Volleyball Set for Three-Match Week

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Schedule

Oct 29

6 PM CT

Women's Volleyball

vs Abilene Christian

Oct 31

6 PM CT

Women's Volleyball

vs Memphis

Nov 2

1 PM CT

Women's Volleyball

at UTSA

Nov 7

6 PM CT

Women's Volleyball

at Rice

DENTON – Mean Green volleyball opens a busy week against Abilene Christian at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night from the UNT Volleyball Center before hosting Memphis on Friday at 6 p.m. and traveling to UTSA on Sunday at 1 p.m.

All three matches will be streamed on ESPN+ while fans can purchase tickets to Wednesday and Friday's home matches HERE.

North Texas (17-5, 7-3) owns a six-match winning streak, all against American Conference opponents, entering the week against ACU (9-14, 3-5 WAC) who have lost three of its past four matches.

The Mean Green will meet a pair of familiar opponents as it collected wins over Memphis (10-15, 1-9) and UTSA (11-10, 4-6) earlier this season.

WEEKEND PREVIEW

The Mean Green host Abilene Christian (9-14) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday from the UNT Volleyball Center on ESPN+
Kyle Youmans and Hek'ma Harrison will be on Wednesday's call
Wednesday's match will mark the first meeting against the Wildcats since Sept. 11, 2021
UNT leads the all-time series 8-1 and owns a six-match winning streak
Assistant coach Kennedy Shelstead played at ACU from 2017-19
The Mean Green welcome Memphis (10-15, 1-9) to the UNT Volleyball Center on Friday at 6 p.m.
Doug Anderson and Sam Kaman will be on Friday's call
Earlier this season, UNT defeated the Tigers 3-1 (17-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-17) in Memphis on Oct. 19
The win marked the first victory over Memphis in program history as the Mean Green bested the Tigers in kills, hitting percentage, assists, service aces, digs and blocks
North Texas will travel to UTSA (11-10, 4-6) on Sunday for a conference clash at 1 p.m. inside the Convocation Center
Earlier this year, the Mean Green bested the Roadrunners 3-1 (18-25, 25-18, 25-14, 25-19) in Denton on Oct. 8

PREVIOUSLY ON...

The Mean Green extended its winning streak to six matches as it secured American Conference road victories over Tulsa and Wichita State
The six-match winning streak ties for the sixth-longest conference winning streak in program history
With wins on Friday and Sunday, UNT would tie for the third-best conference winning streak in program history at eight matches
The program's top two winning streaks in league play were both ended at UTSA in 2018 and 2015, respectively (chart below)
The Mean Green moved from No. 104 in RPI last week to No. 83 this week after wins over then-No. 48 Tulsa and then-No. 70 Wichita State
UNT improved 21 spots in RPI, one of only three teams currently ranked inside the top 100 to improve 20 or more spots
The Mean Green are joined on the list by Coastal Carolina at +27 (improved from No. 100 to No. 73) and FGCU at +20 (No. 88 to No. 68)
For the weekend, sophomore Lilly Croshaw led the Mean Green with 33 kills on 79 attacks for a .278 hitting percentage, including 17 kills and four blocks against the Shockers on Sunday
Senior Alexa Washington and freshman Sidney Soria led UNT's 6-2 offense as Washington collected 51 assists while Soria tallied 48
Soria set a new career-high of 32 assists against Wichita State on Sunday after Washington went down with an injury late in the fourth set
Junior middle blocker Loredana Founji posted 13 total blocks (1.44 BLK/S) while sophomore outside hitter Reagan Bedell recorded 30 digs (3.33 D/S)

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