UAB HOSTS WKU, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2019 >> SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL: 11-8 C-USA: 3-3 UAB BLAZERS 2019 STATS HOME: 6-1 AWAY: 1-6 Hitting Pct. .220 NEUTRAL: 4-1 STREAK: W1 Opponent Hitting Pct. .189 THE SCHEDULE Kills/Set 12.54 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Assists/Set 11.77 Aug. 30 at Ball State! L, 0-3 Aces/Set 1.87 vs. South Florida! L, 1-3 Digs/Set 14.67 Sept. 3 Alabama State W, 3-0 Sept. 6 Jacksonville State# W, 3-1 Blocks/Set 2.14 Sept. 7 UNA# W, 3-1 at Samford# L, 1-3 Sept. 12 Alabama% L, 0-3 Sept. 13 Alcorn State% W, 3-0 COACHING FACTS Georgia State% W, 3-1 Head Coach: Amy Pauly Sept. 14 East Tennessee State% W, 3-2 Record at UAB: 24-23 / 2nd vs. Sept. 19 North Florida& W, 3-0 Year 2019 Record: 2019 Record: Sept. 19 Jackson State& W, 3-1 21-1 (7-0 C-USA) 10-7 (4-2 C-USA) Sept. 20 Mississippi State& L, 2-3 Sept. 27 at North Texas* L, 0-3 Sept. 29 at Louisiana Tech* L, 1-3 UAB STAT LEADERS Oct. 6 Middle Tennessee* W, 3-1 Oct. 11 at UTEP* W, 3-0 Oct. 13 at UTSA* L, 0-3 Oct. 20 FIU* W, 3-0 Oct. 25 No. 23 WKU* 7 p.m. Oct. 27 FAU* 1 p.m. Nov. 1 at Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. KILLS HIT% SETTING SERVING DIGS BLOCKS Nov. 3 Rice* 1 p.m. Emma Mitchell Rachel Morse Rachel Morse Emma Mitchell Faith Savage Anna D’Cruz 3.24 K/S .337 hit% 8.71 A/S 0.32 SA/S 2.95 D/S 1.14 B/S Nov. 8 Southern Miss* 7 p.m. (.220 hit%) (0.63 K/S) (566 assists) (22 aces) (65 Digs) (75 Blocks) Nov. 10 Charlotte* 1 p.m. Nov. 14 at Marshall* 5 p.m. Nov. 16 at WKU* Noon KEY STORYLINES Nov. 22-24 2019 C-USA Championship Round Two (Houston, Texas) • UAB entered the second year of the Amy Pauly era after the former Villanova assistant coach led the squad to 13 wins, the most for the program since 2013. KEY • Five of those wins came in conference play as the Blazers downed ! - Ball State Tournament (Muncie, Ind.) Marshall, UTEP, WKU, Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee. # - Samford Invitational (Homewood, Ala.) • A Chicago native, Pauly graduated from the University of Alabama in 2009 after leading the Tide to three-straight NCAA Tournament berths. % - Blazer Invitational (Birmingham, Ala.) She still holds the school record for digs in a career, a season and in a set & - Hail State Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) while ranking eighth all-time in the SEC in career and individual season * C-USA Game digs. UAB vs. No. 23 WKU Home Games in BOLD • The Blazers currently hold a 23-10 all-time series lead over the Lady All games listed in CST (Times subject to change) Toppers. UAB also owns the longest streak of the series after winning the first 21 matches between the two sides. The Blazers took the most recent contest over WKU as well after downing the Lady Toppers 3-1 on their home floor last season. WKU’s last victory in the series came two seasons ago, earning a sweep in Bartow Arena in 2017. UAB vs. Florida Atlantic • The Owls control the all-time series to date with a 5-1 lead. The Blazers won the first meeting of the series, sweeping Florida Atlantic on its home floor. The Owls have won each match since, including a sweep of UAB last season on its home floor. @uab_vb @uab_vb @uabathletics 2019 UAB VOLLEYBALL | UABSPORTS.COM | @UAB_VB 1 MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA CREDENTIALS Requests for working media credentials should be directed to volleyball contact T.J. Stricklin. Those wishing to attend a match are asked to call the Athletic Communications Office to be placed on the pass list. Photo credentials will be issued to accredited photographers or those individuals on special assignment. Because there are designated areas for photographers, we ask that anyone shooting a volleyball match at Bartow Arena check with T.J. Stricklin prior to the start of the contest. 2019 UAB ROSTER STATISTICAL SERVICES Services provided include statistics No. Name Class Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School generated from the StatCrew computer 0 Rachel Morse Fr. S 5-7 San Antonio, Texas/Lady Bird Johnson HS program. Match statistics will be handed 1 Kiana Mack Fr. MB 6-1 Solon, Ohio/Solon HS to all attending members of the media 2 Alex Kells R-So. OH 6-0 Burlington, Ontario, Canada/Hayden HS and sports information personnel after 3 Barbara Garrett Sr. DS 5-6 Birmingham, Ala./Alcorn State every game.Following the match, final 4 Erica Schilling So. DS 5-7 Spanish Fort, Ala./McGill-Toolen Catholic HS statistics will be emailed to the visiting 5 Abby Carlile Jr. OPP/OH 5-11 Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll HS sports information director’s email list. 6 Faith Savage Fr. DS 5-4 Stockdale, Texas/Stockdale HS 7 Lexy Thomas Fr. OPP/OH 5-9 San Antonio, Texas/Earl Warren HS 8 Kaylee Gilchrist Sr. DS 5-6 Pelham, Ala./John Carroll HS INTERVIEWS 9 Grace Koper Fr. S 5-7 Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS Interviews will be available following 10 Emma Mitchell R-Jr. OH 6-0 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic the match after a 10-minute cooling- 11 Brianna Muller So. DS 5-2 San Antonio, Texas/Johnson HS off period. Media wishing to interview 12 Mya Michaelson So. MB 6-0 Erie, Colorado/Erie HS the coaches or any players other than 14 Aubrey Huffman Fr. DS 5-5 Calera, Ala./Calera HS on match days are requested to set 15 Anna D’Cruz R-So. MB 6-3 Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy up interviews with 24 hours notice 17 Fernanda Maida R-Fr. OH/RS 6-0 Cochabamba, Bolivia/Loyola HS through T.J. Stricklin in the UAB Athletic Communicatioins Office. COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Head Coach: Amy Pauly (Alabama, ‘09) Fernanda Maida: Fer-NAHN-dah 24-23 (2nd Season) MAH-ee-DAH Website Record at UAB (Years): Same Anna D’Cruz: Anna Dih-CRUZ uabsports.com Overall Record: Assistant Coach: Shawn McLaughlin (2nd Season) Kiana Mack: Key-ah-nuh Mack Assistant Coach: Michelle Meehan (2nd Season) Mya Michaelson – Mya MICHAEL-son Address Volunteer Assistant Coach: Katie McCormack (2nd Season) Kaylee Gilchrist – Kaylee Gil-CREST 617 13th Street South Director of Operations: Emily Clifford (2nd Season) Birmingham, Ala. 35294 TEAM INFORMATION Volleyball Contact T.J. Stricklin 2018 Record: 13-15 Office Phone: (205) 934-0722 C-USA Record (Finish): 5-9 (9th) Cell Phone: (256) 454-0338 NCAA Finish (AVCA Rank): N/A (NR) Email: [email protected] Returners: 10 Players Lost: 6 Newcomers: 6 Facility: Bartow Arena 2019 UAB VOLLEYBALL | UABSPORTS.COM | @UAB_VB 2 Significant Sets OUR RECORD WHEN ... AVCA DIVISION I TOP 25 •18 games into the season, UAB is now OVERALL ............................................ 11-8 Week 9 | Oct. 23, 2019 10-0 after winning the second set and 5-0 after winning the fourth set. Home .................................................................................. 6-1 No. Team Points Record Last Away................................................................................... 1-6 1 Baylor (61) 1596 16-0 1 Neutral ............................................................................... 4-1 2 Stanford (2) 1513 13-3 2 vs. C-USA ......................................................................... 3-3 Freshman Set Up 3 Pittsburgh (1) 1466 19-1 3 vs. Non-Conference ..................................................... 8-5 •Rachel Morse has stepped in to set up Current Streak ................................................................ W1 4 Texas 1388 12-2 4 the Blazer attack, notching 566 assists 5 Nebraska 1333 15-2 5 (8.71 a/s) in her first 19 matches, to place 6 Wisconsin 1308 12-4 6 SITUATIONAL sixth in the conference. 7 Minnesota 1204 13-3 7 3-Set Matches ............................................................... 5-4 8 Penn State 1165 14-3 8 4-Set Matches .............................................................. 5-3 •The San Antonio, Texas, native’s stellar 9 Washington 1062 15-3 10 5-Set Matches ..................................................................1-1 play this season came to fruition against UAB hits .250 or better............................................. 6-2 10 Creighton 1000 15-3 11 Middle Tennessee as she was selected UAB hits below .250 .................................................. 5-6 11 Marquette 924 17-3 12 as the Conference USA Freshman of the Opp. hits .250 or better ............................................ 2-4 12 BYU 875 16-3 9 Week on Oct. 7. Morse piled up 40 assists Opp. hits below .250 ..................................................9-4 13 Florida 802 15-3 13 UAB has higher attack % .......................................... 11-1 to go with 14 digs for her seventh double 14 Colorado State 762 18-1 14 UAB has lower attack % ............................................ 0-7 double of the year, also picking up five 15 California 742 17-1 15 Teams have same attack % ......................................0-0 kills and a block in the match to earn the 16 Kentucky 639 13-5 16 UAB has more kills .......................................................7-2 recognition. UAB has fewer kills .....................................................4-6 17 Illinois 512 9-8 17 Same number of kills .................................................0-0 18 Utah 486 13-6 18 Sharpshooters 2 players with 10+ kills ............................................... 8-5 19 Rice 466 18-1 19 •UAB has had three freshmen step up 2 players hit +.300 (min. 10 attempts) ................ 5-3 20 Purdue 382 12-5 20 UAB has 30+ kills ...................................................... 10-8 from the baseline as middle blocker Kiana 21 Hawai’i 266 16-3 22 UAB allows 30+ kills ................................................. 10-8 Mack, setter Grace Koper and Morse are 22 San Diego 219 15-4 NR UAB has 50+ kills ........................................................ 5-3 all tied with the second-most aces on the 23 Western Kentucky 207 21-1 24 UAB allows 50+ kills ...................................................4-4 team after totaling 20 aces apiece this UAB has more service aces .....................................9-4 24 Washington State 140 16-4 21 season.