TAMPA, October 26, 2023 – The University of South Florida volleyball team (13-8, 7-3 AAC) will go back on the road for a pair of matches against Tulsa and SMU this Friday and Sunday.
South Florida welcomed the North Texas Mean Green for their final match in the Yuengling Center last Friday. The Bulls fell 3-1 but set a season-high 31 points in the third set. Buse Hazan (Istanbul, Turkey) also set a new career-high with 27 kills. It was her 12th straight match with 10+ kills and her 11th of the season with 15+ kills.
As a team, the Bulls are ranked in the top 100 in the nation in eight categories: 30th in aces/set (1.86), 44th in assists/set (12.48), 47th in team aces (143), 58th in kills/set (13.19), 64th in hitting percentage (0.243), 89th in opponent hitting percentage (0.186), 93rd in team assists (961), 99th in win-loss percentage (.619).
Individually, South Florida has three players in the top 100 in six categories. Buse Hazan is in the top 100 in four categories: 43rd in kills/set (3.93, 44th in points/set (4.51), 54th in total kills (295), and 59th in total points (338.5). Marta Cvitkovic (Rejika, Croatia) is 68th in aces per set (0.44), while Caroline Dykes (Flower Mound, Texas) is 98th in total assists (680).
WEEKEND ROUND UP
Tulsa (11-12, 54-7 AAC)
Date: Friday, October 27 | 7:30 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statistics
Series vs. Tulsa: Tulsa leads. 8-4
Scouting the opponent:
- Tulsa is coming off a five-set reverse sweep loss to Oklahoma.
- Kayley Cassaday leads the team with 435 kills on the season. She is second in the nation in the same category.
- Arianna Mongare is averaging 0.95 blocks/set, with a total of 81 blocks on the season.
SMU (16-6, 10-1 AAC)
Date: Saturday, October 29 | 2 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statistics
Series vs. SMU: SMU leads, 13-4
Scouting the opponent:
- SMU is coming off a pair of wins over Rice this past weekend.
- Jamison Wheeler leads the team with 250 kills this season. She was just named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week for the third straight week.
- Celia Cullen has dished out 847 assists this season. She is averaging 10.46 per set.
About USF Volleyball
Head coach Jolene Shepardson enters her fourth season at the helm of her alma mater in 2023. Named head coach on Jan. 8, 2020, Shepardson led the Bulls’ program to its last conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance as a student-athlete in 2002. USF made its last postseason appearance in 2018, posting 20 wins and appearing in the NIVC. USF Volleyball has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances and won 12 conference titles since its inception in 1972. The Bulls play in The Corral (1,000), adjacent to the Yuengling Center on the USF campus.
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