#22 Volleyball Faces Texas A&M, Liberty in Midweek Matches

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The #22 University of Houston Volleyball team continues its road swing with a pair of matches in College Station. The Cougars face off against Texas A&M at 7 p.m. Wednesday before a neutral site matchup against Liberty at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Houston is in the middle of a nine-match, over-month-long road stretch ending with the team's Big 12 Conference home opener against West Virginia on Oct. 6. So far, the Cougars are 2-2 in their break from the Fertitta Center.

#22 HOUSTON vs. rv Texas A&M, Liberty
Dates \| Times \| Opponents				Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Texas A&M Thursday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. vs. Liberty
Location				Reed Arena \| College Station, Texas
Live Stream				SECN+ on Wednesday \| No stream Thursday
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston
Social Media				@uhcougarvb \| @uhccougarvb \| Cougar Volleyball \| #GoCoogs \| #BeSomeone

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Houston entered the AVCA Poll last season for the first time since 1994 and tied its highest final ranking in program history at No. 17. In the preseason iteration of this year's poll, the Cougars were voted at # 19 and have been ranked as high as #13 this season. The Cougars have been ranked in all three polls so far this season.
The Big 12 Conference ranked as the top volleyball conference in the country last year according to the NCAA's Conference RPI release and added three 2022 NCAA tournament teams in Houston, BYU and UCF on July 1. The Big 12 currently has six teams ranked in the AVCA poll, which is 46 percent of the league's teams, the highest percentage of a conference ranked nationally.
Kellen Morin captured the University of Houston's first individual Big 12 Conference honors by being named the league's Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.
The Cougars broke their four-set digs record with 98 against SMU last weekend. The mark helped propel Houston into 16th nationally and 1st in the Big 12 with 17.04 digs per set.
Morin has been a force for Houston on the net this season, leading the team in blocks in six of the seven matches and ranking 23rd nationally with 1.44 blocks per set.
Texas A&M is 7-1 so far this season. The Aggies opened the season with a seven-match winning streak that was snapped in a four-set loss TCU on Sept. 9.
Liberty is on a two-match losing streak but holds a 7-2 record on the year. The Flame defeated #23 Hawaii in five-sets last weekend before dropped a pair of matches to perennial NCAA tournament teams UCLA, who is receiving votes in the AVCA poll, and Pepperdine.

SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. Texas A&M

All-time: TAMU leads 33-31 | Sets: TAMU leads 121-102
In Houston: TAMU leads 14-9
In College Station: TAMU leads 12-8
Neutral Sites: UH leads 13-6
Last meeting: TAMU won 3-1 | H | Sept. 10, 2021
Houston Streak: L11
Rehr (UH) vs. TAMU: 0-1
Houston's Last 5: LLLLL

Coogs vs. Liberty

All-time: First Meeting

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