TEXAS TECHRED RAIDER VOLLEYBALL

A NEW ERA, A NEW BEGINNING

2011 SCHEDULE

AUGUST 26 at TCU L,1 -327 vs. Connecticut W, 3-0 vs. Grambling State W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER 2 Central Arkansas W, 3-0 Northwestern State W, 3-03 Morehead State W, 3-16 at Texas-Pan American W, 3-09 vs. Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-0 vs. Grambling State W, 3-010 at Louisiana Tech W, 3-016 vs. Prairie View A&M W, 3-017 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette W, 3-0 at UT-Arlington W, 3-019 at North Texas W, 3-124 Iowa State* L, 0-326 at New Mexico W, 3-2

OCTOBER 1 Oklahoma* L, 2-35 at Baylor* L, 0-38 Kansas State* 1 p.m.12 at Texas* 6:30 p.m.15 at Missouri* 5 p.m.19 Texas A&M* 6:30 p.m.22 at Kansas* TBA26 Baylor* 6:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at Texas A&M* 6:30 p.m.5 at Iowa State* TBA9 Texas* 6:30 p.m.12 Kansas* TBA15 at San Jose State 9 p.m.19 at Kansas State* 7 p.m.23 Missouri* 7 p.m.

DECEMBER 1-4 NCAA First & Second Rounds TBA9-10 NCAA Regionals TBA15 NCAA Semifinals TBA17 NCAA National Championship TBA

* Big 12 Conference matchAll times listed are Central.

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RED RAIDERS LOOK TO REBOUND AGAINST KANSAS STATETexas Tech will look to get back on the winning trek Saturday afternoon when the Red Raiders play host to Kansas State at 1 p.m. in the United Spirit Arena.

FLORA MAKING QUICK CHANGES TO TEXAS TECHPrior to his arrival, Texas Tech had only 11 wins over its last three seasons. Don Flora surpassed that total in mid-September. Now, the first-year head coach is aiming to put Tech in the midst of the Big 12 race as the Red Raiders have only won three conference matches during the past three years. After opening the confer-ence schedule with back-to-back matches against ranked opponents, the Red Raiders are in the midst of playing four of their next six matches on the road with home matches against Kansas State and Texas A&M during that span.

THE SERIESTech is only 8-26 all-time against Kansas State with losses in each of its last 12 matches against the Wildcats. The Red Raiders have not defeated the Wildcats since Nov. 20, 2004 when Tech took a five-set match in Man-hattan. Tech has not defeated Kansas State in Lubbock since the 2001 season when the Red Raiders claimed a 3-1 victory. The Red Raiders are only 5-10 all-time when playing Kansas State at home.

LOOKING AHEADThe Red Raiders return to the road for two matches next week, traveling to the state capital on Wednesday night to face 10th-ranked Texas and then to Missouri on Saturday. Tech’s next home match is Oct. 19 when the Texas A&M Aggies come to Lubbock.

RED RAIDERS SELECTED FOR TWO LOCAL TELEVISION APPEARANCESTwo of Tech’s remaining home matches will be broadcast locally by Ramar Communications. The Red Raid-ers’ matches against Texas A&M (Oct. 19) and Texas (Nov. 9) will be aired on Fox News Now, which is channel No. 9 on Suddenlink in the Lubbock area.

TECH FACES TOUGH START TO BIG 12 PLAYThe Red Raiders had a rough start to Big 12 play over the last few weeks as Tech fell to 16th-ranked Iowa State on Sept. 24 and then No. 25 Oklahoma last Saturday. Tech was a point away from defeating the Sooners as the Red Raiders failed to convert on two match points, allowing OU to eventually make a comeback and escape with the win. Baylor kept Tech’s struggles going Wednesday night, sweeping the Red Raiders in Waco.

u Head Coach Don Flora u Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection Amanda Dowdy u Senior Co-Captain Karlyn Meyers

TEXAS TECH vs. KANSAS STATE

PROBABLE STARTERS

OH Amanda Dowdy Posted a double-double in 10-straight matches.

RS Miara Cave Second on the team in kills; leads team with 68 blocks.

SET Karlyn Meyers Senior recently moved to seventh all-time in assists.

MB Dravon Rangel Recorded a school-record 14 block assists at UNM.

OH Breeann David Recorded first career double-double at New Mexico.

MB Mikia Mills Second on the team with 61 blocks so far.

LIB Tory Vaughan Posted 64 digs over Tech’s previous three matches.

DS Nicole Hragyil Recorded 14 aces so far; Tech’s first sub off bench.

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERSRecord ___________________________ 14-4; 0-3Head Coach _____________________ Don FloraRecord at Tech _____________ 14-4 (1st Season)Career Record ___________ 283-63 (12th Season)

Date ____________________________Sat., Oct. 8Time ______________________________ 1 p.m.Location ____________________ Lubbock, TexasArena ___________________ United Spirit ArenaAll-Time Series ___________________________

COVERAGETwitter _____________________ @TechGamedayLive Stats _______________ www.texastech.comLive Video ______________ www.texastech.com

KANSAS STATE WILDCATSRecord _______________________________ 13-5Head Coach _____________________ Suzie FritzRecord at KSU __________ 208-121 (11th Season)Career Record ________________________ Same

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WEEKLY SCHEDULEFRIDAY 7

Practice - 1:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 8

vs. Kansas State1 p.m.

SUNDAY 9

OFF DAY

MONDAY 10

Practice - TBA

Fall Break

TUESDAY 11

Travel to Austin

Practice at Texas

WEDNESDAY 12

at Texas7 p.m. (LHN)

THURSDAY 13

Travel to Lubbock

Practice - 1:30 p.m.

QUICK FACTSTEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Matt DowdyAsst. Director/Communications

Blayne BealAssociate AD/Communications

Matt Dowdy - Volleyball ContactOffice .......................................... (806) 742-2770Cell .............................................. (806) 928-5190e-mail ....................matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu

Blayne Beal - Assoc. AD/CommunicationsOffice .......................................... (806) 742-2770Cell .............................................. (806) 790-7924e-mail ..............................blayne.beal@ttu.edu

Website .......................... www.texastech.comTwitter ..................twitter.com/TechAthletics...............................twitter.com/TechGamedayFacebook ........ facebook.com/TTUAthletics

MEDIA ACCESSPlayers and coaches are available for interviews every day prior to the start of practice. Practice times vary from week to week, so media members wishing to attend should contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Com-munications office to get a weekly schedule. Players and coaches are not available until following the game on gamedays.

Head coach Don Flora can be reached best during the morning hours. Flora’s office is housed in the north end of the United Spirit Arena. To setup an interview, please contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Commu-nications office.

Texas Tech players and head coach Don Flora will be made available to the media in the media room follow-ing a brief cooling off period. The Texas Tech lockerroom will remain closed.

CREDENTIALSMedia members wishing to cover the Texas Tech volleyball team at the United Spirit Arena during the 2011 season must be issued a working credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office. All re-quests for both media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 742-1970; e-mail: mat-thew.dowdy@ttu.edu) Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Communications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadium) or at the ticket office of the United Spirit Arena on gamedays.

WWW.TEXASTECH.COMThis is the official site of the Texas Tech Athletics Department. Texas Tech Volleyball releases as well as a va-riety of athletics department information can be found on the web. Texas Tech also offers live video (home matches only) streaming of all Red Raider matches.

The United Spirit Arena, one of the finest multi-purpose venues in the country, is home to the Texas Tech basketball and volleyball programs. Constructed in 1999, the USA is named in honor of United Supermar-kets, who was the project’s major donor. Since its creation, the 15,000 seat arena has hosted some of the top entertainment acts in the country, including George Strait, Brad Paisley, ZZ Top, and numerous others.

DIRECTIONS TO THE UNITED SPIRIT ARENAThe United Spirit Arena is located on the west part of the Texas Tech campus on Indiana Avenue. The facility is just off the Marsha Sharp Freeway and can also be accessed by the Texas Tech Parkway.

FROM THE AIRPORT: Take I-27 South from Regis Street and exit west on the Marsha Sharp Freeway. Take the Texas Tech Parkway exit and turn south (left) for a quarter of a mile until you reach the first stop light (Indiana Ave.). Turn back north (left) and the United Spirit Arena will be on the right side.

UNITED SPIRIT ARENA

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation ....................................................Lubbock, TexasFounded .......................................................................1923Enrollment ............................................................... 31,367Nickname ....................................................... Red RaidersColors .....................................................Scarlet and BlackFacility ................................................United Spirit ArenaAffiliation .................................................NCAA Division IConference................................................................ Big 12Chancellor .......................................................Kent HancePresident ..................................................... Dr. Guy Bailey Athletics Director ........................................Kirby Hocutt Sr. Associate AD/SWA .............................Dr. Judi HenryDepartment Main Number ................(806) 742-3355

HISTORYSeason of Volleyball ...................................................36thFirst Season ..................................................................1975All-Time Record ................................... 762-586-6 (.563)NCAA Championship Appearances ........................... 8 ...... 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

FACILITY INFORMATIONName ..................................................United Spirit ArenaCapacity .................................................................... 15,070Opened .........................................................................1999

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ....................................................... Don FloraAlma Mater ..........................University of La Verne ‘90Record at Tech ....................................14-4 (1st Season)Career Record ............................ 283-63 (12th Season)Twitter ...................................................@CoachFloraTTUBest time to reach ..................Mornings, Contact SIDAssistant Coach ...............Jojit Coronel (First Season)Assistant Coach ................... Beth Falls (Sixth Season)Dir. of Operations .............. Amy Gandy (3rd Season)Office Number ........................................(806) 742-7545

TEAM INFORMATION2010 Record..................................................................4-25Conference Record ....................................................2-18Home Record ................................................................. 1-9Away Record ................................................................1-12Neutral Site Record ...................................................... 2-4Postseason ..................................................................NoneFinal Ranking..............................................................NoneLetterwinners Returning/Lost................................10/6Starters Returning/Lost .............................5/1 + LiberoNewcomers .......................................................................12Top Returning Players .......................Amandy Dowdy, .................. Karlyn Meyers, Miara Cave, Tory VaughanTop Newcomers ............. Breeann David, Mikia Mills,................................................... Sam Podraza, Kate Foley

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSAssociate AD/Communications ..............Blayne BealAssistant Director (Volleyball) ................Matt DowdyOffice ..........................................................(806) 742-2770Cell ..............................................................(806) 928-5190E-mail ....................................matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu

MEDIA INFORMATION

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BIG 12 SETS OVERALL SETS vs. RANKED TEAMS W L Pct. W-L W L Pct. W-L Last 10 Streak Top 10 Top 25Oklahoma 4 0 1.000 12-7 17 3 .850 55-18 8-2 W8 1-0 2-0Iowa State 4 1 .800 14-3 13 3 .813 41-16 7-3 W1 1-1 1-3Texas 3 1 .750 11-5 10 4 .714 34-19 8-2 W2 1-1 2-4Texas A&M 2 2 .500 7-8 13 4 .765 42-18 6-4 L1 0-1 0-2Kansas State 2 2 .500 6-8 13 5 .722 40-26 8-2 L2 0-0 0-1Baylor 2 3 .400 9-10 13 6 .684 43-25 6-4 W2 0-1 0-2Missouri 1 2 .333 7-10 14 6 .700 49-25 5-5 L2 0-0 0-2Texas Tech 0 3 .000 2-9 14 4 .778 45-16 7-3 L2 0-0 0-2Kansas 0 3 .000 1-9 12 4 .750 39-18 6-4 W1 1-1 1-3

BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS

DOWDY NOT JUST AN OFFENSIVE PLAYERIf Amanda Dowdy has proved one thing this sea-son, it would be that her impact isn’t only felt on the attack. The senior is Tech’s leader in both kills and digs and ranks among the Big 12’s top per-formers in both categories. Dowdy has posted a double-double in 15 of Tech’s 18 matches thus far, giving her 29 over her career. She enters the Kan-sas State match having posted a double-double in each of Tech’s last 10 matches.

DOWDY NEARING ANOTHER MILESTONEAmanda Dowdy made another step up the Tech re-cord book against Iowa State as the senior moved to second all-time in career attempts, passing Me-lissa McGehee (1999-02). Dowdy now has 3,560 swings during her four seasons and trails McGehee by only 54 kills for second all-time in that category as well. Kelly Johnson is the school’s all-time leader in both categories as she totaled 1,925 career kills and 5,142 attempts during 2001-04 seasons.

VAUGHAN SNAPS CAREER HIGHTory Vaughan snapped her career high in digs for the second time this season against Oklahoma, to-taling 26 over five sets. Her previous high had been the 21 digs she notched against Morehead State in the finale of the Texas Tech Invitational. It marked the third time Vaughan had broken the 20-dig bar-rier this season.

DAVID BOOSTING OFFENSE OVER LAST WEEKBreeann David has dropped double-digit kills fig-ures in each of Tech’s last three matches, including a career-high 17 against Oklahoma last Saturday. The freshman’s double-digit streak marks her lon-gest of her career so far. David also recorded her first career double-double against New Mexico, nailing 15 kills to go with her 12 digs.

MEYERS MOVING UP RECORD BOOK TOOKarlyn Meyers moved into sole possession of sev-enth on the school’s career assists chart midway through the opening set against Oklahoma. Only the eighth player in school history to reach 2,000 assists in a career, Meyers passed Mary Loescher (1985-87) as she now has 2,361 assists over her four seasons.

RED RAIDERS SCORE COME-FROM-BEHIND WINTech’s come-from-behind win over New Mexico last week marked the second time this season the Red Raiders had overcome a deficit on the road. Af-ter winning the first set, Tech dropped the next two games before rallying to win the final two in the Red Raiders’ first five-set match of the year. Tech had previously overcome an early one-set deficit to defeat North Texas on Sept. 19 in Denton.

NOTABLESu The Oklahoma match marked the first time Texas Tech had taken a ranked opponent to five sets since falling to the Sooners in five on Oct. 11, 2006 in Lub-bock. u Prior to last week, the Red Raiders had not taken two-straight matches to five sets since facing TCU and Oklahoma as part of the Red Raider Round Up on Sept. 12, 2008. u Texas Tech's 14 wins this year marks the school's most in a single-season since going 14-15 during the 2002 season. u The Red Raiders' win over New Mexico was Tech's 14th-straight over a non-conference opponent, the school's longest such run since winning 22-straight over the course of the 1996-97 seasons. u Tech is 11-1 in games away from Lubbock this season. The Red Raiders had not won at least 11 away or neutral site since 2000 when Tech finished with 12 wins away from Lubbock. u Tech trailed in kills and hitting percentage for the first time all season against Iowa State as the Red Raiders notched only 28 kills and a .049 hitting percentage, both season lows.u Tech had not previously been swept in any match this season prior to facing Iowa State. The last time the Red Raiders suffered a 3-0 loss was against Nebraska on Nov. 6, 2010. u The Red Raiders have held their opponents to a combined .096 hitting percentage so far this season, which is the lowest in the Big 12. Oklahoma cur-rently ranks second as its opponents are hitting .157 followed by Iowa State and Texas A&M at .165. u The North Texas match snapped a seven-match streak where the Red Raiders had claimed a 3-0 sweep. The run was Tech’s longest since opening the 1998 season with eight-straight sweeps. u Texas Tech’s win over UT-Arlington marked the program’s third tournament title of the season, a feat that had not been previously accomplished since the 2000 season. u Tech has already surpassed its win total from the 2008-10 seasons combined as the Red Raiders won 11 games during those three years.u The Red Raiders have broken the 10-win barrier for the first time since the 2006 season when Tech finished 12-17 under Nancy Todd. u Tech has held its opponent to a hitting percent-age below .100 in seven of its last 11 matches. Only UConn, Iowa State, and Oklahoma have posted an average over .200 against the Red Raiders this year. u Tech has also held four of its opponents to a neg-ative hitting percentage, which prior to the year had not been accomplished since facing Northwestern State on Sept. 2, 2010. u The Red Raiders, meanwhile, have hit over .200 in all but four matches this season. Tech has been over .300 in five matches as well.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4Kansas 3, Nebraska-Omaha 0

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5Texas 3, Texas A&M 0Oklahoma 3, Missouri 2Iowa State 3, Kansas State 0Baylor 3, Texas Tech 0

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8Kansas State at Texas Tech 1 p.m.Missouri at Baylor 1 p.m.Texas A&M at Kansas 6:30 p.m.Oklahoma at Iowa State 6:30 p.m.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Molly Kreklow, MissouriSept. 6 Brittney Brimmage, MissouriSept. 12 Rachael Adams, TexasSept. 19 Kaitlynn Pelger, Kansas StateSept. 26 Kaitlynn Pelger, Kansas StateOct. 3 Suzy Boulavsky, Oklahoma

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Kristen Hahn, Iowa StateSept. 6 Aubree Piper, Texas TechSept. 12 Kelsey Black, Texas A&MSept. 19 Tayler Tolefree, KansasSept. 26 Maria Fernanda, OklahomaOct. 3 Sallie McLaurin, Oklahoma

ROOKIE OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Emily Wilson, MissouriSept. 6 Emily Wilson, MissouriSept. 12 Breeann David, Texas TechSept. 19 Khat Bell, TexasSept. 26 Hannah Wilms, Iowa StateOct. 3 Haley Eckerman, Texas

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12MATCH NOTES

BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDS

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Senior Amanda Dowdy will not only be looking to end her Texas Tech career off on a high note this year, but she will also be chasing several program records.

The Lexington, Texas native entered the year fifth all-time in career kills and sixth in career attacks. Dowdy is only the eighth player in school history to reach 1,000 kills over a career as she has recorded 1,041 over three seasons.

Dowdy also joined the top 10 last year on the sin-gle-season charts as her 424 kills ranked 10th all-time and her 1,286 attempts was sixth all-time. She also set the single-match record for kills a year ago as she finished with 37 against Colorado on Oct. 13 before nearing the feat again against the Buffaloes,

MATCH NOTES

NEW MEXICO WIN BOOSTS TECH’S RKPITech’s win over New Mexico moved the Red Raid-ers up 13 spots in the Richard Kern Percentage Index (RKPI), which is similar to the RPI used by the NCAA. The Red Raiders came into the match ranked 108 out of 327 schools. The win was Tech’s second over a top 100 opponent this year as More-head State came into the week ranked 83rd overall, 10 spots behind New Mexico.

RANGEL STEPS UP AT NEW MEXICODravon Rangel not only moved back into the start-ing lineup at New Mexico, but she also played a huge part in Tech’s 3-2 victory. The sophomore, who was starting in place of Aubree Piper, deliv-ered a school-record 14 block assists in the match, breaking the previous single-match record of 11 that was last set by current director of operations Amy Gandy on Nov. 15, 2006 against Iowa State.

RED RAIDERS BREAK BLOCKING MILESTONETech snapped a 19-year-old school record at New Mexico with 37 block assists against the Lobos, sur-passing the previous milestone of 36 that was set against Utah State on Sept. 10, 1982. The Red Raid-ers finished with a season-high 19.5 blocks in the match as opposed to New Mexico’s six total.

IOWA STATE SNAPS TECH’S WINNING STREAKIowa State snapped the Red Raiders’ 13-match winning streak with a 3-0 victory in Tech’s Big 12 opener. The loss ended Tech’s longest run since the 1996 season where the Red Raiders got off to a 15-0 start. Tech, which had not lost a match since the season opener at TCU, dropped its fourth-straight Big 12 opener, falling to 6-10 in conference openers.

RED RAIDERS OPEN CONFERENCE ATOP THE BIG 12 STANDINGSAfter a successful start to the season, Tech began Big 12 action atop the conference standings for the first time since 1997 with a 13-1 record. The Red Raiders, who were also 13-1 at that point, finished the 1997 season 23-11 overall, barely missing out on the NCAA Tournament.

FLORA JOINS ELITE COMPANY IN RECORD BOOK When then athletics director Gerald Meyers hired Don Flora last January, he knew he was getting

At home ..........................................................................3-2On the road ....................................................................5-2Neutral site .....................................................................6-0Big 12 Play ......................................................................0-3Non-Conference ....................................................... 14-1At a tournament ...................................................... 11-1

Wearing red uniforms ................................................4-0Wearing white uniforms ...........................................4-2Wearing black uniforms ............................................6-2Wearing pink uniforms ..............................................0-0

Monday ...........................................................................2-0Tuesday ...........................................................................1-0Wednesday ....................................................................0-1Friday ...............................................................................5-1Saturday ..........................................................................6-2

Against ranked opponents ......................................0-2Top 5 opponents .........................................................0-0Top 10 opponents .......................................................0-0

KillsLeading ........................................................................ 13-1Trailing .............................................................................1-3Tied ...................................................................................0-0

BlocksLeading ........................................................................ 11-2Trailing .............................................................................1-2Tied ...................................................................................2-0

DigsLeading ...........................................................................9-1Trailing .............................................................................4-3Tied ...................................................................................1-0

Attack PercentageLeading ........................................................................ 14-1Trailing .............................................................................0-3

Service AcesLeading ........................................................................ 10-0Trailing .............................................................................3-3Tied ...................................................................................1-1

Hitting PercentageHitting .300 or better .................................................5-0Hitting .250 to .299 .....................................................4-0Hitting .200 to .249 .....................................................4-0Hitting .100 to .199 .....................................................1-3Hitting below .100.......................................................0-1Opponents hitting above .300 ...............................0-0Opponents hitting .250 to .299 ..............................1-2Opponents hitting .200 to .249 ..............................0-1Opponents hitting .100 to .199 ..............................3-1Holding opponents below .100 .......................... 10-0

In three sets ................................................................ 11-2In four sets......................................................................2-1In five sets.......................................................................1-1

Winning set one ........................................................ 13-1Winning set two ........................................................ 13-0Winning set three ..................................................... 12-2Winning set four ..........................................................3-0

Losing set one...............................................................1-3Losing set two ..............................................................1-4Losing set three ............................................................2-2Losing set four ..............................................................0-2

TEXAS TECH RECORD WHEN...this time finishing with 34 during the Nov. 20 match in Boulder.

Here’s where Dowdy currently stands in career re-cord book.

CAREER KILLS Name Kills1. Kelly Johnson (2001-04) 1,9252. Melissa McGehee (1999-02) 1,3333. Amanda Dowdy (2008-Pres.) 1,2794. Brande Brown (1994-97) 1,0835. Christine Martin (1993-97) 1,046

CAREER ATTACK ATTEMPTSName Attacks1. Kelly Johnson (2001-04) 5,1422. Amanda Dowdy (2008-Pres.) 3,5603. Melissa McGehee (1999-02) 3,3684. Cristine Martin (1993-97) 3,1815. Sabrina Zenon (1988-91) 2,969

RECORD WATCH: DOWDY CHASING SEVERAL MILESTONES IN 2011

a proven head coach with an impressive record. Flora has proved Meyers’ pick to be a solid choice as Tech is 13-1 on the year, the best record through 14 matches for a first-year head coach in school history. The California native passed Donna Martin, who led Tech to a 12-2 start in 1985 as the Red Raiders even-tually ended the year 19-9 overall. Flora entered the year as one of the winningest coaches all-time in NCAA history after compiling a 269-59 record over 11 seasons at the University of La Verne in California.

SENIORS ENJOYING FINAL SEASON AT TECHSeniors Amanda Dowdy and Karlyn Meyers have to be enjoying their final season in a Texas Tech uni-form. The duo won a combined 11 games over their first three seasons, one less than Tech’s total so far this year. Don Flora marked the fourth head coach to lead the duo as the co-captains started their careers under Nancy Todd in 2008. Now, Dowdy and Meyers are off to one of the best seasons in school history while both are also climbing the Tech record book in several categories.

ROAD TRIP MEANS NOTHING TO TECHPossibly the most important factor in Tech’s transfor-mation under Don Flora has been its ability to score wins on the road. The Red Raiders had traditionally struggled away from Lubbock in recent years but have posted a 10-1 record in road or neutral site contests so far. That’s impressive for a program that entered the year with only 14 wins away from Lub-bock since 2007.

TEXAS TECH BOOSTS OFFENSE WITH SERVEOne of Don Flora’s areas of improvement early in the season was Tech’s serving ability after the Red Raiders posted double-digit error numbers twice in their first three matches. Tech has used the serve to its advantage lately as the Red Raiders have totaled 86 aces so far, nearly 20 more than the 2010 season. Nicole Hragyil and Amanda Dowdy lead the squad with 13 aces, while Tory Vaughan has added 12 of her own as well. Hragyil currently ranks ninth in the Big 12, averaging 0.31 aces per set.

TEXAS TECH INVITATIONAL MARKS A FIRSTThe Red Raiders’ tournament win last weekend at the Texas Tech Invitational was the program’s first since it claimed the North Texas Tournament to start the 2008 season. Tech had also not won its own

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DAVID ADDS TO WEEKLY AWARD WINNERSBreeann David became the second Texas Tech player to earn a Big 12 weekly award this week as she was named the conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. David joins teammate Aubree Piper as a weekly award winner after Piper earned Defensive Player of the Week honors a week ago. It marked the first time in school history that two different players had been honored in the same season.

PIPER HONORED ON BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDSPrior to Tuesday night’s match at Texas-Pan Ameri-can, sophomore Aubree Piper was named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week for her performance during the Texas Tech Invitational. Piper finished with 21 blocks to go along with 15 kills on the weekend, matching her single-game highs for total blocks and block assists in the pro-cess. No Tech player had been previously honored with a Big 12 weekly award since Amanda Dowdy was named the conference Rookie of the Week on Sept. 15, 2008.

DOWDY LEADS TRIO OF PLAYERS ON ALL-TOUR-NAMENT TEAMAmanda Dowdy was one of three Red Raiders named to the Texas Tech Invitational all-tourna-ment team as the senior picked up most valuable player honors. Fellow senior Karlyn Meyers and junior Miara Cave were also honored as the Red Raiders claimed the tournament title following a 3-0 weekend.

DOWDY, CAVE MAKE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMTexas Tech senior Amanda Dowdy and junior Miara Cave were both named to the TCU Invitational All-Tournament team after leading the Red Raiders to a second-place showing.

MORE BALANCE, BETTER RESULTSIf there was one consistent variable in Tech’s open-ing weekend, it would be that the Red Raiders have more balance on offense. The trio of Amanda Dowdy, Miara Cave, and Breeann David all had at least 10 kills each in both of the first two matches. In the process, Tech’s hitting percentage rose to a .256 average over three matches, including a .388 mark against UConn, the Red Raiders’ highest at-tacking percentage since defeating South Florida in three sets on Sept. 9, 2006.

DAVID JOINS ELITE COMPANYSince the Red Raiders joined the Big 12 in 1996, no Tech freshman has begun her career with double-digit kill figures in back-to-back matches. That is until Breeann David. The Denver City product fin-ished with 11 kills against TCU and followed with 14 the following day against UConn. David finished with a .500 hitting percentage against UConn as she was 14-for-24 on the attack en route to post-ing Tech’s highest individual hitting percentage since Barbara Conceicao recorded a .526 average on Sept. 11, 2009 against Gonzaga.

FRESHMAN GET VALUABLE TIME AT TCUOne thing Don Flora wanted to see while at TCU was how his young team of mainly freshmen and sophomores would respond in a competitive at-mosphere. After Tech easily defeated Grambling

Rk. School Pts. Rec. LW 1. Illinois (56) 1,488 15-0 1 2. UCLA (2) 1,387 13-2 2 3. Washington (1) 1,332 13-1 3 4. California 1,280 15-2 4 5. USC (1) 1,237 11-3 5 6. Nebraska 1,192 11-1 7 7. Stanford 1,173 10-3 6 8. Penn State 1,059 10-4 9 9. Hawaii 1,017 14-1 11 10. Texas 928 9-4 8 11. Purdue 905 14-1 12 12. Northern Iowa 783 16-1 14 13. Florida 764 11-3 13 14. Minnesota 712 7-5 10 15. Oregon 671 12-2 15 16. Iowa State 593 12-3 16 17. San Diego 497 16-1 18 18. Michigan 473 14-2 17 19. Tennessee 361 13-2 23 20. Pepperdine 345 9-5 19 21. Miami (Fla.) 319 13-1 20 22. Oklahoma 248 16-3 25 23. Colorado State 234 10-3 21 24. Florida State 211 11-4 22 25. Ohio State 103 12-5 24

Receiving Votes: Western Kentucky 53; Kentucky 26; Louisville 14; Tulsa 14; Duke 10; Texas A&M 9; UC Davis 8; Arizona 7; Long Beach State 7; Kansas State 5; North Carolina 5; Missouri 4, UC Santa Barbara 4, TCU 2.

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points 1. Texas (7) 63 2. Iowa State (2) 53 Oklahoma 53 4. Texas A&M 43 5. Missouri 32 6. Baylor 30 7. Kansas 22 8. Kansas State 20 9. Texas Tech 8

TEAM RANKINGSAs of matches through Oct. 2Blocks per set ____________________ 5th (3.01)Win/Loss Percentage ___________ T-22nd (.824)

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGSAs of matches through Oct. 2Amanda DowdyKills per set _____________________ 45th (4.07)Points per set ___________________ 45th (4.57)

AVCA TOP 25 POLLState in the opening set, Flora went with a lineup to start the second frame that consisted of all fresh-men. Tory Vaughan was the only Red Raider junior or senior to see action over the match’s final two sets as Tech played all 17 players that traveled that weekend.

DOWDY NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 Senior Amanda Dowdy was recognized prior to the season as Tech’s only selection on the Preseason All-Big 12 team. Dowdy was among the top offen-sive players in the conference a year ago en route to be selected to the All-Big 12 first team following the season. This marks the second-straight season Dowdy has been honored on the preseason and first as a unanimous selection.

MEYERS ADDS EXPERIENCE AT SETTERWith such a young roster, the Red Raiders will rely on senior setter Karlyn Meyers at the setter position. A two-year starter, Meyers is one of the most-accom-plished setters in school history as she is already among the top 10 all-time in career assists and as-sists per set average.

RED RAIDERS WILL BE YOUNGTexas Tech will be one of the younger teams in the country as 15 of the program’s 21 players are listed as either a freshman or sophomore. Two of the squad’s six upperclassmen, juniors Ciara Gibson and Kelly Chiffer, will both redshirt this season, giv-ing the Red Raiders only four upperclassmen on the court - seniors Amanda Dowdy and Karlyn Meyers and juniors Miara Cave and Tory Vaughan.

FLORA ADDS VETERAN ASSISTANT IN CORONELOne of the first things Don Flora said he wanted once he arrived at Texas Tech was to hire another proven assistant. He got his wish when Jojit Coronel compiled the Tech staff. Coronel, the head coach at George Washington the previous 10 seasons, joins fellow assistant Beth Falls and director of operations Amy Gandy.

CAVE PRIMED FOR STELLAR JUNIOR SEASONWhen asked who his most improved player was at the end of spring, Don Flora did not have to hesitate to say Miara Cave. Flora’s has described Cave’s spring as “going back to the basics” as the junior primarily worked on her footwork. The result has been a new-found confidence for Cave, who will be looking to improve on last season’s numbers where she was second on the team with 176 kills.

DAVID LOOKS TO FOLLOW FAMILY LEGACYBreeann David’s commitment to Texas Tech last spring not only gave the program one of the top recruits in the country, but it continued a family leg-acy. David’s mother, the former Megan McGuire, was a standout volleyball athlete for Tech in the 1980s while her father, Stan David, starred on the football team during the same time before being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1984 NFL Draft. Both her mother and aunt, Susan Kelly McGuire, are still among the top 10 in school history of every block-ing category. David’s older sister, Leah David, is also the team’s student manager.

MATCH NOTES

BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL

TECH IN NCAA STATS

6 uu 2011 TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL

TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL

NO. NAME HT. POS. CLASS-EX. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 1 Sheridan Burgess 5-7 DS/OH So-1L Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo 2 Abby McGinnis 5-3 DS Fr-HS Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch 3 Karlyn Meyers 5-11 SET Sr-3L China Springs, Texas/China Springs 4 Miara Cave 5-11 OPP/OH Jr-2L San Antonio, Texas/Roosevelt 5 Tory Vaughan 5-7 LIB/DS Jr-2L San Antonio, Texas/Churchill 6 Breeann David 5-11 OH Fr-HS Denver City, Texas/Denver City 7 Dravon Rangel 6-2 MB So-RS Grand Prairie, Texas/Mississippi State 8 Kate Foley 5-11 OPP/OH Fr-HS Houston, Texas/Clear Lake 9 Megan Dominguez 5-5 DS Fr-HS El Paso, Texas/Chapin 10 Brogan Prior-Newburn 6-1 MB Fr-HS Castle Rock, Colo./Highlands Ranch 11 Amanda Dowdy 6-3 OH Sr-3L Lexington, Texas/Lexington 12 Nicole Hragyil 5-7 SET Fr-TR Carrollton, Texas/Tulsa 13 Aubree Piper 6-1 MB/OH So-1L Amarillo, Texas/Randall 14 Brandy Huskey 5-10 SET So-1L Columbus, Texas/Columbus 15 Hannah Salyer 5-1 DS So-SQ Georgetown, Texas/Georgetown 19 Amshatar Stephenson 5-8 MB Fr-HS Garland, Texas/Parish Episcopal 20 Amy Rose 5-10 OH Fr-HS Monahans, Texas/Monahans 21 Mikia Mills 5-11 MB Fr-HS Fontana, Calif./Etiwanda 22 Kelly Chiffer 5-11 OH/OPP Jr-TR Seal Beach, Calif./Cypress College 23 Sam Podraza 6-0 MB Fr-HS San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch 24 Ciara Gibson 5-11 OH Jr-TR Houston, Texas/Kentucky State

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Don Flora (1st Season)Assistant Coach: Jojit Coronel (1st Season)Assistant Coach: Beth Falls (6th Season)Director of Operations: Amy Gandy (3rd Season)Strength and Conditioning: Katie MungerAthletic Trainer: Imelda Garcia

BY POSITIONSetter ____________________________________ 3_______________________Huskey, Hragyil, MeyersOutside Hitter _____________________________ 9____________ Burgess, Cave, Chiffer, David, Dowdy_____________________ Foley, Gibson, Piper, Rose Opposite _________________________________ 4____________________Cave, Foley, Chiffer, WagnerMiddle Blocker ____________________________ 6____________ Mills, Prior-Newburn, Piper, Podraza,__________________________Rangel, Stephenson Defensive Specialist/Libero __________________ 5________________ Burgess, Dominguez, McGinnis, _____________________________ Salyer, Vaughan

BY CLASSIFICATIONSeniors __________________________________ 2 ______________________________Dowdy, MeyersJuniors ___________________________________ 4 _________________ Cave, Chiffer, Gibson, VaughanSophomore _______________________________ 5 ____________ Burgess, Husker, Piper, Rangel, SalyerFreshmen _______________________________ 10 ___________ David, Dominguez, Hragyil, McGinnis, _____________ Mills, Neill, Podraza, Prior-Newburn, ___________________________ Rose, Stephenson

NO. NAME POS. 1 Sheridan Burgess DS/OH 4 Miara Cave RS/OH 22 Kelly Chiffer OH/OPP 6 Breeann David OH 9 Megan Dominguez DS 11 Amanda Dowdy OH 8 Kate Foley OPP/OH 24 Ciara Gibson OH 14 Brandy Huskey SET 12 Nicole Hragyil SET 2 Abby McGinnis DS 3 Karlyn Meyers SET 21 Mikia Mills MB 23 Sam Podraza MB 10 Brogan Prior-Newburn MB 13 Aubree Piper MB/OH 7 Dravon Rangel MB 20 Amy Rose OH 15 Hannah Salyer DS 19 Amshatar Stephenson MB/OH 5 Tory Vaughan LIB/DS

NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

BY HOME STATECalifornia _________________________________ 3_________________________Chiffer, Mills, PodrazaColorado _________________________________ 1______________________________ Prior-NewburnTexas ___________________________________ 17 ______________ Burgess, Cave, David, Dominguez,__________ Dowdy, Foley, Gibson, Huskey, Hragyil, ________________McGinnis, Meyers, Piper, Rangel, ______________Rose, Salyer, Stephenson, Vaughan

PRONUNCIATION GUIDESheridan Burgess Bur-JESSMiara Cave Me-AIR-ahKelly Chiffer Shy-furMegan Dominguez Doh-MING-ezKate Foley FOH-leeCiara Gibson Sea-ah-rahNicole Hragyil RAH-gilKarlyn Meyers KAR-linMikia Mills My-KEY-ahBrogran Prior-Newburn Bro-GANSam Podraza Pah-DRAH-zahDravon Rangel Drey-VONHannah Salyer SAW-yurAmshatar Stephenson Am-SHAH-tear

2011 ROSTER

2011 TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL tt 7

TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL

Sheridan BurgessDS/OH • 5-7 • So-1L

Amarillo, TexasAmarillo H.S.

1Abby McGinnis

DS • 5-3 • Fr-HSKaty, Texas

Cinco Ranch H.S.

2Karlyn MeyersSET • 5-11 • Sr-3L

China Springs, TexasChina Springs H.S.

3Miara Cave

RS/OH • 5-11 • Jr-2LSan Antonio, Texas

Roosevelt H.S.

4Tory Vaughan

DS/LIB • 5-7 • Jr-2LSan Antonio, Texas

Churchill H.S.

5

Dravon RangelMB • 6-2 • So-RS

Grand Prairie, TexasMississippi State

7Kate Foley

RS/OH • 5-11 • Fr-HSHouston, TexasClear Lake H.S.

8Megan Dominguez

DS/LIB • 5-5 • Fr-HSEl Paso, TexasChapin H.S.

9Brogan Prior-Newburn

MB • 6-1 • Fr-HSCastle Rock, Colo.

Highlands Ranch H.S.

10Amanda Dowdy

OH • 6-3 • Sr-3LLexington, Texas

Lexington H.S.

11

Aubree PiperMB/OH • 6-1 • So-1L

Amarillo, TexasCanyon Randall H.S.

13Brandy HuskeySET • 5-10 • So-1LColumbus, Texas

Columbus H.S.

14Hannah SalyerDS • 5-1 • So-SQ

Georgetown, TexasGeorgetown H.S.

15Amshatar Stephenson

MB/OH • 5-8 • Fr-HSGarland, Texas

Parish Episcopal H.S.

19Amy Rose

OH • 5-10 • Fr-HSMonahans, Texas

Monahans H.S.

20

Breeann DavidOH • 5-11 • Fr-HS

Denver City, TexasDenver City H.S.

6

Nicole HragyilSET • 5-7 • Fr-TR

Carrollton, TexasTulsa

12

Mikia MillsMB • 5-11 • Fr-HS

Fontana, Calif.Etiwanda H.S.

21

Don FloraHead Coach1st Season

Jojit CoronelAssistant Coach

1st Season

Beth FallsAssistant Coach

6th Season

Amy GandyDir. of Operations

3rd Season

Sam PodrazaMB • 6-0 • Fr-HSSan Diego, Calif.

Scripps Ranch H.S.

23Ciara GibsonOH • 5-11 • Jr-TRHouston, TexasKentucky State

24

RADIO/TV ROSTER

Kelly ChifferOH/OPP • 5-11 • Jr-TR

Seal Beach, Calif.Cypress College

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8 uu 2011 TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL

TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL 2011 COMBINED STATS

Texas Tech Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2011)All matches

Overall record: 14-4 Conf: 0-3 Home: 3-2 Away: 5-2 Neutral: 6-0

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points11 Dowdy, Amanda 59 238 4.03 76 667 . 2 4 3 23 0.39 16 24 0.27 10 231 3.92 4 18 22 0.37 4 0 267.04 Cave, Miara 59 165 2.80 69 363 . 2 6 4 2 0.03 0 2 0.00 0 18 0.31 5 63 68 1.15 3 0 201.56 David, Breeann 58 153 2.64 77 408 . 1 8 6 8 0.14 4 18 0.07 15 78 1.34 7 36 43 0.74 2 0 182.013 Piper, Aubree 45 78 1.73 26 185 . 2 8 1 1 0.02 7 8 0.16 0 19 0.42 2 50 52 1.16 0 0 112.03 Meyers, Karlyn 56 61 1.09 2 110 . 5 3 6 557 9.95 9 6 0.16 2 103 1.84 5 30 35 0.62 2 8 90.021 Mills, Mikia 51 38 0.75 26 115 . 1 0 4 1 0.02 0 2 0.00 1 8 0.16 4 57 61 1.20 9 2 70.57 Rangel, Dravon 26 28 1.08 9 70 . 2 7 1 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 4 0.15 3 39 42 1.62 3 0 50.523 Podraza, Sam 20 17 0.85 6 47 . 2 3 4 2 0.10 4 3 0.20 0 4 0.20 0 12 12 0.60 2 0 27.020 Rose, Amy 7 9 1.29 6 26 . 1 1 5 0 0.00 1 2 0.14 1 3 0.43 0 3 3 0.43 0 0 11.51 Burgess, Sheridan 31 6 0.19 7 40 - . 0 2 5 2 0.06 1 4 0.03 2 24 0.77 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.019 Stephenson, Amshatar 2 2 1.00 2 5 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 2.512 Hragyil, Nicole 58 2 0.03 3 9 - . 1 1 1 51 0.88 14 14 0.24 3 91 1.57 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 16.08 Foley, Kate 3 1 0.33 2 12 - . 0 8 3 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 2 0.67 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 2.014 Huskey, Brandy 15 1 0.07 1 3 . 0 0 0 40 2.67 6 5 0.40 0 13 0.87 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.015 Salyer, Hannah 42 0 0.00 1 2 - . 5 0 0 2 0.05 9 12 0.21 3 41 0.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 9.09 Dominguez, Megan 34 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 0.21 1 6 0.03 3 30 0.88 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.05 Vaughan, Tory 60 0 0.00 0 20 . 0 0 0 44 0.73 14 12 0.23 12 229 3.82 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 14.0

TEXAS TECH 61 799 13.10 313 208 . 2 3 3 740 12.13 87 121 1.43 54 898 14.72 30 311 185.5 3.04 26 11 1071.5Opponents 61 638 10.46 413 211 . 1 0 6 592 9.70 54 92 0.89 87 865 14.18 20 166 103.0 1.69 30 22 795.0

Team Statistics TTU OPPATTACK K i l l s 799 638 E r r o r s 313 413 Total Attacks 2082 2117 Attack Pct . 2 3 3 . 1 0 6 K i l l s / S e t 13.1 10.5SET A s s i s t s 740 592 A s s i s t s / S e t 12.1 9.7SERVE A c e s 87 54 E r r o r s 121 92 A c e s / S e t 1.4 0.9SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 54 87 E r r o r s / S e t 0.9 1.4DEFENSE D i g s 898 865 D i g s / S e t 14.7 14.2BLOCKING Block Solo 30 20 Block Assist 311 166 Total Blocks 185.5 103.0 B l o c k s / S e t 3.0 1.7 Block Errors 26 30Ball handling errors 11 22ATTENDANCE T o t a l 4152 5549 Dates/Avg Per Date 5/830 7/793 Neutral site #/Avg 6/29 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.Aug 26 at TCU L 1-3 22-25,23-25,25-18,22-25 1706Aug 27 vs UConn W 3-0 25-19,25-23,25-21 0Aug 27 vs Grambling State W 3-0 25-11,25-19,25-13 0Sep 02 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W 3-0 25-13,25-18,25-19 386Sep 02 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 3-0 25-15,25-16,25-17 1213Sep 03 MOREHEAD STATE W 3-1 25-22,25-17,23-25,32-30 567Sep 06 at Texas-Pan American W 3-0 27-25,25-11,25-21 200Sep 09 vs Southeastern La. W 3-0 25-13,25-19,25-13 47Sep 09 vs Grambling State W 3-0 25-11,25-15,25-11 127Sep 10 at Louisiana Tech W 3-0 25-14,25-17,27-25 131Sep 16 vs Prairie View A&M W 3-0 25-9,25-10,25-20 0Sep 17 vs Louisiana-Lafayette W 3-0 25-11,25-20,25-15 0Sep 17 at UT Arlington W 3-0 25-16,25-18,25-16 378Sep 19 at North Texas W 3-1 19-25,25-15,25-14,25-21 619

*Sep 24 #16 IOWA STATE L 0-3 16-25,18-25,16-25 881Sep 26 at New Mexico W 3-2 25-19,20-25,23-25,25-20,15-10 1683

*Oct 01 #25 OKLAHOMA L 2-3 25-22,16-25,25-18,19-25,15-17 1105*Oct 05 at Baylor L 0-3 19-25,23-25,18-25 832

Record in 3-set matches:11-2 • Record in 4-set matches:2-1 • Record in 5-set matches:1-1