Monday, March 8
HOUSTON, TX
1 PM
University of North Texas
6-9, 2-6
0
at
3
Rice
11-3, 10-0
1
2
3
F
North Texas
20
20
19
0
Rice
25
25
25
3
Photo by: Manny Flores
Volleyball falls to Rice
3/8/2021 3:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
HOUSTON – The North Texas volleyball team dropped the second match of its back-to-back series against Rice by a score of 0-3 (20-25, 20-25, 19-25) on Monday at Tudor Fieldhouse.
North Texas struggled to keep up with an offensive attack from Rice that produced a .323 attack percentage on the afternoon. The Owls also accumulated 20 more kills than the Mean Green.
In each of the three sets, North Texas and Rice were tied past the halfway mark of the set. However, Rice would go on a late 4-1 run to down the Mean Green late in each set.
"They [Rice] are a really talented team," head coach Andrew Palileo said. "Rice made several really gutsy plays throughout the match, and we didn't make the big plays when we needed to. We had opportunities in every set, but they made more big plays than we did today."
Redshirt junior Henrianna Ibarra led the Mean Green with 16 digs in the back row. Senior middle blocker Miranda Youmans, who has been playing some of her best volleyball of the season, finished the day with five kills and a .455 attack percentage. Sarah Haeussler added four blocks for UNT on the defensive side of the net.
For the 12th time in 15 matches during 2020-21, Rhett Robinson headlined the Mean Green attack with a team-high 10 kills.
North Texas fell to 6-9 on the season and 2-6 in Conference USA play. The Mean Green will host No. 6 Baylor on Friday at 6 p.m. before hosting Louisiana Tech on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15 in two must-win league games for UNT.
"All we can do is go back home and regroup," Palileo said. "We played hard in both matches this weekend, but we didn't get the results we wanted. There's nothing you can do except get back in the gym this week and improve as a team as we head into the last couple weeks of the season."
North Texas struggled to keep up with an offensive attack from Rice that produced a .323 attack percentage on the afternoon. The Owls also accumulated 20 more kills than the Mean Green.
In each of the three sets, North Texas and Rice were tied past the halfway mark of the set. However, Rice would go on a late 4-1 run to down the Mean Green late in each set.
"They [Rice] are a really talented team," head coach Andrew Palileo said. "Rice made several really gutsy plays throughout the match, and we didn't make the big plays when we needed to. We had opportunities in every set, but they made more big plays than we did today."
Redshirt junior Henrianna Ibarra led the Mean Green with 16 digs in the back row. Senior middle blocker Miranda Youmans, who has been playing some of her best volleyball of the season, finished the day with five kills and a .455 attack percentage. Sarah Haeussler added four blocks for UNT on the defensive side of the net.
For the 12th time in 15 matches during 2020-21, Rhett Robinson headlined the Mean Green attack with a team-high 10 kills.
North Texas fell to 6-9 on the season and 2-6 in Conference USA play. The Mean Green will host No. 6 Baylor on Friday at 6 p.m. before hosting Louisiana Tech on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15 in two must-win league games for UNT.
"All we can do is go back home and regroup," Palileo said. "We played hard in both matches this weekend, but we didn't get the results we wanted. There's nothing you can do except get back in the gym this week and improve as a team as we head into the last couple weeks of the season."
Team Stats
NT
RICE
Kills
35
55
Errors
15
13
Attempts
119
130
Hitting %
.168
.323
Points
43.0
63.0
Assists
32
51
Aces
2
2
Blocks
6.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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