No. 4 Houston Faces No. 5 Tulane in Conference Championship

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Volleyball team travels to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the inaugural American Athletic Conference Championship, where the fourth-seeded Cougars will face No. 5 Tulane in the first round.

Prior to the start of the season, Houston was picked to finish 10^th in conference play, and as a result of the work from The American Coach of the Year David Rehr, the Cougars enter the tournament as the No. 4 seed. The accolade for the first-year Houston head coach marks the first time in conference history that a first-year head coach received the honor.

Rehr spearheaded Houston's postseason conference awards, as three Cougars earned all All-Conference, an accomplishment that hasn't been achieved since 2015. Senior libero Katie Karbo, senior outside hitter Megan Duncan and freshman middle blocker Rachel Tullos were all named to the Second Team, this first time three Cougar have received All-Conference honors since 2011.

TIME (CT)	FRIDAY, Nov. 22	COVERAGE
5 p.m.	No. 4 Houston vs. No. 5 Tulane	Live Stats \| Watch

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

When Houston head coach David Rehr was named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, he became just the fourth head coach in program history and first since Bill Walton in 1994 to receive a Conference Coach of the Year honor. Rehr's accolade also marks the first time in the conference's history that a first-year head coach has earned the title.
The Cougars began American Athletic Conference play 7-0 for the first time since 2000 before dropping its battle with Cincinnati, to move to 7-1 in conference action, matching their best eight-match start in conference since that same 2000 season.
Houston is the only school in the conference to have more than two players win a Player of the Week honor, having won four. This is the first time in program history Houston has had four different players earn a conference Player of the Week (Abbie Jackson, OPOW-9/9; Katie Karbo, DPOW-9/23; Megan Duncan, OPOW-9/30; Rachel Tullos, DPOW-10/21) honor.
As one of the best liberos in the country, Karbo continues to rewrite the records book, having already made history this year. Aside from her entering the weekend ranking fourth in the nation with 670 digs, Karbo also leads all Division I active players with her 2,389 career digs, which is a conference record she set at SMU (11/17).
Against one of the most potent offenses in the country, Tullos put together a performance for the ages when she posted a conference record 17 blocks in the five-set thriller against Cincinnati (10/20). Her 17 stops at the net were also the most blocks in a single match by a Division I player this season. Overall, Tullos enters the weekend leading the nation with 170 blocks.

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