TicketsAmerican Athletic Conference play begins this weekend as University of Cincinnati volleyball hosts ECU on Friday night at 7 p.m. then travels to take on Wichita State on Sunday at 2 p.m. EST.
// PROMOTIONS
• The first 100 fans at Friday's game will receive a free Under Armour t-shirt
• Students who check in at the Fans First Center can get a hot dog and a drink courtesy of Coach Alvey
• Parking for the match will be $6 instead of the normal rate of $5 due to an event at Nippert Stadium
// GOING LIVE
• Friday's match versus ECU will be streamed live online through BearcatsTV. Live stats will run at GoBearcats.com
• Live stats for the match at Wichita State on Sunday will be available at GoShockers.com
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• UC is 13-3 all-time against ECU
• The Bearcats swept the Pirates in both meetings last season
• ECU is off to its best start in program history and has won eight-straight matches
• The Pirates' only loss this season came against Wake Forest in a 3-0 sweep. ECU won in five sets against Providence, NC State, USC Upstate, and Alabama A&M
• ECU has swept George Mason, George Washington, Norfolk State, and Campbell so far this season
• UC is 3-2 all-time against Wichita State
• Last season, Jordan Thompson broke the UC, AAC and Koch Arena match records with 44 kills to push the Bearcats ahead of the Shockers in a thrilling five-set victory
• UC then swept WSU at home in the grand-opening of the newly renovated Fifth Third Arena
• The Shockers are off to a 3-9 start this season, but have faced a tough schedule. They have fallen at No. 8 Penn State, vs No. 13 BYU, No. 3 Texas, No. 15 Creighton and No. 1 Nebraska
// HISTORY IS HERE
• Jordan Thompson is posed to make history Friday night as she needs just eight more kills to be the all-time career leader in UC history
• The Bearcats' and US Women's National Team star already claimed the conference career kills record last season while she also claimed the single-match kills record for the AAC and UC
• With eight more kills, Thompson's career total will come to 2,138, breaking Julie DuPont's record. DuPont played from 2001 through 2004
• Thompson is just the second Bearcats player all-time to have reached the 2,000 kill mark in her career
• Stephanie Niemer, who is third all-time at UC, finished with 1,976 kills in her playing career that spanned 2007-2010
// STARTING OFF HOT
• The Bearcats won three-straight non-conference tournaments in preparation for conference play, winning the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational, NKU Invitational and Queen City Classic
• UC has started AAC play very well the past few seasons
• The team got off to a 8-0 start in 2018, 6-2 start in 2017 and 8-1 start in 2016
• The Bearcats were selected to finish second in the preseason coaches poll behind 2018 champion UCF
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.
// PROMOTIONS
• The first 100 fans at Friday's game will receive a free Under Armour t-shirt
• Students who check in at the Fans First Center can get a hot dog and a drink courtesy of Coach Alvey
• Parking for the match will be $6 instead of the normal rate of $5 due to an event at Nippert Stadium
// GOING LIVE
• Friday's match versus ECU will be streamed live online through BearcatsTV. Live stats will run at GoBearcats.com
• Live stats for the match at Wichita State on Sunday will be available at GoShockers.com
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• UC is 13-3 all-time against ECU
• The Bearcats swept the Pirates in both meetings last season
• ECU is off to its best start in program history and has won eight-straight matches
• The Pirates' only loss this season came against Wake Forest in a 3-0 sweep. ECU won in five sets against Providence, NC State, USC Upstate, and Alabama A&M
• ECU has swept George Mason, George Washington, Norfolk State, and Campbell so far this season
• UC is 3-2 all-time against Wichita State
• Last season, Jordan Thompson broke the UC, AAC and Koch Arena match records with 44 kills to push the Bearcats ahead of the Shockers in a thrilling five-set victory
• UC then swept WSU at home in the grand-opening of the newly renovated Fifth Third Arena
• The Shockers are off to a 3-9 start this season, but have faced a tough schedule. They have fallen at No. 8 Penn State, vs No. 13 BYU, No. 3 Texas, No. 15 Creighton and No. 1 Nebraska
// HISTORY IS HERE
• Jordan Thompson is posed to make history Friday night as she needs just eight more kills to be the all-time career leader in UC history
• The Bearcats' and US Women's National Team star already claimed the conference career kills record last season while she also claimed the single-match kills record for the AAC and UC
• With eight more kills, Thompson's career total will come to 2,138, breaking Julie DuPont's record. DuPont played from 2001 through 2004
• Thompson is just the second Bearcats player all-time to have reached the 2,000 kill mark in her career
• Stephanie Niemer, who is third all-time at UC, finished with 1,976 kills in her playing career that spanned 2007-2010
// STARTING OFF HOT
• The Bearcats won three-straight non-conference tournaments in preparation for conference play, winning the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational, NKU Invitational and Queen City Classic
• UC has started AAC play very well the past few seasons
• The team got off to a 8-0 start in 2018, 6-2 start in 2017 and 8-1 start in 2016
• The Bearcats were selected to finish second in the preseason coaches poll behind 2018 champion UCF
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.