Sunday, November 13
Houston 3, Wichita State 0 – Box Score
UCF 3, Cincinnati 0 – Box Score
Tulsa 3, Tulane 2 – Box Score
East Carolina 3, Memphis 2 – Box Score
SMU 3, Temple 0 – Box Score
 
Recaps
Houston 3, Wichita State 0 – Box Score
WICHITA, Kansas – The No. 23 University of Houston volleyball team tied the program record with its 17th straight win, powering to a straight-set win on the road against Wichita State behind 15 kills from senior Abbie Jackson.
 
Houston (25-2, 16-0 The American) will look to break the record for the longest win streak in program history on Friday as the team kicks off senior weekend, honoring the four graduating members of the team. It also marks the Cougars' seventh consecutive sweep and their ninth in the last ten matches. Houston improves to 9-3 against Wichita State (14-12, 9-6 The American) all-time.
 
Jackson's 15 kills came with only three errors, helping her post a .364 hitting percentage in the match. Junior Annie Cooke led Houston with 18 assists, while junior Kate Georgiades posted a match-best 16 digs. Sophomore Kellen Morin, senior Rachel Tullos and graduate Kortlyn Henderson all posted five blocks.
 
Cooke now has 2,496 assists in her career at Houston, moving her up to No. 9 on the program's all-time list. Tullos also moved up to No. 2 on the program's career blocks list with 528.
 
UCF 3, Cincinnati 0 – Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla.—The UCF volleyball team (23-1, 15-1 The American) cruised past Cincinnati (8-18, 6-10 The American) in straight sets (25-18, 25-10, 25-19) on Sunday afternoon at The Venue to earn its 11th consecutive win.
 
Kari Zumach led the Knights off with a kill to earn the first point. Followed by a block from Claudia Dillon and Zumach to take the lead 2-0. The Bearcats battled back and tied the game at 9-9. UCF answered with a 3-0 scoring run with a kill from McKenna Melville followed by an ace from Katelyn Grimes. The Black and Gold ended set one with a 2-0 scoring run, 25-18.
 
The Knights led off set two with a 2-0 start with back-to-back kills from Dillon and Zumach, respectively and UCF put together multiple 5-0 scoring runs throughout the set. The Knights ended set two with a 5-0 run with a block from Amber Olson and Abby Hansen to take the set, 25-10.
 
UCF followed suit from the other two sets to start off with a 2-0 lead in set three. A 4-0 scoring run propelled UCF with back-to-back kills from Heidi Bonde followed by a service ace from Chloe Scheer and a kill from Dillon. The Knights continued to fire on all cylinders with a total of 18 kills in set three to win the set, 25-19.
 
Melville led UCF with 19 kills, while adding six digs and a solo block. Dillon helped the offense with eight kills, while Hansen and Zumach each tallied five kills. 
 
Olson led all players in the match with 28 assists and she recorded nine digs. Chloe Scheer recorded 13 digs on the day. Hansen accounted for four blocks and Bonde logged three. Grimes recorded a season-high four aces.
 
Tulsa 3, Tulane 2 – Box Score
TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa volleyball team fought back from a 2-0 deficit to secure the comeback in a five-set victory (15-25, 18-25, 25-23, 28-26, 15-13) against the Tulane Green Wave (8-19, 3-13 The American) Sunday at home in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
 
The victory improved the Golden Hurricane's record to 12-15 overall and 5-10 in AAC play.
 
Three Tulsa players secured double-doubles in the win: outside hitter Kayley Cassaday (20 kills and 11 digs), setter Avery Kalsu (41 assists and 22 digs) and libero Marta Pecalli (21 digs and 12 assists). Cassaday's 20 kills moves her to 450 on the year, while Pecalli's 21 digs eclipsed her past the 500-dig mark (511) this season.
 
Right side hitter Jolana Smidlova had her first breakout game for Hurricane. The freshman from Letovice, Czech Republic, landed a career-high 14 kills in 41 total attacks in the win, making her the second-most active hitter on the day behind Cassaday (69 attacks).
 
Freshman defensive specialist Ryann Thomas also broke out for Tulsa, putting up career-highs in kills (4), attacks (13) and digs (20).
 
East Carolina 3, Memphis 2 – Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Behind just the fourth 100-dig performance in program history, East Carolina held off Memphis 3-2 (23-25, 25-13, 27-25, 19-25, 15-12) in an American Athletic Conference match Sunday afternoon at the Larry O. Finch Center.
 
The Pirates (10-18, 5-11 The American) recorded double-digit wins in a season for the first time since 2019 while winning their third five-set decision of the campaign. The Tigers (17-12, 7-9 The American) had won 12 of 17 home matches entering the day and had not lost to East Carolina in Memphis since 2017.
 
Paced by a career-high 34 digs out of Kenzie Beckham, ECU set a school record for digs in an AAC contest, registering 107 – the third most in program history. Despite the Tigers holding the upper hand in blocks (12-9) and kills (63-59), East Carolina out-hit its opposition .177 to .137 and forced Memphis into 32 attacking errors.
 
Angeles Alderete paced all players with 23 kills – her ninth 20-kill performance of the season – and added 18 digs to complete her 14th double-double. Izzy Marinelli followed with 18 kills of her own to go along with a pair of double-double efforts from the Pirates' setters. Payton Evenstad notched 27 assists and 12 digs while Julianna Askew contributed 24 assists and 14 digs. Kianie Cummings chipped in with seven blocks for good measure.
 
Miaya Smith led five Memphis players in double figures with 15 kills, but committed eight errors to hit just .146.
 
The Tigers got off to a 6-1 start in the opening set after three consecutive kills by Alexis Lewis. Memphis maintained a four-point lead all the way to 23-19, but ECU notched three in a row to pull within one. The Tigers were able to hold on the end, scoring two of the final three points.
 
East Carolina rebounded with authority in the second stanza, racing out to a 16-7 edge following a Memphis attacking error. The Tigers did not come close the rest of the way as an Alyssa Finister kill sealed the set.
 
The Pirates grabbed the momentum in the third frame. Though facing a 24-22 deficit late in the proceedings, ECU utilized kills from Alderete and Carlia Northcross to knot the score. Tabytha Toelke briefly put Memphis back in front with a kill, but East Carolina snatched the set away thanks to a Tiger attacking error and a pair of Alderete kills.
 
Memphis was able to secure the fourth set by six and slipped ahead 8-6 in the decider. However, a 6-1 Pirate run from there proved more than the home side could handle. With ECU at match point leading 14-12, Toelke fired past the endline, but the line judge signaled the ball in. East Carolina head coach Adler Augustin challenged the ruling and the down official ruled in favor of the Purple and Gold. Tiger head coach Sean Burdette put in a challenge of his own, attempting to coax a touch or net call out of the play, but it proved futile as the Pirates snatched the road triumph.
 
SMU 3, Temple 0 – Box Score
DALLAS, Texas - SMU sailed past Temple in straight-sets (25-10, 25-17, 25-21) in American Athletic Conference action at Moody Coliseum Sunday.
 
The Mustangs trailed just once and held the Owls to a zero hitting percentage, improving to 20-8 on the season, including 13-3 in league play. Temple dropped to 10-17, 4-12.
 
SMU ran out to a 5-1 advantage in the first set tallied the final nine points to gain the early 1-0 advantage.
 
In set two, the Owls tallied the first point but an 8-2 run by the home side pushed the margin out to 8-3. Temple closed to within one at 12-11 but netted 13 of the final 19 points, opening a 2-0 cushion at the intermission.
 
Temple managed to keep the Mustangs within striking distance in game three, closing a 12-5 deficit down to three on several occasions, including at 16-13. Once again, the Mustangs slammed the door shut, claiming nine of the final 17 winners, securing their third sweep in a row.