Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Takes Non-Conference Trip to San Jose State
November 14, 2011 | Women's Volleyball
The Red Raiders will face San Jose State at 9 p.m. (CT) Tuesday.
Nov. 14, 2011
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech will look to break its recent struggles Tuesday evening when the Red Raiders take a step out of conference play to travel to San Jose State for a 9 p.m. (CT) match at Spartan Gym.
| MATCH INFORMATION | |
| Date | Tuesday, November 15 |
| Location | San Jose, Calif. (Spartan Gym) |
| Time | 9 p.m. (CT) |
| Radio | None |
| Live Stats | San Jose State Athletics |
| Live Video | None |
THE SERIES
Tech and San Jose State will be meeting for only the second time in school history Tuesday night as the Spartans took the previous encounter, 3-1, at the Utah Tournament on Sept. 2, 1988.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Raiders resume their Big 12 slate this weekend when they travel to Manhattan, Kan. to take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The match will begin the final stretch of Tech's 2011 regular season as the Red Raiders have only Oklahoma and Missouri remaining on the schedule.
RED RAIDERS LOOK TO CONTINUE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
Tech travels to San Jose State riding a 14-match winning streak against non-conference opponents, the school's longest run since winning 22-straight over the course of the 1996-97 seasons. The Red Raiders' only loss out of conference came in the regular season opener at TCU where the Horned Frogs took a 3-1 victory.
TECH BOOKS RARE NON-CONFERENCE MATCH IN MONTH OF NOVEMBER
Tuesday night's match will mark the latest date in a season that Tech has played a non-conference opponent since facing Southwestern Texas State (now just Texas State) on Nov. 15, 1992. The Red Raiders beat the Bobcats, 3-1, that night in their regular season finale. Tech has not previously played a non-conference opponent during the month of November since facing both UTEP and New Mexico State in 2001.
TECH STILL TWO WINS SHY OF FIRST WINNING SEASON SINCE 2001
Despite four-straight losses, Tech is still just two wins shy of ensuring its first winning season since 2001 as the Red Raiders have three Big 12 matches remaining along with a non-conference contest at San Jose State Tuesday night. Tech's 2001 squad finished the year 18-14 en route to earning an NCAA Tournament selection.
FLORA SIGNS FOUR DURING FALL PERIOD
Don Flora added to the future of the Tech program last week when he signed Emily Ehrle, Brianna Grant, Emily Ruetter, and Meghan Stacy to national letters of intent. The four signees will join with a talented group of preferred walk-ons next fall, giving Flora additional depth along the front row as he signed a group that consists of two outside hitters (Ehrle, Stacy), a middle blocker (Grant), and a setter (Reutter).
RED RAIDERS PARTICIPATE IN WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
The Texas Tech volleyball program teamed with the Wounded Warrior Project last Saturday as the Red Raiders wore specially-designed camouflage jerseys against Kansas. The uniform tops had camouflage numbering and "FREEDOM" written across the back. The Red Raider football team also hosted its annual Wounded Warrior "Believe in Heroes" game earlier that day against Oklahoma State.
CAVE ON RECENT HOT STREAK
Miara Cave heads to California having posted 10-plus kills in each of her last two matches, including 12 last Saturday against Kansas. The junior was coming off a 10 kill, .471 hitting percentage performance against Texas last Wednesday where she finished with an average over .400 for the sixth time this season. Cave had not previously posted double-digit kills in consecutive matches since recording 14 against New Mexico (Sept. 26) and 11 against Oklahoma (Oct. 1).
DOWDY NEARING SINGLE-SEASON TOP 10
Amanda Dowdy enters this week with 385 kills on the season, 39 shy of her mark from last year that ranks 10th in the Tech single-season record book. The senior is looking to become just the first player to record consecutive 400-kill seasons since Philister Sang did so from 2005-06. Dowdy could also crack the top 10 in digs as she has 318 on the season, 73 shy of Melissa McGehee's total of 391 from the 2001 season thanks ranks 10th all-time.
VAUGHAN APPROACHING TOP 10 AS WELL
Like Dowdy, Tory Vaughan could also put her name in the Tech single-season record book as the junior is 34 digs shy of tying Melissa McGehee for 10th overall. Vaughan has recorded 357 digs so far this season, the most for a Tech player since Desiree Batista had 444 in 2005.
YOU'VE BEEN SERVED
After recording five aces Saturday against Kansas, the Red Raiders are now up to 113 aces on the year, the squad's most since wrapping the 2008 season with 128 overall. Tech has almost doubled its total from a year ago as the Red Raiders finished with just 64 aces throughout the 2010 season.
PIPER ADDS TO OFFENSE SINCE RETURN
After missing most of the month of October, Aubree Piper has made quite an impact on the Tech offense since returning to the lineup prior to the Baylor match on Oct. 26. In her five matches since then, Piper has totaled 37 kills to go along with 15 blocks. She recorded 10 kills last Saturday against Kansas in what is her current high since her return to the rotation.
DOWDY REACHES 4,000 CAREER ATTEMPTS
Amanda Dowdy became just the second player all-time to reach 4,000 attempts over a career as her 48 swings against Texas moved her to 4,006 during her four seasons. She joins Kelly Johnson as the only players to reach the mark. Johnson owns the school record with 5,142 swings during the 2001-04 seasons.
DAVID AMONG TOP RED RAIDER FRESHMEN
With still four matches to play, Breeann David is on pace to record the most kills for a Tech freshman since current teammate Amanda Dowdy's inaugural season in 2008. David has totaled 226 kills at a 2.38 per set average thus far, leaving her 75 shy of Dowdy's mark of 301 as a freshman. Dowdy leads the Red Raiders this season with 385 kills as well.
