Volleyball Hosts Final Home Match Wednesday at 1PM

Wear red to cheer on the Bearcats at St. Ursula Academy

Volleyball Hosts Final Home Match Wednesday at 1PMVolleyball Hosts Final Home Match Wednesday at 1PM
// FIRST SERVE
UC hosts its final match of the regular season on Wednesday, November 22 at St. Ursula Academy at 1 p.m. The Bearcats will take on ECU before traveling to play the Pirates on Friday to close out the regular season schedule. Fans are encouraged to wear red to Wednesday's match.
 
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// GOING LIVE
Live video and live stats for Wednesday will be available at GoBearcats.com. ECU will provide live stats and live video on Friday at ECUPirates.com
 
// WEEKEND RECAP

• The Bearcats are coming off a 2-0 weekend with a 3-1 win at Tulane and a 3-0 sweep at Houston
• On Friday in New Orleans, UC dropped the opening set 25-21 but bounced back to take the next three by scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 26-24.
Jade Tingelhoff had a double-double with a team-high 43 assists and 13 digs. She also had two aces
Maya Muldrow had a strong night with 11 kills on a .529 hitting percentage with seven blocks, including four solo
Carly Nolan led the team with 17 kills while Abby Williams led with 17 digs
Elly Ogle was just short of a double-double, finishing with eight kills and ten digs
• On Sunday, UC remained atop its game with a 3-0 sweep at Houston
• The Bearcats won the sets 25-16, 25-20 and 25-20
• The team hit .250 in the match
Erica Kostelac led the attack with 13 kills, doing so at a .400 percentage
• Tingelhoff once again led the team with 33 assists
Abby Williams led with 15 digs
Jasmine Jones finished with a team-high five blocks while also having seven kills
• Nolan just missed out on a double-double with ten digs and eight kills
 
// COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE
• There is still room to move in the conference standings with two matches left
• Wichita State has won the American championship with a 18-0 record
• In second place, SMU sits at 14-4 while Temple is currently in third at 13-5
• Both Cincinnati and ECU are tied for fourth place at 11-7
• Next in line is UCF in sixth place at 10-8, followed by Tulsa (8-10), USF (7-11), Houston (6-12) and UConn (4-14)
• Memphis and Tulane round out the standings in a tie for the final position at 3-15
 
// TOP TEN
• A few of the current Bearcats currently sit in the top ten in the UC record book for career stats
Jade Tingelhoff is sixth in all-time assists with 3,193.
• In the rally scoring era, Tingelhoff is fourth in career assists while Abby Williams is eighth
• With more than 1,000 kills at 1,207, Carly Nolan is sixth in the UC career ranks
• Williams also cracks the top ten in career digs in the rally scoring era, coming in at fifth all-time with a total of 1,271
 
// CONFERENCE-ONLY STATISTICS
• With two games left in the regular season, UC and its players remain ranked high in various statistical categories
• The Bearcats rank sixth in hitting percentage, fourth in assists, third in kills, third in blocks, third in service aces and sixth in digs when comparing conference-only stats among the twelve AAC teams
• Individually in conference matches, Carly Nolan is fourth in kills per set, 14th in digs per set and fourth in aces per set
Jasmine Jones is ninth in hitting percentage and fourth in blocks per set
Erica Kostelac ranks seventh in kills per set
Jade Tingelhoff is fourth in assists per set
Maya Muldrow ranks 11th in hitting percentage and seventh in blocks per set
Abby Williams ranks sixth in digs per set
 
// KNOW THE FOE: ECU
ECU is 20-11 overall this season and, like UC, 11-7 in conference play. The Pirates are coming off a 1-1 weekend. They beat Houston 3-2 on Friday then dropped a 3-2 match at Tulane on Sunday. Lael Ceriani leads the team in kills per set with 3.19 while teammate Shelby Martin leads in assists with 9.67 per set. Defensively for the Pirates, Brandee Markwith averages 5.14 kills per set and Natalie Montini averages 0.91 blocks per set.
 
// SERIES HISTORY: BEARCATS vs. PIRATES
Cincinnati is 11-1 all-time against ECU. Last season, the Bearcats took both meetings with 3-0 sweeps. The Pirates lone win against UC came in a home meet in 2014 by a score of 3-2.
 
// DOUBLE TROUBLE
The duo of Carly Nolan and Jade Tingelhoff have stacked up double-double performances all season long, but especially since entering conference play. Nolan has sixteen on the season (kills-digs) while Tingelhoff has seventeen (assists-digs). There has only been two conference matches were neither Nolan nor Tingelhoff have recorded a double-double (3-1 win at UConn and 3-0 loss to UCF).
 
// OVERALL CONFERENCE RANKS
Carly Nolan is second in the American in kills per set (4.08) and leads in points per set (4.58). She also is 15th in digs per set and 11th in aces
Jade Tingelhoff ranks fifth in the league with 9.84 assists/set
Jasmine Jones is 11th in hitting percentage at .273 and fourth in blocks/set with 1.15
Maya Muldrow is 12th in blocks (0.98/set) and Abby Williams is 10th in digs (3.78/set)
Erica Kostelac ranks 11th in kills per set at 3.03 and 12th in points per set with 3.31