Volleyball To Host Two Matches This Weekend
10/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 16, 2008
HOUSTON - The University of Houston volleyball team will host UCF and Southern Miss this weekend in a couple of matches at the Athletics/Alumni Center.
Houston (11-8, 3-3 C-USA) will start the weekend off against UCF on Friday and Southern Miss on Saturday. Both matches are slated to begin at 7pm.
Fans can follow each of the matches by clicking on the Gametracker link on the volleyball schedule page or by watching the streaming video on the All-Access site.
In the first match of the weekend, Houston will take on UCF. The Knights are 13-7 on the year and 5-2 in conference play. In their last time out, UCF split matches against Memphis and UAB. Their loss to the Blazers snapped a four-match win streak by the Knights, dating back to Sept. 28. The Cougars lead the all-time series 4-0 against the Knights, including a 3-0 sweep last season in Orlando, Fla.
Erin Campbell leads the Knights with 273 kills and Lauren Rosenthal has a team-high 708 assists.
Houston caps the weekend with a match against Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles enter the weekend with a 13-7 record and a 3-4 mark in conference play. Lauren Sears paces Southern Miss with a .257 hitting percentage, while Kelsea Seymour leads the team with 422 assists.
The two programs have played 18 times in program history, with Houston taking top honors in 15 of those matches. Last season, Houston defeated the Golden Eagles, 3-1, during the regular season but Southern Miss upset the Cougars, 3-1, in the first round of the Conference USA Championship.
The Cougars split two matches last weekend against East Carolina and Marshall. UH opened the weekend with a 3-0 win over the Pirates for the team's fourth-straight win but saw that streak snapped with a 3-0 loss to Marshall.
Senior Justine Farmer continues to lead the team and league averaging 3.77 kills per set, while sophomore Amanda Carson is tied for a league-high with 32 service aces. Senior Kelsey King averages 10.44 assists per set to rank fourth in C-USA.
Following this weekend's matches, Houston will travel across town for a 7pm match against Rice on Oct. 21 before playing host to UTEP and Tulane on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26. The Cougars match against Tulane will air on CBS College Sports.
