TicketsThe regular season comes to an end this weekend for University of Cincinnati volleyball. UC travels to ECU on Friday at 7 p.m. then hosts Tulsa at Fifth Third Arena on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Bearcats can clinch the 2019 American Athletic Conference championship with one win this weekend.
// GOING LIVE
• ECU will provide a live stream and live stats at ECUPirates.com
• BearcatsTV will stream Sunday's match free of charge
• Live stats for the match against Tulsa will be available at GoBearcats.com
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• UC is 14-3 all-time versus ECU
• The two teams met in the first AAC match of the season with the Bearcats winning 3-0 at home
• The Pirates got off to their best start in program history then have gone 6-8 in conference play for a 19-9 overall record
• ECU will not qualify for the conference tournament
• UC holds an 8-3 record against Tulsa all-time
• The teams have yet to meet this season, but the Bearcats won 3-0 at home and 3-1 on the road last year
• The Hurricane have a 15-12 overall record and 8-6 conference record
• Tulsa is one of six teams to qualify for the first-ever AAC Tournament
// AAC TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK
• All six teams have clinched spots in the AAC Tournament hosted by UCF November 22-24
• Cincinnati, UCF, SMU, Houston, Tulane and Tulsa will all vie for the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA postseason
• UC needs just one win to clinch the regular season title, No. 1 seed and will host the AAC tournament in 2020
• UCF will be no lower than the three seed
• SMU leads the West Division by one match and need a win against either Tulane on Friday and/or Houston on Sunday to clinch the No. 2 seed
• Houston and Tulane both have a chance to claim the No. 2 seed if they sweep their weekend opponents and SMU is swept on the weekend
• The top two seeds (the two division winners) receive byes into the semifinals while seeds 3-6 begin action on Friday, November 22
• Semifinals will be Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
• The 2019 AAC Tournament Championship match will be Sunday, November 24 at 1:30 p.m. and air live on ESPNU
// THOMPSON RECEIVES ACADEMIC HONORS
• Jordan Thompson added another accolade to her ever-growing list when she was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team member this week
• She will now be in consideration for Academic All-America that will be announced in December
• Thompson already graduated with a bachelor's in criminal justice and carries a 3.67 GPA in graduate school studying criminal justice
• She will earn her second degree this December
• Already this year, Thompson became UC's career leader in kills, became the first Division I player since 1999 and one of six players to ever record 50 kills in a game, and reset her own UC and AAC single-match mark with that 50-kill performance
• With 19 more kills, she will be the ninth player in NCAA history to reach the 2,500 kill mark in her career
• She is on pace to become the only UC player in history to average 5.00 or more kills per set
• Thompson will finish her college career as the most decorated and lauded UC and AAC player ever and continue on as a member of the US National Team that she led to clinch a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.
The Bearcats can clinch the 2019 American Athletic Conference championship with one win this weekend.
// GOING LIVE
• ECU will provide a live stream and live stats at ECUPirates.com
• BearcatsTV will stream Sunday's match free of charge
• Live stats for the match against Tulsa will be available at GoBearcats.com
// OPPONENT OVERVIEW
• UC is 14-3 all-time versus ECU
• The two teams met in the first AAC match of the season with the Bearcats winning 3-0 at home
• The Pirates got off to their best start in program history then have gone 6-8 in conference play for a 19-9 overall record
• ECU will not qualify for the conference tournament
• UC holds an 8-3 record against Tulsa all-time
• The teams have yet to meet this season, but the Bearcats won 3-0 at home and 3-1 on the road last year
• The Hurricane have a 15-12 overall record and 8-6 conference record
• Tulsa is one of six teams to qualify for the first-ever AAC Tournament
// AAC TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK
• All six teams have clinched spots in the AAC Tournament hosted by UCF November 22-24
• Cincinnati, UCF, SMU, Houston, Tulane and Tulsa will all vie for the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA postseason
• UC needs just one win to clinch the regular season title, No. 1 seed and will host the AAC tournament in 2020
• UCF will be no lower than the three seed
• SMU leads the West Division by one match and need a win against either Tulane on Friday and/or Houston on Sunday to clinch the No. 2 seed
• Houston and Tulane both have a chance to claim the No. 2 seed if they sweep their weekend opponents and SMU is swept on the weekend
• The top two seeds (the two division winners) receive byes into the semifinals while seeds 3-6 begin action on Friday, November 22
• Semifinals will be Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
• The 2019 AAC Tournament Championship match will be Sunday, November 24 at 1:30 p.m. and air live on ESPNU
// THOMPSON RECEIVES ACADEMIC HONORS
• Jordan Thompson added another accolade to her ever-growing list when she was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team member this week
• She will now be in consideration for Academic All-America that will be announced in December
• Thompson already graduated with a bachelor's in criminal justice and carries a 3.67 GPA in graduate school studying criminal justice
• She will earn her second degree this December
• Already this year, Thompson became UC's career leader in kills, became the first Division I player since 1999 and one of six players to ever record 50 kills in a game, and reset her own UC and AAC single-match mark with that 50-kill performance
• With 19 more kills, she will be the ninth player in NCAA history to reach the 2,500 kill mark in her career
• She is on pace to become the only UC player in history to average 5.00 or more kills per set
• Thompson will finish her college career as the most decorated and lauded UC and AAC player ever and continue on as a member of the US National Team that she led to clinch a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.