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Tech to play final non-conference matches of the season
September 17, 2024 | Women's Volleyball
The Red Raiders will head to Miami to compete in the 305 Challenge
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Red Raiders (7-2) will head to Miami to compete in the 305 Challenge on Thursday through Saturday beginning with FIU at 5 p.m. in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. Tech will then take the short drive to Coral Gables to face (RV) Miami at 5 p.m. on Friday and end the weekend with a match against No. 25 Arkansas at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Tech has not faced FIU (2-8) in its program history and only faced the Hurricanes (6-2) and the Razorbacks (8-1) once, winning both matches. The match against Miami came in 1980 while the match against Arkansas was in 1996, when sets were still played to 15.
Tony Graystone has beaten at least one ranked opponent in three of the last four seasons and will have a chance to improve on that as the Razorbacks come in ranked 25th in the country. The Hurricanes, who beat reigning National Champions Texas, were ranked until the most recent poll but are still receiving votes.
PREVIOUSLY IN TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL:
- The Red Raiders played a lot of volleyball in a short period of time last weekend. They played in three matches totaling 14 sets in under 24 hours. Tech came out of the weekend 2-1 with both wins coming in five sets including a reverse sweep of UTRGV.
- Mia Wesley eclipsed the 2,000 career points mark against Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in the second match of the weekend.
- Katelyn Cochran set a career high in assists with 45 against Houston Christian and recorded back-to-back double-doubles against HCU and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.
- Emily Merrick was the standout performer of the weekend, going for 36 kills and six blocks while hitting .275. Merrick tied a career high in kills with 14 against TAMU – CC.
NOTABLES:
- Maddie Correa is at 1,077 digs, needing just 62 more to enter top 10 in program history.
- Mia Wesley eclipsed 2,000 points on Sept. 13.
- Mia Wesley has 188 career aces and 1,751 career kills.
- Hanna Borer has 1,850 career assists and 501 digs.
- Aliyah McDonald ranks t-44th in the country in blocks per set (1.33).
- Mia Wesley ranks 8th in the country in attacks per set (12.64), 49th in kills per set (4.06) and 74th in points per set (5.08).
- Reagan Leinen ranks 89th in the country in hitting percentage (.354).
- As a team, the Red Raiders are 58th in the country in assists per set (13.15) and 65th in kills per set (14.05).
- As a team, the Red Raiders are 17th in the country in digs per set (17.38).
- As a team, the Red Raiders are 10th in the country in attacks per set (38.74).
