
Volleyball Hosts ECU, Travels to Memphis
10/16/2025 4:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
DENTON – Mean Green volleyball welcomes East Carolina to the UNT Volleyball Center for an American Conference match on Friday at 6 p.m. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ with tickets available HERE.
UNT (13-5, 3-3) hosts the Pirates (10-7, 2-4) for the second time in program history and first since 2013 when the Mean Green swept ECU in three sets. North Texas closes the weekend at Memphis on Sunday at 1 p.m. from Larry O. Finch Center.
"We love playing at home," head coach Dave Fleming said. "We like to take advantage of our home crowd because it gets pretty rowdy in our friendly confines."
Entering Friday, the Mean Green have tallied four-consecutive sellouts which is tied for the second-longest sellout streak in UNT Volleyball Center history after it opened in 2006.
WEEKEND PREVIEW
PREVIOUSLY ON...
UNT (13-5, 3-3) hosts the Pirates (10-7, 2-4) for the second time in program history and first since 2013 when the Mean Green swept ECU in three sets. North Texas closes the weekend at Memphis on Sunday at 1 p.m. from Larry O. Finch Center.
"We love playing at home," head coach Dave Fleming said. "We like to take advantage of our home crowd because it gets pretty rowdy in our friendly confines."
Entering Friday, the Mean Green have tallied four-consecutive sellouts which is tied for the second-longest sellout streak in UNT Volleyball Center history after it opened in 2006.
WEEKEND PREVIEW
- For the first time since 2013, the Mean Green will host ECU on Friday at the UNT Volleyball Center with streaming coverage on ESPN+ at 6 p.m.
- UNT trails the all-time series 1-2 with road losses in each of the past two seasons against the Pirates
- East Carolina edged out the Mean Green in a five-set match on Oct. 6, 2024, as UNT posted 68 kills with a .327 hitting percentage
- Then-freshmen Ryann Vik (.450) and Reagan Bedell (.438) each finished the match hitting over .400 with 10 and eight kills, respectively
- North Texas visits Memphis at the Larry O. Finch Center on Sunday at 1 p.m.
- ESPN+ will stream the match with Graham Doty on the call
- The Mean Green are winless in six meetings against the Tigers, including three losses over the past two seasons
- UNT dropped a three-set loss at home on Oct. 20, 2024, before a 3-1 defeat in the first-ever meeting against the Tigers in Memphis
PREVIOUSLY ON...
- UNT recorded a pair of American Conference victories over UTSA on Wednesday, Oct. 8, and at Tulane on Friday, Oct. 10
- Redshirt sophomore Jahniya Jackson led UNT with 15.0 points as she tallied 12 kills and six block assists in the four-set win over UTSA
- Sophomore Addison Achilles set a new career-high mark of eight blocks against the Roadrunners
- On Friday, the Mean Green defeated the Green Wave in five sets as the team tallied or tied season-high marks in kills (69), attacks (213), assists (63) and digs (104)
- Senior Alexa Washington became the first player in UNT history to record a triple-double as she tallied 15 kills, 26 assists and 24 digs versus Tulane
- As of Sunday, she is one of five players in NCAA Division I this season with 20+ in multiple categories of a triple-double
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