Tarleton* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 10/16 Sam Houston* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 13 Maria Eduarda “Duda” Rodrigues RS 6-3 So. Belo Horizonte, Brazil N/A N/A N/A N/A WAC Cluster (@ Lamar) 17 Ada Bulgur OH 6-1 Fr. Istanbul, Turkey 0.50 0.33 0.67 0.33 10/22 vs. Seattle U* 1 p.m. 10/23 vs. Chicago State* 1 p.m. 10/25 at Corpus Christi 6:30 p.m. Head Coach Todd Lowery (Seventh Season, Black Hills State) 10/28 at Sam Houston* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. Assistant Coach Vini Baigan (Seventh Season, Park College) 10/30 at Stephen F. Austin* ESPN+ 12 p.m. Assistant Coach Paulina Ramirez (Second Season, UTRGV) November (0-0, 0-0 WAC) 11/3 at UTEP 7 p.m. 11/6 Lamar* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 11/11 Tarleton* ESPN+ 7 p.m. Pronunciations 11/13 Abilene Christian* ESPN+ 2 p.m. WAC Tournament (@ New Mexico State) 1 Evana Ramos [ee-VAH-nah] [RAH-mohs] 11/18 Quarterfinals ESPN+ 11 a.m./2/5/8 p.m. 3 Julia Abramo [ah-BRAH-mo] 11/19 Semifinals ESPN+ 5/8 p.m. 11/20 Championship ESPN+ 8 p.m. •When referring to last name, can just say “Abramo” NCAA Tournament 4 Yasmim da Silva [YAZ-meem] 12/3 Round of 64 ESPN3 TBD 5 Ingridy Foltran [IN-grid-ee] [fohl-TRON] 12/4 Round of 32 ESPN3 TBD 12/10 Round of 16 ESPN3 TBD 7 Luisa Santos [loo-EE-zah] [SAHN-tohs] 12/11 Quarterfinals ESPN3 TBD •When referring to last name, can just say “Santos” 12/16 Semifinals ESPN2 TBD 9 Luanna Emiliano [loo-AH-nah] [EH-mill-ee-AH-no] 12/18 Championship ESPN2 TBD Home matches in bold All Times CT 10 Revna Çakir [rev-NAH] [checker] *Western Athletic Conference Match 11 Ioanna Charitonidi [ee-oh-AH-nah] [HA-ree-to-KNEE-dee] •Note: “Cha” sound referred to as “HA” is pronounced like Channukah or Bach 12 Regina Tijerina [tih-ha-REE-nah] 13 Duda Rodrigues [DOO-da] •Goes by Duda, her nickname 14 Veronika Jandova [YAN-doh-vah] 17 Ada Bulgur [ah-DUH] [bowl-GER] (hard g) Vini Baigan [BYE-gun]

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 22-9 11-2 9-3 2-4 13-3 7-1 6-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 76 2019 14-17 6-6 5-8 3-3 9-8 5-3 3-5 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 171 2020-21 2-15 1-5 1-8 0-1 2-12 1-5 1-7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 271 2021 2-3 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Total 90-89 41-23 28-48 21-19 44-44 28-15 16-29 6-5 1-2 1-1 3-3 0-1 0-0 Streaks L3 L3 L1 L2 L4 L3 L2 L4 L2 L1 L2 L1 N/A

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How the 2021 Squad Was Built Returning Players (7) Freshmen (3) Junior College Transfers (3) Transfers (2) Ada Bulgur Luanna Emiliano Julia Abramo Rocha Karson Davis Revna Çakir Ingridy Foltran Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Regina Tijerina Ioanna Charitonidi Perris Key Luisa Silva Dos Santos Sarah Cruz Yasmim Da Silva Veronika Jandova Evana Ramos

Class Breakdown Seniors (1) Juniors (3) Sophomores (3) Freshmen (8) Veronika Jandova Sarah Cruz Ioanna Charitonidi Ada Bulgur Yasmim Da Silva Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Revna Çakir Regina Tijerina Luisa Silva Dos Santos Karson Davis Luanna Emiliano Ingridy Foltran Perris Key Evana Ramos Julia Abramo Rocha

By Home State/Country Brazil (6) Texas (3) Czech Republic (2) Turkey (2) Greece (1) Yasmim Da Silva Karson Davis Sarah Cruz Ada Bulgur Ioanna Charitonidi Luanna Emiliano Perris Key Veronika Jandova Revna Çakir Ingridy Foltran Evana Ramos Mexico (1) Julia Abramo Rocha Regina Tijerina Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Luisa Silva Dos Santos

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• Senior Veronika Jandova recorded 16 kills on .481 hitting with Playing All Your Favorite Hits three blocks.

• Senior Veronika Jandova ranks among the best hitters in program • Freshman Ingridy Foltran finished with 11 kills and two blocks. history (minimum 500 attacks): • Freshman Luanna Emiliano posted her fourth double-double with Rank Hitting Percentage Name Year 56 assists and 15 digs. Emiliano earned All-Tournament Team 1. .320 Lisa Yanez 1993-96 honors by averaging 8.31 assists and 2.77 digs in 13 sets. 2. .293 Alexandra Ecker 2015-19 3. .278 Veronika Jandova 2017-Present TCU (9/2) 4. .249 Barbara Silva 2016-19 5. .250 Maria Kleifoth 2009-10 • UTRGV fell to host TCU 0-3 (17-25, 17-25, 17-25). 6. .248 Rita Gonzalez 2009-10 7. .240 Cathi Netemeyer 2002-04 • Junior Sarah Cruz recorded a team-high eight kills, five digs and 8. .236 Haley Durham 2012-15 two aces. 9. .234 Ragni Steen Knudsen 2016-19 10. .228 Talita Oliveira 2017-19 • Freshman Luanna Emiliano posted 22 assists and nine digs.

Block Party UMBC (9/2)

• UTRGV defended on match point seven times in the third set and • Senior Veronika Jandova is among the top blockers in program 10, dominated the fourth set, and then defended on match point history (minimum 100 blocks): three more times in the fifth set before ultimately falling to UMBC 2-3 (18-25, 23-25, 28-26, 25-14, 11-15). Rank Blocks Per Set Name Year 1. 1.01 Talita Oliveira 2017-19 • Sophomore Luisa Silva Dos Santos recorded a team-high 15 kills, 2. 0.91 Alexandra Ecker 2015-18 three assists, four digs, one ace and four blocks. 3. 0.87 Veronika Jandova 2017-Present 4. 0.82 Haley Durham 2012-15 • Junior Sarah Cruz finished with 11 kills, five digs and three blocks. 5. 0.79 Sarah Davis 2009-12

6. 0.78 Barbara Silva 2016-19 • Senior Veronika Jandova recorded nine kills on .312 hitting with

five blocks. 2021 Match Notes • Sophomore Ioanna Charitonidi posted nine kills, 13 digs, two Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/12) aces and two blocks.

• UTRGV is 18-27 all-time against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, • Freshman Luanna Emiliano posted her third-straight double- including an 11-8 record at home, in a series dating back to 2000. double with 30 assists and 12 digs.

• UTRGV has won five of the last eight matchups. Tennessee State (8/28)

Texas Southern (9/11) • This matchup was canceled due to schedule changes stemming from the threat of Hurricane Ida. • UTRGV is 46-8 all-time against Texas Southern, including a 22-5 record at home, in a series dating back to 1973. New Orleans (8/27)

• UTRGV has won the last six matchups and 41 of the last 42. • UTRGV beat host New Orleans 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21).

Incarnate Word (9/10) • UTRGV is 2-0 for the first time since 2018.

• UTRGV is 13-7 all-time against Incarnate Word, including a 4-3 • Sophomore Ioanna Charitonidi recorded a career-high 12 kills on record at home, in a series dating back to 1982. .379 hitting, 13 digs and career-high tying two blocks for her first- career double-double. • UTRGV has won the last three matchups and six of the last seven. • Junior Sarah Cruz recorded 11 kills with six digs and five blocks. Louisiana (9/9) • Sophomore Luisa Silva Dos Santos finished with 10 kills on an • This is the 25th meeting all-time between UTRGV and Louisiana in error-free .625 hitting, a match-high four aces and three blocks en a series dating back to 1987. UTRGV has six wins in that time, two route to New Orleans Invitational MVP honors. of which have come in seven home matches. • Senior Veronika Jandova recorded a career-high tying 11 blocks, • These two teams last met in 2013. tied for the third-highest single-match total in program history.

Nicholls (9/3) • Freshman Luanna Emiliano posted a double-double with a match- high 39 assists, 17 digs, five kills on .625 hitting and two blocks en • UTRGV came back from down 0-2 to force a fifth set before falling route to All-Tournament Team honors. to Nicholls 2-3 (20-25, 19-25, 25-16, 25-22, 10-15). Alcorn State (8/27) • Junior Sarah Cruz led the Vaqueros (2-3) with a career-high tying 22 kills, 12 digs and three blocks for her first double-double of the • UTRGV swept Alcorn State 25-10, 25-13, 25-18. season, the seventh of her career. • This is the first time UTRGV has won its season opener since 2018.

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• Junior Sarah Cruz recorded a match-high 15 kills on .519 hitting 6. Lamar 6 with six digs. (Points awarded on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis as coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams) • In her UTRGV debut, sophomore Luisa Silva Dos Santos finished

with eight kills on an error-free .615 hitting, a match-high five aces and two blocks. • UTRGV has finished higher than picked in three of head coach Todd Lowery’s first six seasons. UTRGV was picked to finish

fourth and finished fourth in 2019. UTRGV was picked to finish • In her UTRGV debut, freshman Edinburg North alum Evana second in 2018 but came in first. UTRGV was picked to finish Ramos posted a match-high 14 digs with three assists and one second in 2017 and did just that. UTRGV was picked to finish sixth ace. and seventh the previous two years, finishing fifth and sixth,

respectively. • In her UTRGV debut, freshman Luanna Emiliano fished out a

match-high 24 assists with two aces and 10 digs for a double- double. 2020-21 Team Notes

Preseason Notes • Outside hitter Ada Bulgur was part of the WAC All-Freshman Team.

• UTRGV was picked fifth in the Southwest Division in the Preseason • Bulgur stepped into a big role for the Vaqueros right away, starting WAC Coaches’ Poll: 13 of UTRGV’s 16 matches and averaging 1.69 kills, 0.73 digs and

0.27 blocks per set. Bulgur has led the Vaqueros in kills and blocks Place Team (First Place Votes) Pts. three times each and reached double-figures in kills twice, 1. Stephen F. Austin (4) 24 including a career-high 12 kills in three sets at Grand Canyon on Feb. 23. She also had a big match in a win at Seattle U, recording 2. Sam Houston (2) 21 nine kills on .280 hitting with a career-high three aces, two digs and a career-high four blocks in four sets. 3. Tarleton 15 4. Abilene Christian 13 5. UTRGV 11

2021 Starting Lineups (1)

Match No. OH OH RS MB MB S L W-L Pct. 1-2, 5 Charitonidi Da Silva Cruz Jandova Santos Emiliano Ramos 2-1 1.000 3-4 Charitonidi Key Cruz Jandova Santos Emiliano Ramos 0-2 .000

2021 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 Ada Bulgur Revna Çakir Ioanna Charitonidi 1 2 1 1 1 Sarah Cruz 3 1 1 1 3 1 Yasmim Da Silva Karson Davis Luanna Emiliano 4 2 2 1 4 2 5 Ingridy Foltran 1 Veronika Jandova 1 1 4 Perris Key 1 Evana Ramos 5 2 Julia Abramo Rocha 1 Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Luisa Silva Dos Santos 2 1 2 Regina Tijerina

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2020-21 Record When … 2021 Individual Records in Starting Lineup

Home Road Neutral Overall Players W-L Pct. Leading after first set ...... 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 Ioanna Charitonidi 2-3 .400 Trailing after first set ...... 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 Sarah Cruz 2-3 .400 Luanna Emiliano 2-3 .400 Leading after second set .... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Veronika Jandova 2-3 .400 .400 Trailing after second set ..... 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 Evana Ramos 2-3 Luisa Silva Dos Santos 2-3 .400 Tied after second set ...... 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Yasmim da Silva 2-1 .667

Perris Key 0-2 .000 Leading after third set ...... 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0

Trailing after third set ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 Service Aces Home Road Neutral Overall

Leading ...... 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 Tied after fourth set ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2

Tied ...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 When Playing … Home Road Neutral Overall

Three Sets ...... 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 By Conference … Home Road Neutral Overall Four Sets ...... 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 America East ...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 Five Sets ...... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 American ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 At a Tournament ...... 0-0 1-1 1-2 2-3 Big 12 ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 Match 1 of DH ...... 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 Conference USA ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Match 2 of DH ...... 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 Southland ...... 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-1

Sun Belt ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting Home Road Neutral Overall SWAC ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Hitting .300 or better ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 WAC ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hitting .200-.299 ...... 0-0 1-0 1-2 2-2

Hitting .100-.199 ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 By Day … Home Road Neutral Overall Hitting below .100 ...... 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 On Sunday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Out-hitting the opposition ... 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 On Monday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Getting out-hit ...... 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 On Tuesday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied in hitting percentage ... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 On Wednesday ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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

Tied ...... 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 By Month … Home Road Neutral Overall

In August ...... 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 Blocks Home Road Neutral Overall In September ...... 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 Leading ...... 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 In October ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Trailing ...... 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 In November ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Tied ...... 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 In December ...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Digs Home Road Neutral Overall

Leading ...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2

Trailing ...... 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1

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: 17th Season • College: Bowling Green State University

Todd Lowery, who won two national championships as the head coach of the Watson, the later of which was the WAC Tournament MVP, and Ragni Steen University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) volleyball team, was hired as the head Knudsen, who broke the NCAA DI program record for kills in a season. UTRGV coach of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) volleyball team on put together the best blocking season in program history, as Barbara Silva, Jan. 9, 2015. Alexandra Ecker and Mitrovic all surpassed the previous NCAA DI program record for block assists in a season. Silva also shattered the program records for 2020-21: In pandemic-shortened season, led team to No. 4 seed in WAC blocks per set and total blocks. UTRGV showed strong passing ability throughout Tournament … Coached Ada Bulgur to WAC All-Freshman Team honors. the season, as Fatoumata Dacosta ranked first in the WAC and the state of Texas as well as 19th in the nation in digs. As a team, UTRGV led the WAC and 2019: In his fifth season at UTRGV, led team to first-ever victory over a Big 10 ranked in the top 20 in the nation in kills, assists, digs and blocks. opponent, knocking off Maryland 3-2 … Also took sets over SEC (Texas A&M) and Pac-12 (Washington State) opponents for the first time … Hosted Power 5 2015: In his first seasn at the helm of UTRGV, Lowey led the team to a 7-8 record opponent (Washington State) for second year in a row … Coached Barbara Silva in non-conference play before showing signs of serious improvement against to All-WAC First Team and Victoire Nama to WAC All-Freshman Team honors. WAC teams down the stretch. UTRGV won four of its final eight matches, including a sweep of defending WAC Tournament Champion CSU Bakersfield in 2018: In his fourth season at UTRGV, led the team to its first-ever WAC the regular seasn and a sweep of third-seeded Utah Valley in the WAC Championship by finishing first with a 13-3 record. UTRGV broke a number or Tournament Quarterfinals. Lowery coached Bojana Mitrovic to All-WAC First NCAA DI program records, including RPI (76), wins (22), winning percentage Team honors, as she led the WAC in kills per set (program record 4.30), total kills (.710), road wins (9), conference wins (13), conference winning percentage (.813) (program record 460), points per set (4.82) and total points (515.5) while ranking and conference road wins (6). UTRGV also tied records for home wins (11) and 10th in total digs (253). He also developed Alexandra Ecker into the best conference home wins (7). The success led UTRGV to draw a program record freshman hitter in program history (.285) and Dubravka Vukoja into one of the 9,786 fans, an average of a record 753 fans per match, including a record 2,176 best setters, as she averaged 9.16 assists per set, the sixth-highest single-season fans for a match against Texas Tech. Lowery coached Ragni Steen Knudsen to total in program history. Both Ecker and Vukoja earned All-WAC Freshman Team WAC Player of the Year and All-WAC First Team honors and Alexandra Ecker honors. and Barbara Silva to All-WAC Second Team honors. Additionally, UTRGV earned a program record and WAC-high six WAC Volleyball Player of the Week awards. Career: Lowery was the head coach at National American University (NAU) from 2002-08 and UTB from 2009-14. During that time, he went 416-36 (.920) to go 2017: In his third season at UTRGV, Lowery led the team to its second-straight with four NAIA national championships (2002, 2006, 2011, and 2013). His team WAC Tournament Championship berth. UTRGV finished a program-best second went 211-22 (.906) at NAU, including 41-0 records in 2002 and 2006, and 205-14 in the WAC with a program record 10 WAC wins as part of a 17-win season that (.936) at UTB, including a 37-0 record in 2013. included eight sweeps. UTRGV also won a program record 11 home matches, including a 10-0 mark during the regular season. The success of the team led In 2014, Lowery led UTB to a 34-5 record and the No. 2 ranking in the nation after UTRGV to draw a program record 8,861 fans, including a record 1,634 fans for the reaching the national championship match. WAC Tournament Championship Match. Lowery coached three All-WAC honorees, including first teamers Ragni Steen Knudsen and Bojana Mitrovic His student-athletes have included 31 NAIA All-Americans, three NAIA National and second teamer Barbara Silva. Players of the Year, six Region III MVPs, and six Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) MVPs. His teams have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 2016: In his second season at UTRGV, Lowery led the team to its first NCAA or higher nine times. Tournament berth by becoming the first No. 5 seed to win the WAC Tournament Championship. Lowery coached the team to its first winning season in 13 years, Lowery has racked up the personal accolades as well, earning the 2006 NAIA posting the best winning percentage (.600) and most wins (21) in NCAA DI National Coach of the Year award, two NAIA National Tournament Coach of the program history. UTRGV opened the season with a signature win at Baylor, a Year awards (2006 and 2011), 12 regional coach of the year awards (2002-07 and team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, en route to the 2009-14), six RRAC Coach of the Year awards (2009-14), and one South Dakota Baylor Invitational Tournament Championship. UTRGV went 2-1 during all four of Associate Press Coach of the Year award (2002). its non-conference tournaments, finishing in second in the other three tournaments. The non-conference success was a big reason reason for UTRGV’s Lowery earned his Master of Education degree in Education Administration in 10-win Septemeber, marking the second winningest month in NCAA DI program 2002 from Chadron State. He completed his Bachelor of Education in Physical history. UTRGV punctuated non-conference play by knocking off NCAA Education with a Minor in Athletic Coaching, Chemistry, and Health and Wellness Tournament participant Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for the first time since 2007. at Black Hills State in 2000. UTRGV went on to win a program record seven WAC matches. UTRGV was one of just four teams in the NCAA Tournament with three players averaging at least Lowery resides in the Rio Grande Valley with his wife, Missy, and their sons, three kills per set, including All-WAC honorees Bojana Mitrovic and Alisha Braxton and Jordan.

Year School Record Conference Postseason 2021 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2-3 (.400) 0-0 (.000) 2020-21 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2-15 (.118) 2-12 (.143) 2019 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 14-17 (.452) 8-8 (.500) 2018 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 22-9 (.710) 13-3 (.813) 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 (631 Matches) 506-125 (.802) 119-44 (.730) Four NAIA National Championships

2021 UTRGV Match Notes 6 Evana Ramos L 1 Height: 5-1 • Hometown: Edinburg, TX • Year: Freshman

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs Recorded 14 digs and three assists while starting at libero in each of first 1 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Kills 1 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls two-career matches vs. Alcorn State and at New Orleans (8/27). 1 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Attacks 1 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls 2020-21 (Freshman): Did not compete in any matches. 5 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 5 9/2/21 vs. UMBC 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 @ TCU Aces 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 @ TCU 2017-20 (Edinburg North High School): 2020 District 31-6A MVP … 14 2x, Last 8/27/21 @ UNO Digs 14 2x, Last 8/27/21 @ UNO Averaged 2.60 kills while serving up 347 aces in 120 sets … Averaged 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A 8.80 digs per set during sophomore and junior years.

Off the Court: Daughter of Patricia and Enrique … Has two siblings, 2021 (Freshman): Recorded first-career kill vs. Nicholls (9/3) … Emilio and Eden … Majoring in English literature & cultural studies.

Perris Key OH 2 Height: 5-8 • Hometown: Katy, TX • Year: Freshman 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs UMBC (9/2) … Recorded two kills and two digs in each of first two-career 5 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Kills 5 9/2/21 vs. UMBC matches vs. Alcorn State and at New Orleans (8/27). 17 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Attacks 17 9/2/21 vs. UMBC 2017-20 (Katy High School): As a senior, averaged 3.99 kills on .291 1 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Assists 1 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Aces 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC hitting and 2.61 digs while serving up 180 aces in 76 sets en route to All- 10 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Digs 10 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls District First Team honors … In three seasons at the varsity level, 1 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Blocks 1 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls averaged 2.31 kills on .257 hitting, 1.29 digs and 0.89 aces in 238 sets. Off the Court: Daughter of Ambreya and Davis … Has three siblings, 2021 (Freshman): Recorded career-high 10 digs with four kills and one Cadyn, David and Camdyn … Majoring in pre-dentistry biology. block vs. Nicholls (9/3) … Posted five kills, two aces and six digs vs.

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Julia Abramo Rocha S 3 Height: 5-7 • Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil • Year: Freshman 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs assist 14 times, including three matches of 20+ assists … Dished out 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Kills 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC season-high 27 assists twice, including at Casper (3/31) and North Platte 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Attacks 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC (3/20) … Reached double-figures in digs four times, including season- 14 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 14 9/2/21 vs. UMBC 1 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Aces 1 9/2/21 vs. UMBC high 15 digs twice, including vs. Dodge City (3/13) and at Frank Phillips 4 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Digs 4 9/2/21 vs. UMBC (2/21). 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A 2017-20 (Gateway Legacy Christian Academy): Earned Lion Pride Award, given to the athlete who demonstrates a keen value of team unity, 2021 (Freshman): Dished out 14 assists with one ace and four digs vs. school spirit and school involvement outside of athletic, as a senior … UMBC (9/2) … Recorded one kills with five assists in UTRGV debut vs. Also named Most Improved Player … Member of National Honor Society. Alcorn State (8/27). Off the Court: Daughter of Ivana and Rocha … Has five siblings, Juliana, 2020-21 (Freshman, Otero Junior College): Averaged 3.81 assists and Priscila, Fabiana, Livia and Melina … Majoring in communication. 1.78 digs in 72 sets across 22 matches … Reached double-figures in

Yasmim Da Silva OH 4 Height: 5-11 • Hometown: Guaramirim, Santa Catarina, Brazil • Year: Junior 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs Posted career-high four digs (3/2) … Recorded an assist and a dig in 7 2x, Last 9/2/21 @ TCU Kills 7 2x, Last 9/2/21 @ TCU debut vs. UTSA (1/22). 30 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Attacks 31 3/15/21 vs. Utah Valley 2 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Assists 2 2x, Last 8/27/21 @ UNO 2019 (Sophomore, Trinity Valley Community College): Earned All- 1 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Aces 2 3/9/21 @ Seattle U American Honorable Mention, All-Region and All-Conference honors … 5 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Digs 13 3/16/21 vs. Utah Valley Averaged 4.15 kills on .300 hitting, 0.34 aces, 3.34 digs and 0.71 blocks 4 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Blocks 4 2x, Last 8/27/21 @ UNO per set. 2018 (Freshman, Trinity Valley Community College): Averaged 2.66 2021 (Junior): Posted seven kills in each match vs. UMBC and TCU (9/2) kills, 1.20 digs and 0.23 blocks per set. … Recorded six kills with career-high tying two assists and career-high 2014-17 (Colégio Amplom): pPayed club volleyball for Abel Volleyball- tying four blocks at New Orleans (8/27). Brusque, leading team to U16 and U17 state championships, 2016 and 2020-21 (Junior): Led team in kills once and blocks once … Reached 2017 JEB championships, and 2017 championships in Taça Paraná, double-figures in kills once and digs twice … Recorded career-high 13 Volleyball Cup, and Festival International of Estrela. digs vs. Utah Valley (3/16) … Posted career-high four blocks with career- Off the Court: Daughter of Martia Inez Schafranski and Pedro Pereira high nine digs vs. Utah Valley (3/15) … Recorded career-high 14 kills with da Silva … Has one sister, Sarajane, and one brother, Geovane… first two aces and career-high tying six digs at Seattle U (3/9) … Recorded Majoring in kinesiology. first five kills and first block with career-high six digs at Seattle U (3/8) …

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Ingridy Foltran OH 5 Height: 6-0 • Hometown: Barueri, Brazil • Year: Freshman

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs Prep Volleyball: Played for ADC Bradesco, earning team MVP honors 11 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Kills 11 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls two years in the row … In 2019, played for Barueri Volleyball Club, which 23 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Attacks 23 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls is the youth project for the three-time gold medalist José Roberto 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A Guimarães, the current head coach of the Brazilian women’s national 2 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Digs 2 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls team … Represented the state of Sao Paulo in national competition, 2 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Blocks 2 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls placing third in 2018 and second in 2019. Off the Court: Daughter of Silvia Cristina Nicoleti Nunes … Majoring in 2021 (Freshman): Posted 11 kills and two blocks vs. Nicholls (9/3) … civil engineering. Recorded one digs in debut vs. Alcorn State (8/27).

Karson Davis S 6 Height: 5-8 • Hometown: Conroe, TX • Year: Freshman 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs from Sept. 12 to Oct. 2 … Had her first-career double-digit assist match 0 N/A Kills 2 2x, Last 11/7/20 vs. Little Rock with 12 assists and eight digs vs. Houston Baptist (9/12) … Earned her 0 N/A Attacks 13 11/7/20 vs. Little Rock first-career start at Texas State (9/25), tallying 12 assists with three digs 0 N/A Assists 41 11/7/20 vs. Little Rock 0 N/A Aces 1 3x, Last 11/19/20 vs. USA ... Tallied 18 assists with seven digs at Arkansas State (10/8) … Had a 0 N/A Digs 10 10/23/20 vs. UT Arlington streak of nine consecutive matches with double-digit assists from Oct. 23 0 N/A Blocks 3 11/6/20 vs. Little Rock to Nov. 18 ... Picked up a then-season-high 19 assists before topping it the next day with 26 assists at Ragin’ Cajuns (10/30 and 10/31) … Just 2021 (Freshman): First season with the program. missed her second double-double with 35 assists and nine digs vs. Little 2020-21 (Freshman, Louisiana Monroe): Ranked fourth on the team Rock (11/6) … Totaled 19 assists, eight digs and two blocks in her first with 65 sets played over 22 matches with 10 starts … Led team with 313 career Sun Belt Conference Championship match vs. Texas State assists (4.82 per set) with 106 digs (1.63 per set) while adding 10 kills, (11/18). seven blocks and three service aces for 16.5 points … Did not play in the Prep : Homeschooled prior to attending ULM … Participated with season opener vs. Lamar but played in each of the final 22 matches, Christian Homeschool Sports Ministries for volleyball … Helped the including starts in each of the final seven matches …Tallied double -digit Crimson Knights to an undisputed national championship as a junior … assists in 17 matches, including a season -high 41 assists vs. Little Rock As a sophomore, team won the Gold Ball at nationals … Named All- (11/7) … Picked up her only double-double of the season with 13 assists Tournament and MVP … As a freshman, her squad won the Silver Ball and 10 digs vs. UT Arlington (10/23) … Had a season-high three block at nationals. assists with 13 assists vs. Little Rock (11/6) … Picked up a service ace Off the Court: Daughter of Karen and Mike Davis … Has three younger against Ragin’ Cajuns (10/2), Little Rock (11/7) and South Alabama siblings: Brayan, Hudson and Melayna … Majoring in criminal justice. (11/19) … Had a string of five consecutive double-digit assist matches

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Luisa Silva Dos Santos MB 7 Height: 6-0 • Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Year: Sophomore

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs seed in the NJCAA Tournament … For the season, averaged 2.25 kills 15 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Kills 15 9/2/21 vs. UMBC on .392 hitting, 0.75 digs and 0.93 blocks in 89 sets across 28 matches. 32 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Attacks 32 9/2/21 vs. UMBC 3 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 3 9/2/21 vs. UMBC 2019 (Freshman, Odessa College): Earned Second Team NJCAA All- 5 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Aces 5 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State American and First Team All-WJCAC and All-Region honors by 4 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Digs 4 9/2/21 vs. UMBC averaging 2.04 kills on .407 hitting, 0.24 aces, 0.78 digs, and 1.32 blocks 4 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Blocks 4 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls in 122 sets across 36 matches … earned NJCAA All-Academic Third Team and WJCAC All-Academic First Team honors. 2021 (Sophomore): Recorded 15 kills with three assists, four digs and Prep Volleyball: Awarded best middle blocker in 2018 as part of the four blocks vs. UMBC (9/2) … Earned New Orleans Invitational MVP Sogipa tournament … Played with Minas Tennis Clube and Olympico honors by averaging 2.57 kills on an error-free .621 hitting with nine aces, club along with current teammate Luanna Emiliano. five blocks and four digs across seven sets (8/27). Off the Court: Daughter of Suly and Wagner … Has one brother, Lucas 2020-21 (Sophmore, Odessa College): Earned WJCAC Most Valuable … Majoring in business and marketing. Player and All-WJCAC honors while leading team to the No. 2 overall

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Sarah Cruz RS 8 Height: 6-2 • Hometown: Olomouc, Czech Republic • Year: Junior

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs digs and four blocks at Chicago State (10/17) … Posted fifth double- 22 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Kills 22 2x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls double with 14 kills, 11 digs and career-high tying four aces vs. CSU 54 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Attacks 61 11/7/19 @ Grand Canyon 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 4 1/22/21 vs. UTSA Bakersfield (10/12)… Recorded match-high 18 kills with seven digs vs. 2 9/2/21 @ TCU Aces 4 2x, Last 10/12/19 vs. CSUB Grand Canyon (10/10) … Posted 12 kills with four digs at California 12 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Digs 19 3x, Last 9/21/19 vs. HBU Baptist (10/5) … Recorded match-high 15 kills with nine digs at Seattle U 5 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Blocks 7 3/15/21 vs. Utah Valley (9/26) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors (9/21) … Recorded two career highs with 19 kills and 59 attacks vs. Houston 2021 (Junior): Posted first double-double of the season with career-high Baptist (9/21) … Posted 13 kills on.257 hitting with seven digs vs. tying 22 kills, 12 digs and three blocks vs. Nicholls (9/3) … Recorded 11 Washington State (9/20)…Recorded match-high 13 kills with six digs and kills with three blocks vs. UMBC (9/2) … Posted 11 kills with six digs and two blocks at Texas A&M (9/13) … Posted third double-double with 16 five blocks at New Orleans (8/27) … Recorded match-high 15 kills on kills and career-high tying 11 digs vs. Maryland (9/6) … Recorded .519 hitting with six digs and two blocks vs. Alcorn State (8/27). second-straight double-double with 13 kills, 11 digs and four blocks at 2020-21 (Junior): Led team in kills three times and blocks nine times … Corpus Christi (9/4) … Posted first-career double-double with 17 kills and Reached double-figures in kills and digs once each for a double-double 10 digs at Houston Baptist (8/31) … Recorded match-high 19 kills with … Racked up career-high seven blocks vs. Utah Valley (3/15) … Served nine digs vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/30). up season-high three aces with four blocks at Seattle U (3/9) … Posted 2018 (Freshman, Lindsey Wilson College): Earned NAIA First Team season-high five blocks with seven kills and five digs vs. California Baptist All-American, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All- (3/1) … Made debut at middle blocker, recording four kills with two blocks American, AVCA-NAIA Freshman of the Year, Mid-South Conference at Grand Canyon (2/23) … Posted sixth-career double-double with 17 (MSC) Co-Player of the Year and MSC Freshman of the Year honors … kills, 12 digs, three blocks and career-high four assists vs. UTSA (1/22) Led team to 33-4 record and the NAIA Tournament Quarterfinals … … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors. Ranked 22ndin the NAIA with 3.9 kills per set and 23rd with a .331 hitting 2019 (Sophomore): Led team in kills 12 times, blocks five times and digs percentage … Led the MSC in both categories … Posted 60 blocks in once … Reached double-figures in kills 20 times and digs five times en 105 sets across 32 matches while racking up 445.0 points. route to five double-doubles … Recorded 11 kills with six digs at CSU Prep: Went to high school at Gymnasium Jiriho Wolkera 2 while playing Bakersfield (11/11) … Posted career-high 22 kills at Grand Canyon (11/7) her club volleyball with VK Agel Prostejov. … Recorded career-high tying 19 kills with five digs vs. Utah Valley Off the Court: Daughter of Francisco Javier Cruz Perez and (10/28) … Posted 15 kills with nine digs and career-high six blocks vs. Nadezola Cruzora' … Has one brother, Javier Cruz … Majoring in California Baptist (10/26) … Recorded match-high tying 10 kills with eight communication with a minor in psychology.

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Luanna Emiliano S 9 Height: 5-7 • Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Year: Freshman 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs including five kills on an error-free .625 hitting, 39 assists, 17 digs and 5 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Kills 5 8/27/21 @ New Orleans two blocks at New Orleans and 24 assists, 10 digs and two aces vs. 10 9/2/21 @ TCU Attacks 10 9/2/21 @ TCU 56 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Assists 56 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Alcorn State (8/27). 2 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Aces 2 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Prep Volleyball: Selected to start practicing with the U20 Brazilian 17 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Digs 17 8/27/21 @ New Orleans National Team in the spring of 2021 … Competed for Minas Tenis Clube, 2 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Blocks 2 8/27/21 @ New Orleans where she was awarded best setter in 2018 as part of the Sogipa tournament … Went on to win the Brazilian Championship while 2021 (Freshman): Earned Cowtown Classic All-Tournament Team representing the state of Minas Gerais … Started playing for Olympico honors by averaging 8.31 assists and 2.77 digs across 13 sets, including club along with current teammate Luisa Silva Dos Santos. 56 assists and 15 digs vs. Nicholls (9/3) and 30 assists and 12 digs vs. Off the Court: Daughter of Lucio Marcos Emiliano and Marly Moreira UMBC (9/2) … Earned New Orleans Invitational All-Tournament Team Gonçalves … Has two brothers, Lucio Marcos Emiliano Jr. and Victor honors by averaging 9.00 assistst and 3.86 digs across seven sets, Henrique Emiliano … Majoring in nutritional sciences.

Revna Çakir MB 10 Height: 6-0 • Hometown: Bursa, Turkey • Year: Freshman 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs 2018-19 (Bursa İhsaniye Sınav College): Played volleyball, basketball 0 N/A Kills 3 1/22/21 vs. UTSA and soccer … Led her volleyball team to Provincial Championships 0 N/A Attacks 3 1/22/21 vs. UTSA 0 N/A Assists 1 1/22/21 vs. UTSA during each of her two seasons … Played club volleyball for Nilüfer 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A Sports Club U18 … Prior to that, played with the Bursa Metropolitan 0 N/A Digs 0 N/A Municipal Sports Club, leading team to the 2017 CEV Ladies Challenge 0 N/A Blocks 1 1/22/21 vs. UTSA Cup Championship, sixth place in the U17 Championships, and fifth place in the U16 Championships. 2021 (Freshman): Second season with the program. 2016-17 (Nova High School): Led her team to back-to-back Provincial 2020-21 (Freshman): Missed remainder of season due to injury … Championships. Recorded three kills on three attacks with one assist and one block in Off the Court: Daughter of Şeyma and Kemal … Majoring in business. debut vs. UTSA (1/22).

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Ioanna Charitonidi OH 11 Height: 5-11 • Hometown: Athens, Greece • Year: Sophomore

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs at CSU Bakersfield (11/11) … Recorded career-high 15 digs vs. Houston 12 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Kills 12 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Baptist (9/21) … Posted career-high four kills with nine digs vs. 29 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Attacks 29 8/27/21 @ New Orleans 1 9/2/21 @ TCU Assists 4 1/22/21 vs. UTSA Washington State (9/20) … Posted three kills with five digs vs Texas 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Aces 2 4x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Southern (9/20) … Recorded six digs with two kills and two aces vs. 13 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Digs 21 11/11/19 @ CSUB Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/17) … Posted 10 digs with three kills and 2 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Blocks 2 3x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC two aces vs. Maryland (9/16) … Recorded three kills, two aces, 10 digs and two blocks in debut at Corpus Christi (9/4). 2021 (Sophomore): Recorded nine kills, 13 digs, career-high tying two Prep: Part of the U17 and U19 Greek National Teams from 2016-18 … aces and career-high tying two blocks vs. UMBC (9/2) … Posted first- Competed with A.S.P.E. Thetis Voulas in Greece in 2018-19 … In 2017- career double-doubles with career-high 12 kills, 13 digs and career-high 18, led A.O. Aigaleo to a second place finish in the U19 Panhellenic tying two blocks at New Orleans (8/27). Tournament … In 2016-17, led team to second place finish in the U19 2020-21 (Sophomore): Led team in digs once … Reached double- Athens Tournament … Competed with A.O. Markopoulo from 2011-16 … figures in digs twice … Played final three sets at libero, finishing with 11 In 2015-16, led team to first place finishes in the U17 and U19 Athens digs at Tarleton (3/23) … Recorded season-high three kills at Dixie State Tournaments and a fourth place finish in the U19 Panhellenic (22) ... Posted first four assists of career with 13 digs vs. UTSA (1/22). Tournament … In 2012-13, team won the U15 Athens Tournament. 2019 (Freshman): Reached double-figures in digs four times, leading the Off the Court: Daughter of Maria and Paris … Has one brother, Socrates team once … Made first-career start at libero, posting career-high 21 digs … Majoring in psychology.

Regina Tijerina L 12 Height: 5-2 • Hometown: Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico • Year: Junior 2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs aces at St. Edward’s (2/3) … Dished out season-high six assists twice, 0 N/A Kills 0 N/A including at St. Edward’s (3/9) and vs. Midwestern State (2/27). 0 N/A Attacks 0 N/A 2018-19 (Laredo College): Earned 2019 NJCAA Region XIV Co-Libero 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A of the Year, Second Team All-Region XIV and LC Defensive Player of 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A 0 N/A Digs 0 N/A the Year … Ranked third in the nation with 75 service aces and seventh 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A in the nation with 691 total digs … Finished her career with 1,055 digs and 99 service aces … Three-time Dean's List honoree. 2021 (Junior): First season with the program. 2014-17 (Jubliee Academy Charter School): Earned District and 2020-21 (Junior, Texas A&M International ): Averaged 4.87 digs, 0.85 Regional MVP, First Team All-State and All-State Academic Team assists and 0.35 aces per set … Reached double-figures in digs in 15 of honors. 17 matches, including eight matches of 20+ digs … Posted season-high Off the Court: Daughter of Lizbeth Gonzalez and Carlos Tijerina … Has 27 digs vs. Western New Mexico (2/27) … Served up season-high five two siblings … Majoring in kinesiology.

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Maria Eduarda “Duda” Rodrigues RS 13 Height: 6-3 • Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Year: Sophomore

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs No. 2 overall seed in the NJCAA Tournament … For the season, 0 N/A Kills 0 N/A averaged 2.09 kills on .294 hitting with 0.82 blocks in 95 sets across 28 0 N/A Attacks 0 N/A 0 N/A Assists 0 N/A matches. 0 N/A Aces 0 N/A 2019 (Freshman, Odessa College): Averaged 1.94 kills on .248 hitting, 0 N/A Digs 0 N/A 0.84 digs and 0.57 blocks in 108 sets across 34 matches … Earned 0 N/A Blocks 0 N/A NJCAA All-Academic Third Team and WJCAC All-Academic First Team honors. 2021 (Sophomore): First season with the program. Off the Court: Nickname is “Duda” … Daughter of Rosely Martins … Has 2020-21 (Sophmore, Odessa College): Earned All-Western Junior two brothers, Rafael and Jefferson … Majoring in business and College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) honors while leading team to the marketing.

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

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs vs. Washington State (9/20) … Recorded eight kills on .278 hitting and 16 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Kills 19 1/22/21 vs. UTSA three blocks vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/17) … Came up with nine 27 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Attacks 33 5x, Last 1/22/21 vs. UTSA 1 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 2 2x, Last 10/17/19 @ CSU kills on .571 hitting and four blocks at Texas A&M (9/13) … Recorded 0 N/A Aces 4 8/30/19 vs. Bethune-Cookman nine kills with two blocks and two aces vs. Maryland (9/6) … Recorded 1 3x, Last 9/3/21 vs. Nicholls Digs 8 8/31/19 @ Houston Baptist seven kills and season-high seven blocks at Corpus Christi (9/4) … 11 8/27/21 @ New Orleans Blocks 11 2x, Last 8/27/21 @ UNO Earned 2019 Barcelona Sports Invitational All-Tournament Team honors (8/31) … Recorded career-high eight digs with season-high four blocks 2021 (Senior): Posted career-high tying 11 blocks, tied for the third- at Houston Baptist (8/31) … Posted career-high tying 11 kills on an error- highest single-match total in program history, at New Orleans (8/27). free .611 hitting with career-high four aces vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/30) 2020-21 (Senior): Led team in kills five times and blocks eight times … … Recorded 11 kills on .588 hitting with career-high three aces and Reached double-figures in kills four times … Recorded team-high 10 kills career-high seven digs vs. Radford (8/30). with team-high tying four blocks at Tarleton (3/23) … Posted season-high 2018 (Sophomore): Recorded season-high eight kills vs. Prairie View six blocks with 11 kills vs. Utah Valley (3/15) … Recorded season-high A&M (8/24). four blocks with eight kills vs. California Baptist (3/1) … Posted match- 2017 (Freshman): Recorded seven kills and three blocks in WAC high 10 kills on .389 hitting vs. New Mexico State (2/8) … Recorded Tournament Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Recorded six career-high 19 kills on .455 hitting with seven digs, three aces and two kills on .364 hitting with four blocks in WAC Tournament Semifinals blocks vs. UTSA (1/22). victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Recorded five kills without an error on 2019 (Junior): Posted 104 blocks, including 87 block assists the sixth .625 hitting with four blocks vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Hit .625 en route to six and seventh-highest single-season totals in program history, respectively kills, four digs and three blocks at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded seven … Averaged 0.92 blocks per set, the eighth-highest single-season total blocks to lead the team at Chicago State (10/26) … Served up career- in program history … Hit .270, tied for the sixth-highest single-season high two aces with seven kills on .312 hitting and mathc-high five blocks total in program history … Led team in blocks 13 times and kills twice … vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/14) … Recorded career-high 11 kills on .400 Reached double-figures in kills five times and blocks once … Recorded hitting at Seattle U (10/7) … Hit .778 with eight kills and just one error in nine kills on .357 hitting in WAC Tournament Quarterfinals at Utah Valley nine attacks vs. Chicago State (9/30) … Recorded five kills and six blocks (11/21) … Posted seven kills with career-high 11 blocks at CSU vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Recorded seven kills on .385 hitting vs. Bakersfield (11/11) … Recorded eight kills with four blocks vs. Utah Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Posted match-high nine blocks vs. Saint Louis Valley (10/28) … Posted career-high 13 kills on .579 hitting with season- (8/26) … Recorded six kills on .600 hitting in collegiate debut against No. high tying seven blocks vs. California Baptist (10/26) … Recorded match- 21 Ohio State (8/25). high six blocks vs. Seattle U (10/24) … Posted six kills with seven digs Prep Volleyball: Played for the U20 national team as well as the club vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/12)… Recorded career-high tying 11 kills on .471 team PVK Olymp Praha . hitting vs. Grand Canyon (10/10) … Posted seven kills and season-high Off the Court: Studied at High School Přípotoční … Daughter of Miroslav tying seven blocks at California Baptist (10/5) … Recorded seven kills and Jana Jandova … Has one sister, Tereza … Majoring in and four blocks at New Mexico St. (10/3) … Posted nine kills with three communication studies with a minor in health . blocks and six digs vs. Houston Baptist (9/21) … Recorded seven kills

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Ada Bulgur OH 17 Height: 6-1 • Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey • Year: Freshman

2021 Season Highs Category Career Highs Team honors (3/31) … Recorded team-high tying 11 kills vs. Utah Valley 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Kills 12 2/23/21 @ Grand Canyon (3/15) … Posted career-high 12 kills and first block at Grand Canyon 8 8/27/21 vs. Alcorn State Attacks 29 2x, Last 3/15/21 vs. Utah Valley 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Assists 2 9/2/21 vs. UMBC (2/23) … In UTRGV debut, recorded eight kills with seven digs vs. UTSA 0 N/A Aces 3 3/9/21 @ Seattle U (1/22). 2 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Digs 7 1/22/21 vs. UTSA 2016-19 (Mahmut Ön High School): Played basketball and soccer in 1 2x, Last 9/2/21 vs. UMBC Blocks 4 3/9/21 @ Seattle U high school while playing club volleyall for Beşiktaş and Bahcelievler Belediyesi Spor Klubü … Led team to runner-up finish at U17 Turkey 2021 (Freshman): Second season with the program. Championship. 2020-21 (Freshman): Led team in kills and blocks three times each … Off the Court: Daughter of Aslı and İsmail … Has one brother, Ata … Reached double-figures in kills twice … Earned WAC All-Freshman Majoring in business.

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