Volleyball Takes Five-Game Win Streak to Rice
9/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 26, 2007
HOUSTON -- The University of Houston volleyball team takes their five match win streak on the road when they travel across town to take on the Rice Owls, Thursday at 7pm at Fox Gym.
The Cougars (8-6, 3-0 C-USA) defeated the Owls, 3-0, in their first match-up this season at the Athletics/Alumni Center on Sept. 13. Since then the Cougars have run off five straight wins, including three in Conference USA action. Rice has gone 3-2 since that last time these two schools met and 2-1 in C-USA.
Houston was led by junior Justine Farmer's game high 17 kills and junior Kelsey King's 35 assists in the win against the Owls to open conference play.
UH holds a commanding 56-12 lead in the all-time series against Rice and are 30-11 in the Bill Walton era. Houston has recorded a 3-1 record against the Owls dating back to Oct. 6, 2006.
Entering Thursday's match, Farmer leads the league in kills with 290 averaging 5.37 per game. Freshman Lucy Charuk's .373 hitting percentage ranks third and sophomore Erin Rice's 1.31 blocks per game average is second.
This will be the last game the Cougars play in Houston until Oct. 12. Following the Rice match UH will have road contests against Tulsa (Oct. 5) and SMU (Oct. 7). They will return home for a weekend series against Tulane and UTEP on Oct. 12 and 14, respectively.
A complete wrap-up of match will be available at www.UHCougars.com following the contest.
