Volleyball heads to ECU and Cincy (ECU L 3-1) (Cincy L 3-0)

pray10 · September 29, 2018, 7:18am

QUICK HITS_

* Houston enters the weekend remaining as one of the most prolific offensive teams in the nation, finding itself ranking amongst the best in the country in total kills (5th, 868), total assists (5th, 808) and total service aces (3rd, 116). All of those are conference bests as well.
* In its matches with Temple and UConn, Houston had a pair of talented freshmen show their promise for years to come in outside hitters Alexis Cheatum and Jordan Lockwood . While they both set career-highs in kills over the weekend, Cheatum led the Cougars with her 2.50 kills per set and contributed to a team-best 26.0 points. Lockwood also surpassed the 20-point with her 20.5 points.
* Another asset the Cougars’ young talent is freshman middle blocker Kendall Haywood , who has wasted no time adjusting to the collegiate game, emerging as one of the most effective middle blockers in the country. With her .421 hitting percentage ranking seventh-best in the nation, her 76.0 total blocks is also sits at No. 7 in the country.
* To begin the 2018 campaign, the Cougars garnered their share of All-Tournament honors, racking in a total of eight All-Tournament accolades during nonconference action. Senior setter Katie Krebs and junior outside hitter Megan Duncan earned MVP honors, while junior libero Katie Karbo , junior outside hitter Faith Squier and Haywood each found a spot on an All-Tournament twice.

pray10 · September 29, 2018, 7:20am

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

* Houston moves to 6-2 on the season in four-set matches.
* Junior outside hitter Megan Duncan tallied her sixth double-double of the season, finishing the match with 10 kills and 10 digs.
* Sophomore setter Abby Irvine recorded her eighth 20-assist match of the year.
* Freshman outside hitter Alexis Cheatum made her first career start.

VanCOOG · September 30, 2018, 9:51am

This is no good. We are winless in conference games so far.

pray10 · October 1, 2018, 2:09pm

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

* Sophomore setter Abby Irvine finished the match with 11 assists and 11 digs, marking her fifth double-double of the season.
* Sophomore outside hitter Gabi Zelaya tallied 11 digs, her fourth match this season with 10 or more digs.
* Sophomore outside hitter Silvia Pertens joined Zelaya with her team-high six kills.

pray10 · October 1, 2018, 2:10pm

Things are going south fast. Need to find a way to turn it around:

VanCOOG · October 4, 2018, 5:01pm

I don’t think our AD will allow for this type of performance to continue beyond this season. We need to make a change so that we can go back to our winning ways. The program that had F. Hyman deserves much better than this.