Oct. 1, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - The UCF volleyball team returns to the friendly confines of The Venue at UCF this weekend when it hosts a pair of Conference USA contests against UAB and Memphis. The Knights will take on the Blazers Friday at 7 p.m., before facing Memphis Sunday at 12 p.m.
The Knights enter the weekend with an even 8-8 record on the year and are looking for their first league-win after starting the C-USA season 0-3. In each of its conference matches, the Black and Gold has pushed its opponent to at least four sets, with losses to both Southern Miss and Marshall coming down to a deciding fifth set.
UCF has been most successful this season in the third set, posting 10 third-set victories and outscoring its opponent 375-343.
Erin Campbell (Kansas City, Mo.) continues to pace the young Knights with a 3.50 kills-per-set average, posting 217 kills though UCF's first 16 matches. The senior is also among the league leaders in kills after three matches of C-USA play, ranking sixth among her peers with a 3.93 kills-per-set average in league play only.
UAB travels to Orlando for the Friday night match-up with an 8-9 overall mark and a 2-1 league clip. In its most recent action, the Blazers split a pair of C-USA matches at home last weekend, picking up a 3-1 victory over Houston, before falling to Rice in a four-match shootout.
UAB leads the Knights in the all-time series, holding an 8-5 advantage over the home team after winning both matches against UCF last season.
Memphis takes on the Black and Gold Sunday with a 2-14 record on the season and a 0-3 mark in C-USA play. The Tigers have lost seven-straight matches after falling to both Rice and Houston last weekend, 3-0 and 3-1, respectively, in league action.
In the all-time series, Memphis leads UCF, 10-6. The two teams split their C-USA series in 2008, with the Knights taking a 3-1 victory at The Venue at UCF, before falling to the Tigers on the road.
Season tickets for the 2009 season are still available for only $30, with the Knights hosting eight regular-season matches remaining at The Venue at UCF this year.
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