SMU WINS THE AMERICAN
With a sweep over North Texas last weekend, the SMU Mustangs clinched the outright championship for The American. It marks their third American Athletic Conference title and first since 2016. At 17-1, SMU earns the automatic qualifier for the conference for the NCAA tournament. The selection show is Sunday, November 26 at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.
BULLS CLINCH SHARE OF EAST DIVISION
South Florida used a split with Florida Atlantic over the weekend to clinch a share of the East Division. The Bulls will have a chance to win the division outright with a win over Rice on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC EYES SHARE OF EAST
Florida Atlantic still has a chance to share a piece of the East Division Championship. Sitting one match back of South Florida, the Owls will need to defeat Tulane on Wednesday and have Rice beat South Florida.
CASSADAY AMONG NATION’S LEADERS
With one match remaining in the season, Tulsa’s Kayley Cassaday sits in the top five of the NCAA in multiple offensive categories. The graduate student is second in the NCAA in kills (575), points (618), and attacks (1,593) and ranks third in kills per set (5.18) and fourth in points per set (5.57).
AMERICAN IN THE RPI
Five American schools are in the Top 100 of the NCAA RPI rankings as of October 29. SMU leads the way at 25, followed by Rice (58), Wichita State (61), North Texas (93) and South Florida (99).
Monday, November 20
RV SMU 3, Pepperdine 0.
Wednesday, November 22
RV SMU at Temple* (ESPN+)__________________________ 11:30 a.m.
Rice at South Florida* (ESPN+)_______________________ 12:30 p.m.
Memphis at North Texas* (ESPN+)___________________ 1 p.m.
East Carolina at UTSA* (ESPN+)______________________ 1 p.m.
Tulsa at Charlotte* (ESPN+)_________________________ 2 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Tulane* (ESPN+)___________________ 3 p.m.
UAB at Wichita State* (ESPN+)_______________________ 8 p.m.
* denotes American Athletic Conference game
All times ET and subject to change
