UNDEFEATED RICE, SOUTH FLORIDA CLASH
The remaining two undefeated teams in The American, Rice and South Florida, will battle for first place in the conference on Wednesday as the Owls travel to Tampa. Both teams enter the match on a six-match winning streak and are 6-0 in conference play. This is the lone match they play against each other during the regular season. First tip is schedule for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
FLORIDA PACE MAKERS
The American Athletic Conference features two of the top setters in the nation this season in South Florida’s Carolina Dykes and Florida Atlantic’s Victoria Hensley. Dykes and Hensley rank 11th and 15th in the nation in assists per set, respectively. Dykes enters the week with 10.81 assists per set, while Hensley is averaging 10.70. Hensley is also 6th in the nation in total assists (749).
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Memphis sophomore setter, and current American Setter of the Week, Jordan Heatherly has been dangerous while serving this season. She has 30 aces on the season, averaging .48 aces per set. Her .48 aces per set would be the second highest in American history, trailing only Tulsa’s Valerie El Houssine’s average of .52 set in 2014.
TULSA, NORTH TEXAS COLLIDE IN DENTON
With both teams sitting with a 4-2 record and just two games back from the leaders, Tulsa and North Texas will look to make up ground on Friday as the Golden Hurricane will travel to Denton to take on the Mean Green at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
FIRST RPI RELEASED
The American has four schools ranked in the Top 100 of the latest edition of the NCAA RPI, led by Rice at 30. Tulsa stands at 63, followed by Wichita State (63) and South Florida (66).
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16
Rice at South Florida_______________________________ 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
UAB at UTSA_______________________________________ 5 p.m.
Wichita State at Charlotte__________________________ 6 p.m.
Temple at East Carolina____________________________ 6 p.m.
Rice at Florida Atlantic_____________________________ 6 p.m.
Tulsa at North Texas_______________________________ 7 p.m.
Tulane at Memphis_________________________________ 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
Wichita State at East Carolina______________________ 12 p.m.
Memphis at North Texas____________________________ 12 p.m.
Tulsa at UTSA______________________________________ 1 p.m.
South Florida at Florida Atlantic_____________________ 1 p.m.
Charlotte at Temple________________________________ 1 p.m.
Tulane at UAB______________________________________ 2 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
Temple at Rider____________________________________ 6 p.m.
East Carolina at Charlotte__________________________ 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Florida Atlantic at East Carolina_____________________ 6 p.m.
UTSA at Temple____________________________________ 6 p.m.
Tulane at Rice_____________________________________ 6 p.m.
UAB at Tulsa_______________________________________ 6:30 p.m.
South Florida at North Texas________________________ 7 p.m.
Memphis at Wichita State__________________________ 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
Florida Atlantic at Charlotte________________________ 1 p.m.
Rice at Temple_____________________________________ 1 p.m.
Memphis at Tulsa__________________________________ 2 p.m.
North Texas at Tulane______________________________ 3 p.m.
South Florida at UTSA______________________________ 3 p.m.
UAB at Wichita State_______________________________ 7 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
