SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAMES 10-11 | MARCH 5-6 | VS. ECU | ORLANDO, FLA. | 8-1, 2-0 JANUARY UCF vs. ECU MON. 25 VS. FAU (EXHIBITION) W, 4-0 TUES. 26 VS. FAU W, 3-1 SAT. 30 VS. UNF W, 3-0 SUN. 31 VS. UNF W, 3-0 Vs. FEBRUARY FRI. 5 VS. TULANE W, 3-1 SAT. 6 VS. TULANE W, 3-1 UCF KNIGHTS ECU PIRATES TUES. 9 AT JACKSONVILLE W, 3-0 2020-21 Overall Record 2020-21 Overall Record THU. 18 AT TEMPLE* W, 3-0 8-1, 2-0 2-4, 0-4 FRI. 19 AT TEMPLE* W, 3-0 ARENA HEAD COACH FRI. 26 AT FSU L, 2-3 The Venue Todd Dagenais @ucf_volleyball LIVE STATS 13th Season MARCH UCF.StatBroadcast.com TV MEDIA CONTACT @ucf.volleyball FRI. 5 VS. ECU* 6:00 PM Sean Asher ESPN+ SAT. 6 VS. ECU* 2:00 PM [email protected] /ucfvolleyball TALENT 4465 Knights Victory Way FRI. 12 AT CINCINNATI* 1:00 PM Ken Landis Orlando, Fla. SAT. 13 AT CINCINNATI* 1:00 PM Erin Ward FRI. 26 VS. USF *^ 7:00 PM SAT. 27 VS. USF *^ 7:00 PM NO PLACE LIKE HOME UCF is returning home for the fi rst time since Feb. 6. The Knights are 5-0 in The Venue this season, including wins over FAU, UNF and Tulane. Over the past three years, the Knights lead The American APRIL in home winning percentage as they are 42-7 in The Venue, good for a .860 winning percentage in front of their home crowd. FRI. 2 AT AAC SEMIFINALS*# TBD After starting 8-0 to begin the season, UCF faced its fi rst loss of the season in a fi ve-set heart- SAT. 3 AT AAC CHAMPIONSHIP*# TBD breaker to Florida State on Feb. 26. Before the loss, the Knights’ 8-0 start to the year surpassed the 2010’s team 7-0 start and was just one win shy of tying the 1983 squad’s start to the year. 9-25 NCAA TOURNAMENT TBD LEADING THE AMERICAN The Knights are 2-0 in conference in play to begin the year, sitting atop the East division of the American Athletic Conferece, tied with Cincinnati. UCF’s hot start is refl ected in the stat sheet as well as the Knights are currently leading The American conference in hitting percentage (.245), blocks (3.02 per set) and service aces (2.06 per set) and are top fi ve in kills (fourth, 13.28 per set) and assists (fourth, 12.28 per set). * Denotes American Athletic Conference Match ^ Denotes War on I-4 M & M UCF has already enjoyed two players being named conference players of the week. On Feb. 8, # AAC Tournament hosted by Cinicinnati in Nerissa Moravec was tabbed as The American’s defensive player of the week after notching 13 block assists to go along with 12 kills in two wins against Tulane. She had eight block assists and seven Cincinnati, Ohio kills in one match alone. Moravec’s game is also well-rounded as she is currently fi fth on the team in kills, with 40 on the season. She is also hitting at a team-high .379 clip, good for second in the conference. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN. GAME TIMES ARE SUBJECT On Feb. 1, McKenna Melville was named the league’s off ensive player of the week, marking the TO CHANGE. HOME GAMES ARE PLAYED AT THE VENUE. seventh of her career as she earned the distinction two times in 2019 and was a four-time recipient in her freshman season in 2018. Melville was unanimously tabbed the American Athletic Confer- ence Preseason Player of the Year to begin the season in early January after posting one of the best sophomore seasons in UCF Volleyball history in 2019, fi nishing with a team-high 4.49 kills per set and scorching 548 kills on the year. Melville ranked 10th in total kills, 12th in total points, fi fth in total attacks, 23rd in kills per set and 24th in points per set nationally in 2019. In 2020-21, Melville is again having a stellar season, sitting at second in the conference with 4.78 kills per set and 10th in hitting percentage at .280. Melville is currently eighth all-time at UCF with 1226 career kills. Both Moravec and Melville are UCF Volleyball co-captains. THE PIRATES ECU is off to a 2-4 start to the season, including an 0-4 start in conference play. Heading into last weekend, the Pirates were 1-4 overall, including falling twice to South Florida on Feb. 18 and 19. The Pirates dropped the fi rst match to the Bulls in four sets before seeing a big rally fall just short in fi ve sets in the series fi nale. Despite the slow start, ECU is coming off one of the biggest wins in program history. The Pirates swept in-state rival and perennial powerhouse UNC, 3-0. It was the fi rst meeting between the two teams since 2002 and the fi rst win for the Pirates since 1978. The victory was the fi rst for head coach Adler Augustin against a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the second straight for the program as ECU knocked off NC State, 3-2 on Sept. 10, 2019. East Carolina is the only team to sweep UNC so far this season as the Tar Heels’ previous two losses were in fi ve sets to Virginia Tech and four to then No. 14 Duke. The Knights are 19-10 all-time against ECU, including two wins last year, both coming in three-set sweeps for UCF. 1 #ChargeOn 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA TOP 25 POLL Loca on Orlando, Fl. AVCA (WEEK 6) Enrollment 64,318 Rank Team 2021 Record Prev. Conference American 1 Wisconsin (53) 10-0 1 Nickname Knights 2 Texas (6) 16-0 2 Mascot Knightro 3 Kentucky (1) 12-0 3 Colors Gold (R:182, G:162, B:105) and Black 4 Nebraska 7-1 4 President Alexander Cartwright 5 Minnesota 9-1 5 6 Baylor 15-3 6 VP & Director of Athle cs Dr. Daniel J. White (Notre Dame ‘02) 7 Washington 10-2 9 NCAA Faculty Representa ve Dr. Manoj Chopra 8 Florida 12-2 8 VOLLEYBALL STAFF 9 Utah 8-2 7 10 Penn State 4-3 10 th Head Coach Todd Dagenais (Central Michigan ‘95) 13 Season 11 Purdue 8-4 11 Record at UCF 245-149, .616 12 UCLA 9-3 15 All-Time Record 245-149, .616 13 Louisville 5-2 13 Associate Head Coach Jenny Mauer (Washington ‘99) 5th Season 14 Notre Dame 7-1 14 Assistant Coach Brian Doyon (Syracuse ‘95) 4th Season 15 BYU 8-1 12 16 Washington State 8-2 17 rd Director of Opera ons TJ Read (Ohio State ‘15) 3 Season 17 San Diego 10-0 18 Volunteer Coach Cameron Stevens (Finley ‘11) 2nd Season 18 Georgia Tech 7-1 16 19 Ohio State 11-0 19 FACILITY INFORMATION 20 Oregon 8-2 22 21 W. Kentucky 10-0 20 Home Court (Capacity) The Venue, 2,500 22 Pittsburgh 5-4 21 UCF’s All-Time Record at The Venue 299-105 (.737) 23 Creighton 4-2 23 Home Record Under Dagenais 122-51 (.696) 24 Marquette 8-2 24 25 Pepperdine 7-2 NR All-Time Home Record* 358-142 (.713) Incomplete records prior to 1987. Others receiving votes and listed on two or VOLLEYBALL HISTORY more ballots: Missouri 55; Stanford 22; Michi- gan 14; Bowling Green 8; Tennessee 7; Colo- First Year of Volleyball 1975 rado 4; Texas A&M 4; UNLV 3; Wright State 2 All-Time Overall Record 1044-628 (.623) All-Time American Record 98-36 (.727) American Conference Championships 3 (‘14, ‘18, 19) A-SUN Conference Championships 7 (‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03) NCAA Tournament Apps 9 (‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘14, ‘18, ‘19) AIAW Championships 1 (‘78) 2019 REVIEW & 2020-21 PREVIEW 2019 Record 25-8 2019 American Record (Finish) 14-2 (2nd) Final RPI Ranking 24th Starters Returning/Lost 3/4 Newcomers 8 Freshmen/Transfers 5/3 The American Standings (East Division) Team Conf. Overall Pct. MEDIA CONTACT UCF 2-0 8-1 0.889 Assistant Director for Communica ons Sean Asher Cincinnati 2-0 4-3 0.571 & Volleyball Contact South Fla. 3-1 5-3 0.625 Senior Associate A.D. for Communica ons John Heisler Temple 1-3 6-4 0.600 ECU 0-4 2-4 0.333 Offi ce Phone (689) 208-9282 E-mail sasher@athle cs.ucf.edu The American Standings (West Division) STAY SOCIAL Team Conf. Overall Pct. Offi cial UCF Knights Website UCFKnights.com Houston 4-0 8-2 0.800 Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Twi er @UCF_Volleyball Wichita St. 3-1 8-1 0.889 Tulsa 2-2 2-2 0.500 Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Facebook /UCF.Volleyball Tulane 2-2 4-7 0.364 Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Instagram @UCF.Volleyball SMU 1-3 5-3 0.625 Todd Dagenias Twi er @UCFVBtodd Memphis 0-4 3-5 0.375 ‘19 SEASON RECAP The Knights’ were once again among the best in the nation in 2019, 1 | Morghan Chambers 2 | Chloe Scheer 3 | Amber Olson 4 | Arianna Arjomand 6 | Dresi Pass fi nishing the season with OH | 6’2 | So. L | 5’7 | Fr. S | 5’11 | Jr. L/DS | 5’7 | So. S | 5’9 | So.