THREE AMERICAN TEAMS START HOT
Three American teams came out of opening weekend unscathed. East Carolina, Memphis and North Texas all finished the first weekend of play with a 3-0 record.
The Pirates traveled to Hampton, Virginia and Defeated Florida A&M, Maryland Eastern Shore and Hampton all in straight sets. Memphis hosted a tournament and after taking down USC Upstate in five sets, the Tigers defeated Northwestern State and Tennessee State in straight sets to finish the weekend. The Mean Green traveled to Commerce, Texas and defeated Little Rock and Providence in four sets before taking down host East Texas A&M in straight sets for their final match.
MAAS IN TOP 5
Redshirt junior libero Gabi Maas of Wichita State enters the second weekend in play averaging the 5th most digs per set in the nation at 5.88. Her efforts in opening weekend earned her American Defensive Player of the Week honors. The Shockers will travel to Provo, Utah to play in the BYU Nike Invitational this weekend.
RANKED OPPONENTS ON THE SCHEDULE
A handful of ranked match ups will take place this weekend in tournament action. On Friday, Tulsa will play against Oklahoma, South Florida will take on Florida State and North Texas will play at Miami. All three teams are receiving votes. Wichita State will play against No. 18 BYU on Friday, while Rice travels to Waco on Sunday to take on No. 20 Baylor.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Tulsa vs Cal Poly_________________________________ 8 p.m.
Memphis at Denver_______________________________ 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
UTSA vs DePaul__________________________________ 11 a.m.
Wichita State vs Incarnate Word___________________ 12 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Marshall________________________ 12 p.m.
North Texas vs Drake_____________________________ 1 p.m.
UAB vs USC Upstate______________________________ 2 p.m.
East Carolina vs Furman__________________________ 2 p.m.
Charlotte vs Bradley______________________________ 4 p.m.
Tulsa vs RV Oklahoma_____________________________ 5 p.m.
South Florida vs RV Florida State____________________ 6 p.m.
Temple at George Washington_____________________ 6 p.m.
North Texas at RV Miami (FL)_______________________ 6 p.m.
Memphis vs Idaho State__________________________ 6 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Michigan_______________________ 7 p.m.
East Carolina at UNC Asheville_____________________ 7 p.m.
Tulane vs Lamar_________________________________ 7:30 p.m.
UAB vs Tennessee Tech___________________________ 8 p.m.
Wichita State at 18 BYU____________________________ 8 p.m.
UTSA at Missouri State___________________________ 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
North Texas at Stetson___________________________ 11 a.m.
East Carolina vs West Georgia_____________________ 11 a.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Southern Indiana________________ 12 p.m.
Temple vs NC Central_____________________________ 12 p.m.
UTSA vs Lindenwood_____________________________ 1 p.m.
Memphis vs Texas Southern_______________________ 1 p.m.
Charlotte vs College of Charleston_________________ 2 p.m.
Wichita State vs Northern Colorado________________ 3 p.m.
Rice vs Saint Mary’s (CA)__________________________ 3 p.m.
UAB vs Northern Alabama_________________________ 4 p.m.
Tulane vs Louisiana Tech__________________________ 5 p.m.
Charlotte vs Western Carolina_____________________ 7 p.m.
Tulsa at Arkansas________________________________ 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
South Florida vs South Carolina____________________ 1 p.m.
Temple at Georgetown____________________________ 2 p.m.
Rice at 20 Baylor__________________________________ 3 p.m.
Tulane vs Southern______________________________ 5 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
