#20 Volleyball Starts Big 12 Conference Play at #10 BYU

PROVO, Utah – The #20 University of Houston Volleyball team makes its Big 12 Conference debut on the road at #10 BYU at 8 p.m. CT, Wednesday. The game will also be Houston's first match of the season on national television as the match will be broadcast on ESPN2.

Houston continues a nine-match road swing with the midweek tilt, and currently hold a 4-2 record away from the Fertitta Center. Houston is on a three-match win streak and won both of its matches last weekend in College Station, Texas, taking down Texas A&M and Liberty.

BIG 12 OPENER - #10 BYU
Date \| Time				Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. CT
Location				Smith Fieldhouse \| Provo, Utah
TV				ESPN2
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. Houston has been ranked in all five polls so far this season and have been placed in 12 straight polls.
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.
Houston went a perfect 14-0 at home inside the Fertitta Center last season, one of 18 teams to go undefeated and one of nine to win 14-or-more. The team's home win streak of 17 is the 5th longest active streak in the country.
Kellen Morin captured the University of Houston's first-ever individual Big 12 Conference honors by being named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.
Houston broke its four-set digs record with 98 against SMU on Sept. 9. The mark helped propel Houston into 29th nationally and 1st in the Big 12 with 16.15 digs per set.
Morin has been a force for Houston on the net this season, leading the team in blocks in eight of the nine matches and ranking 8th nationally with 1.56 blocks per set. Her mark aids Houston's ranking of 32nd in the country in the category (2.61).
Houston held Liberty to a negative hitting percentage, the first time Houston held an opponent negative since Aug. 26, 2017, against Southern U.
BYU sits at 11-1 on the season and is ranked #10 in the AVCA Coaches Poll. BYU has gotten a key win over then-#5 Pitt with the team's lone loss against then-#13 Washington State in four-sets. BYU is coming off a pair of sweeps against Utah State and Utah Valley last weekend.

SERIES HISTORY
Coogs vs. BYU

All-time: UH leads 6-5 | Sets: BYU leads 18-19
In Houston: UH leads 1-0
In Provo: UH leads 3-2
Neutral Sites: BYU leads 3-2
Last meeting: UH won 3-2 | A | Sept. 11, 2010
Houston Streak: W1
Rehr's UH career vs. BYU: First meeting
Houston's Last 5: WLLLL

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