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 7 p.m.24 Iowa State* 1 p.m.26 at New Mexico 8 p.m.

OCTOBER 1 Oklahoma* 6:05 p.m.5 at Baylor* 7 p.m.8 Kansas State* TBA12 at Texas* 6:30 p.m.15 at Missouri* TBA19 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 WRAP ROAD TRIP AGAINST NORTH TEXAS Texas Tech closes its nine-match road trip Monday night when the Red Raiders battle North Texas at 7 p.m. in the Mean Green Volleyball Center.

TEXAS TECH OFF TO BEST START SINCE 2000The Red Raiders enter this weekend’s tournament boasting a 12-1 record, marking the program’s best start since the 2000 squad opened the year 16-1 en route to a 24-9 record and trip to the NCAA Tournament. Tech began that season with eight-straight wins before falling to Baylor on Sept. 13 and then followed with seven more wins to start its tournament run.

RED RAIDERS RIDING LONGEST WIN STREAK SINCE 1996Tech boasts a 12-match winning streak entering Monday’s match, the school’s longest run since 1996 when the Red Raiders won 15-straight to open the season. The school record for consecutive matches won is 25-straight which was done from Sept. 10-Oct. 9, 1976.

THE SERIESThe two schools will be meeting for the 20th time in program history Monday as Tech maintains a com-manding 18-1 lead in the series. Tech’s only loss all-time against the Mean Green came on Sept. 15, 1978 in Denton as the Red Raiders have won the last 13 contests. The two programs last met on Aug. 29, 2008 as Tech took a 3-0 victory in its season opener at the North Texas Invitational.

LOOKING AHEADThe Red Raiders open Big 12 play this weekend as 12th-ranked Iowa State travels to Lubbock for a 1 p.m. match Saturday. The Cyclones open conference play on Wednesday at home against Missouri as Tech drew an open date to begin league action. Tech returns to non-conference action just two days later as the Red Raiders travel to Albuquerque to face New Mexico next Monday.

FLORA JOINS ELITE COMPANY IN SCHOOL RECORD BOOK When then athletics director Gerald Meyers hired Don Flora last January, he knew he was getting a proven head coach with an impressive record. Flora has proved Meyers’ pick to be a solid choice as Tech is 12-1 on the year, the best record through 13 matches for a first-year head coach in school history. The California na-tive passed Donna Martin, who led Tech to a 11-2 start in 1985 as the Red Raiders eventually ended the year 19-9 overall. Flora entered the year as one of the winningest coaches all-time in NCAA history after compil-ing a 269-59 record over 11 seasons at the University of La Verne in California.

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

TEXAS TECH AT NORTH TEXAS

PROBABLE STARTERS

OH Amanda Dowdy Team leader in kills and digs; MVP of TTU Invitational.

RS Miara Cave Second on the team in kills; hitting .371 on the season.

SET Karlyn Meyers Named to Texas Tech Invitational all-tournament team.

MB Aubree Piper Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for week of Sept. 6.

OH Breeann David Had solid debut with 10+ kills versus TCU and UConn.

MB Mikia Mills Freshman recorded eight kills against Grambling St.

LIB Tory Vaughan Recorded career-high 21 digs against Morehead State.

DS Nicole Hragyil Backup setter who will be one of Tech’s first subs.

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERSRecord _______________________________ 12-1Head Coach _____________________ Don FloraRecord at School ____________ 12-1 (1st Season)Career Record ___________ 281-60 (12th Season)

Date _____________________________ MondayTime ______________________________ 7 p.m.Location _____________________Denton, TexasArena ___________Mean Green Volleyball CenterAll-Time Series _______________Tech leads 18-1

COVERAGETwitter _____________________ @TechGamedayLive Stats _________www.meangreensports.comLive Video ________www.meangreensports.com

NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREENRecord ________________________________ 9-5Head Coach ___________________ Ken MurczekRecord at School ___________29-18 (2nd Season)Career Record ________________________ Same

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WEEKLY SCHEDULESUNDAY 15

Travel to Denton

Practice at North Texas

MONDAY 16

at North Texas7 p.m.

TUESDAY 17

Travel to Lubbock

OFF DAY

WEDNESDAY 18

Practice - 1:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 19

Practice - 1:30 p.m.

FRIDAY 20

Practice - 1:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 21

vs. Iowa State1 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 ................................... 760-583-6 (.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 ....................................12-1 (1st Season)Career Record ............................ 281-60 (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

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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 25Texas Tech 0 0 .000 0-0 12 1 .923 37-4 10-0 W12 0-0 0-0Kansas 0 0 .000 0-0 11 1 .917 35-9 9-1 W5 1-0 1-1Texas A&M 0 0 .000 0-0 10 2 .833 32-10 8-2 L1 0-0 0-1Iowa State 0 0 .000 0-0 9 2 .818 27-13 8-2 L2 1-0 1-2Missouri 0 0 .000 0-0 13 3 .813 42-15 8-2 W2 0-0 0-0Oklahoma 0 0 .000 0-0 13 3 .813 42-13 8-2 W4 0-0 1-0Baylor 0 0 .000 0-0 11 3 .786 31-13 8-2 W2 0-1 0-1Kansas State 0 0 .000 0-0 11 3 .786 33-18 9-1 W7 0-0 0-0Texas 0 0 .000 0-0 6 3 .667 20-14 6-3 W4 1-1 1-3

BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS

SENIORS ENJOYING FINAL SEASON AT TECHSeniors Amanda Dowdy and Karlyn Meyers have to be enjoying their final season in a Texas Tech uniform. 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 sea-sons 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 trans-formation under Don Flora has been its ability to score wins on the road. The Red Raiders had tra-ditionally struggled away from Lubbock in recent years but have posted a 9-1 record in road or neu-tral site contests so far. That’s impressive for a pro-gram that entered the year with only 14 wins away from Lubbock since 2007.

NOTABLESu 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 The Red Raiders have ended their last seven matches via a 3-0 score, which had not been done previously since Tech opened the 1998 season with eight-straight sweeps. u Tech’s 3-0 sweep over UT-Arlington was its 11th of the year which is the school’s most in a single-season since it totaled 14 during 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 where Tech finished 12-17 under Nancy Todd. u Tech has held its opponent to a hitting percent-age below .100 in six of its last seven matches. Only UConn has posted a hitting percentage over .200 against the Red Raiders this year. u Tech has also held four of its opponents to a negative 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 two matches this season. Tech has been over .300 in four matches as well, including last weekend’s finale against UT-Arlington. u Amanda Dowdy and Karlyn Meyers are two Tech players familiar with the Mean Green Volley-ball Center as the duo helped lead Tech to a 5-1 record in Denton during the 2008 season. Tech played in two different tournaments during that season as Dowdy and Meyers were both freshmen.

RED RAIDERS TAKE BIG 12 LEADTech has gone from the bottom of the Big 12 to the conference leader early in the year as the Red Raid-ers enter Monday night’s match leading Kansas by percentage points for the conference lead. Tech has finished in the bottom three of the Big 12 standings for the past six seasons, a streak it will be trying to halt once Big 12 play begins next weekend.

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 to-taled 74 aces so far, six more than the 2010 season. Nicole Hragyil and Tory Vaughan led the team with 12 aces each while Amanda Dowdy has added 11 of her own.

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 Mon-day. 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.

RED RAIDERS IN NCAA STATSAfter Tech’s successful start to the season, the Red Raiders have found themselves among the nation’s elite as the NCAA released its national statistic lead-ers as of last Monday. Here’s where Tech ranks:u The Red Raiders enter this weekend ranked sixth in total team blocking as Tech is currently averaging 3.19 blocks per set. u Mikia Mills is 23rd in blocks per set as she is aver-aging 1.41 per frame, while Aubree Piper is 31st with a 1.35 average. u In the individual rankings, Amanda Dowdy ranks 50th in kills per set as the senior is averaging 4.03 per frame this year. u Miara Cave finds herself just outside the top 50 in hitting percentage as her .373 average is five hun-dredths of a point from being ranked.

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. Pip-er 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 process. No Tech player had been previously honored with a Big 12 weekly award since Amanda Dowdy was named

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TCU 3, Baylor 0No. 15 Northern Iowa 3, Iowa State 0

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14Wichita State 3, Oklahoma 2

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15Kansas State 3, Sacramento State 1

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16Xavier 3, Texas A&M 2Oklahoma 3, Texas Southern 0Western Kentucky 3, Missouri 1Texas Tech 3, Prairie View A&M 0Texas A&M 3, Toldeo 0Kansas 3, San Diego State 1Texas 3, Santa Clara 0Baylor 3, San Francisco 0Kansas State 3, Utah Valley 0Oklahoma 3, Arkansas Little Rock 0

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17Texas 3, SMU 0Baylor 3, Fresno State 0Texas Tech 3, Louisiana Lafayette 0Oklahoma 3, Arkansas Pine Bluff 0Missouri 3, Villanova 2Kansas 3, Valparaiso 2Missouri 3, American Univeristy 1No. 18 Michigan 3, Texas A&M 0Oklahoma 3, Boise State 2Kansas 3, DePaul 0Texas Tech 3, UT Arlington 0Texas 3, UT San Antonio 0No. 10 Nebraska 3, Iowa State 0Kansas State 3, Saint Mary’s 1Baylor 3, UNLV 2

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Texas Tech at North Texas 7 p.m.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Molly Kreklow, MissouriSept. 6 Brittney Brimmage, MissouriSept. 12 Rachael Adams, Texas

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Kristen Hahn, Iowa StateSept. 6 Aubree Piper, Texas TechSept. 12 Kelsey Black, Texas A&M

ROOKIE OF THE WEEKAug. 29 Emily Wilson, MissouriSept. 6 Emily Wilson, MissouriSept. 12 Breeann David, Texas Tech

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,

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the conference Rookie of the Week on Sept. 15, 2008.

DOWDY CREEPING UP RECORD BOOKThrough only 13 matches, Amanda Dowdy has continued her trek up the school’s record book as the senior is currently third in career kills (1,197) and attempts (3,324). Melissa McGehee (1999-02) is second in both categories with 1,333 career kills and 3,368 attempts.

MEYERS MOVING ON UP TOOLike Dowdy, Karlyn Meyers faces the possibility of moving up the school’s record book as the senior setter recently became just the eighth player in school history to reach 2,000 assists over a career. She enters this weekend trailing Mary Loescher (1985-87) for seventh all-time with 2,227 career as-sists, 114 shy of Loescher’s mark.

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.

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 home tournament since 2004 when the Red Raiders defeated UTPA, UTEP, and North Texas as part of the Red Raider Classic.

CAVE ACCURATE FROM THE RIGHT-SIDEComing into the season, Don Flora knew he had a special talent in Miara Cave. His only question was would that translate into kills when the Red Raid-ers hit the floor. The junior has proved Flora right so far as she is second on the team in kills with 62 while her .373 hitting percentage is among the Big 12 leaders. The San Antonio native has hit .400 or higher in six of 10 matches this season.

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

Wearing red uniforms ................................................4-0Wearing white uniforms ...........................................4-0Wearing black uniforms ............................................4-1Wearing pink uniforms ..............................................0-0

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

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

KillsLeading ........................................................................ 11-1Trailing .............................................................................1-0Tied ...................................................................................0-0

BlocksLeading ...........................................................................9-1Trailing .............................................................................1-0Tied ...................................................................................2-0

DigsLeading ...........................................................................7-1Trailing .............................................................................4-0Tied ...................................................................................1-0

Attack PercentageLeading ........................................................................ 12-1Trailing .............................................................................0-0

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

Hitting PercentageHitting .300 or better .................................................4-0Hitting .250 to .299 .....................................................4-0Hitting .200 to .249 .....................................................3-0Hitting .100 to .199 .....................................................1-1Hitting below .100.......................................................0-0Opponents hitting above .300 ...............................0-0Opponents hitting .250 to .299 ..............................1-0Opponents hitting .200 to .249 ..............................0-0Opponents hitting .100 to .199 ..............................2-1Holding opponents below .100 .............................9-0

In three sets ................................................................ 11-0In four sets......................................................................1-1In five sets.......................................................................0-0

Winning set one ........................................................ 12-0Winning set two ........................................................ 12-0Winning set three ..................................................... 11-1Winning set four ..........................................................1-0

Losing set one...............................................................0-1Losing set two ..............................................................0-1Losing set three ............................................................1-0Losing set four ..............................................................0-1

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.) 1,1974. Brande Brown (1994-97) 1,0835. Christine Martin (1993-97) 1,046

CAREER ATTACK ATTEMPTSName Attacks1. Kelly Johnson (2001-04) 5,1422. Melissa McGehee (1999-92) 3,3683. Amanda Dowdy (2008-Pres.) 3,3244. Cristine Martin (1993-97) 3,1815. Sabrina Zenon (1988-91) 2,969

RECORD WATCH: DOWDY CHASING SEVERAL MILESTONES IN 2011

VAUGHAN SNAPS CAREER HIGHAfter already matching her career high for digs twice this season, Tory Vaughan broke the 20 dig milestone in the tournament finale against More-head State as the junior finished with 21 digs in the match. Her previous high had been 13 which she originally set against Texas State in 2009.

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 attacking 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 un-til Breeann David. The Denver City product finished 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 posting 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 sopho-mores would respond in a competitive atmosphere. After Tech easily defeated Grambling State in the opening set, Flora went with a lineup to start the second frame that consisted of all freshmen. 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.

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TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALLTCU INVITATIONAL NOTABLESu Texas Tech had not previously had three play-ers with double-digit kills over the first two match-es of a season since 2007. Amanda Dowdy, Miara Cave, and Breeann David all did so with the Red Raiders as the trio accounted for over 80 percent of Tech’s kills against TCU and UConn. u Texas Tech’s match against UConn marked its first against a Big East opponent since falling to Syracuse on Sept. 8, 2007. u Amanda Dowdy’s streak of 27-straight match-es where she led the team in kills was snapped against Grambling State when Sam Podraza and Mikia Mills recorded eight kills each to pace the Red Raiders. Dowdy was pulled from the match following the first set against the Tigers.

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 posi-tion. A two-year starter, Meyers is one of the most-accomplished setters in school history as she is already among the top 10 all-time in career assists and assists 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 Gib-son and Kelly Chiffer, will both redshirt this season, giving 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 Cor-onel compiled the Tech staff. Coronel, the head coach at George Washington the previous 10 sea-sons, 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 hesi-tate 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.

VAUGHAN RETURNS TO LIBERO POSITIONTory Vaughan will return to the libero position this season for the first time since she was a freshman. The now-junior spent the 2010 as a defensive spe-cialist, playing in all 29 matches while finishing fourth on the team with 147 digs. Vaughan played in all but two matches as a freshman, totaling 143 digs in the process, third-highest on the team.

Rk. School Pts. Rec. LW 1. California (51) 1,487 10-0 1 2. Stanford (8) 1,438 6-0 3 3. Illinois 1,354 9-0 4 4. Washington (1) 1,296 7-0 5 5. Penn State 1,151 4-3 2 6. UCLA 1,116 7-1 8 7. Florida 1,060 7-2 7 8. Texas 1,030 3-3 10 9. Minnesota 1,000 4-2 6 10. Nebraska 971 6-1 11 11. Hawaii 906 8-1 12 12. Iowa State 829 9-0 17 13. Southern California 802 5-3 9 14. Purdue 761 9-0 13 15. Northern Iowa 647 9-1 15 16. Oregon 592 6-1 16 17. San Diego 561 10-0 19 18. Michigan 529 9-0 20 19. Colorado State 431 6-2 14 20. Miami (Fla.) 302 9-0 NR 21. Pepperdine 284 6-3 NR 22. Oklahoma 259 9-2 18 23. Duke 144 4-3 21 24. Long Beach State 125 5-4 22 25. Ohio State 76 7-3 25

Receiving Votes: Tennessee 63; Florida State 51; Texas A&M 41; Kansas 25; Central Florida 24; Arizona 20; Western Kentucky 20; Missouri 16; Dayton 15; Kentucky 14; UC Davis 10; Cincinnati 7; Louisville 5; St. Mary’s (Calif.) 5; Tulsa 5; Northern Illinois 4.

AVCA TOP 25 POLLRED RAIDERS BOAST 12 NEWCOMERSSoon after his hire, Don Flora immediately hit the re-cruiting trail, traveling all over the country trying to build the Tech roster. The hard work paid off as the Red Raiders boast 12 newcomers to this year’s roster, including nine high school prospects.

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.

RANGEL BACK IN ACTION AFTER INJURYDravon Rangel will be back in action for the first time in almost a year this week as the redshirt soph-omore missed almost all of last season with a knee injury. Rangel played in two matches of the season-opening Rice Tournament before receiving a medi-cal redshirt at the conclusion of the season. Rangel will be making her return nearly 15 minutes from her hometown of Grand Prairie.

RED RAIDERS ADD SETTER TRANSFER, HRAGYILTech added depth to the setter position last spring as Nicole Hragyil became the first commitment of the Don Flora era, joining the program at mid-term just in time to participate in spring drills. Hra-gyil adds depth for the Red Raiders as she will join Brandy Huskey as a backup to Karlyn Meyers. Both Hragyil and Huskey will also see time as a back row specialist.

TECH PICKED TO FINISH NINTH IN BIG 12 PLAYThe Red Raiders did not receive the preseason vote of confidence they hoped for as Tech was picked to finish last in the nine-team Big 12 Conference. Texas was picked to win the conference championship in a vote of the league coaches.

PLAYER TO WATCH - #21 MIKIA MILLS

MATCH NOTES

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

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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

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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

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TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALL 2011 COMBINED STATS

2011 TEXAS TECH VOLLEYBALLTexas Tech Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2011)

All matches

Overall record: 12-1 Conf: 0-0 Home: 3-0 Away: 3-1 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 39 156 4.00 47 431 . 2 5 3 14 0.36 11 17 0.28 6 155 3.97 3 13 16 0.41 2 0 176.54 Cave, Miara 39 117 3.00 38 223 . 3 5 4 1 0.03 0 1 0.00 0 8 0.21 5 42 47 1.21 1 0 143.06 David, Breeann 38 101 2.66 53 247 . 1 9 4 4 0.11 3 12 0.08 7 52 1.37 6 23 29 0.76 1 0 121.513 Piper, Aubree 33 53 1.61 20 130 . 2 5 4 1 0.03 6 7 0.18 0 14 0.42 2 41 43 1.30 0 0 81.53 Meyers, Karlyn 36 42 1.17 1 62 . 6 6 1 376 10.44 9 5 0.25 1 66 1.83 4 19 23 0.64 1 7 64.521 Mills, Mikia 35 36 1.03 17 94 . 2 0 2 1 0.03 0 2 0.00 1 5 0.14 4 42 46 1.31 6 1 61.07 Rangel, Dravon 11 19 1.73 4 35 . 4 2 9 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 13 15 1.36 2 0 27.523 Podraza, Sam 17 17 1.00 6 47 . 2 3 4 1 0.06 4 3 0.24 0 3 0.18 0 11 11 0.65 1 0 26.520 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 23 6 0.26 5 31 . 0 3 2 2 0.09 1 3 0.04 1 17 0.74 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 38 2 0.05 3 9 - . 1 1 1 49 1.29 12 9 0.32 3 62 1.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 14.08 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 10 1 0.10 1 3 . 0 0 0 38 3.80 6 4 0.60 0 12 1.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.015 Salyer, Hannah 31 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 1 0.03 7 6 0.23 0 30 0.97 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.09 Dominguez, Megan 19 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.21 1 5 0.05 1 22 1.16 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.05 Vaughan, Tory 40 0 0.00 0 12 . 0 0 0 29 0.73 12 10 0.30 8 151 3.78 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 12.0

TEXAS TECH 41 562 13.71 206 136 . 2 6 0 521 12.71 74 87 1.80 29 602 14.68 26 210 131.0 3.20 14 9 767.0Opponents 41 377 9.20 295 138 . 0 5 9 349 8.51 29 61 0.71 74 541 13.20 14 108 68.0 1.66 22 19 474.0

Team Statistics TTU OPPATTACK K i l l s 562 377 E r r o r s 206 295 Total Attacks 1368 1386 Attack Pct . 2 6 0 . 0 5 9 K i l l s / S e t 13.7 9.2SET A s s i s t s 521 349 A s s i s t s / S e t 12.7 8.5SERVE A c e s 74 29 E r r o r s 87 61 A c e s / S e t 1.8 0.7SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 29 74 E r r o r s / S e t 0.7 1.8DEFENSE D i g s 602 541 D i g s / S e t 14.7 13.2BLOCKING Block Solo 26 14 Block Assist 210 108 Total Blocks 131.0 68.0 B l o c k s / S e t 3.2 1.7 Block Errors 14 22Ball handling errors 9 19ATTENDANCE T o t a l 2166 2415 Dates/Avg Per Date 3/722 4/604 Neutral site #/Avg 6/29 Current win streak 12 - Home win streak 3 -

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 25-16,25-18,25-16 378

Record in 3-set matches:11-0 • Record in 4-set matches:1-1 • Record in 5-set matches:0-0