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Volleyball Heads to Texas Tech

by Jenna VanHoose
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The Matchup

  • Coming off a three-match home stint, the Knights flip the switch and head out on the road for the next three matches as they start their road slate at Texas Tech on Saturday at 1 p.m.
  • This will be the 4th matchup between the two teams as the Knights lead the all-time record 2-1.
  • Texas Tech is seventh in the Big 12 conference with 2.21 blocks per set.  
  • The Knights average 13.36 kills per set and limit their opponents to just 12.25 kills per set to rank No. 6 in the Big 12.

Scouting Texas Tech

  • The Red Raiders enter the matchup 11-11 on the season and are 3-7 in Big 12 play.
  • Head coach Tony Graystone is in his 26th season overall and 9th with Texas Tech and boasts a 567-296 overall record.
  • Mia Wesley is lead the Red Raiders with 273 kills and averages 3.33 per set which ranks her 11th in the Big 12 standings.
  • Maddie Correa leads the Red Raiders’ defense with 338 digs and ranks No. 5 in the Big 12 with 4.07 digs per set.

Kuehl with the kill

  • Alexia Kuehl leads the Knights with a .418 hitting percentage and is ranked No. 3 in the Big 12.
  • The middle blocker has tallied the fourth-most kills on the team with 141 to go along with 45 blocks this season.
  • A transfer from Colorado, where she spent the last four seasons, decided to move back to Florida for her last year.

Road Warriors

  • The Knights started their season with three weekends on the road.
  • UCF traveled to Virginia and North Carolina, along with two weekends on the road in Florida.
  • It marked the first time since the 2017 season that the Knights played their first three weekends away from The Venue.

Year Two in the Big 12

  • The Knights ended their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-12 overall record and 8-10 in conference play.
  • With the addition of four new members into the Big 12, the Knights hosted Colorado for the first time since 2003, Utah (1996) and travel to Arizona and Arizona State for the first time in program history.

Milestone Watch

  • Chloe Scheer has recorded 1,430 digs in her career at UCF, which ranks fifth in the individual career records.
  • The Murrieta, California, native currently has 131 aces, the ninth most in program history.

 

Knight in Shining Armour

  • Headlined by 10 matches with double digits in kills along with a career-high 18 kills at Stetson (9/5), Avah Armour leads the Black and Gold with 149 kills.
  • Armour came back to action against Cincinnati (10/30) after nursing an injury that caused her to miss three matches.
  • The sophomore sprung right back in recording 13 kills and two aces against Cincinnati (10/30).
  • Armour recorded her first double-double this season in the season opener against Virginia Tech (8/31).
  • The Colorado native’s 18 kills at Stetson rank in the top five in the Big 12 for kills in a three-set match.

Knights In The Rankings

  • Four players are currently ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 rankings.
  • Chloe Scheer is fourth in the conference, averaging 4.40 digs per set.
  • Scheer is seventh with 295 total digs.
  • Abby Schomers slides in at No. 8 with 9.13 assists per set.
  • Avah Armour has tallied 9.94 attacks per set which ranks seventh in the Big 12.
  • Alexia Kuehl ranks third in the Big 12, hitting a .418 clip.

Double-Trouble Quartet

  • Four Knights have recorded double-doubles this season led by Avah Armour and Abby Schomers with three each, followed by Emily Wilson with two and Sasha Cohen with one.
  • Cohen earned her first double-double of her career against Houston (Oct. 25) as she recorded 15 kills and 11 digs.
  • Schomers and Cohen each have recorded double-doubles in Big 12 matches this season.
  • Schomers notched her third double-double against Colorado (Oct. 13) with 26 assists and 12 digs.