University of North Texas Athletics
Friday, November 14
Denton, Texas
6 PM CT
University of North Texas
vs
Tulane
Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports
Volleyball Set for Senior Weekend
11/13/2025 5:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Mean Green host Tulane on Friday, Rice for Senior Day on Sunday
DENTON – Mean Green volleyball finishes regular season American Conference play with a two-match home weekend at the UNT Volleyball Center as it meets Tulane on Friday at 6 p.m. before a rematch with conference champions Rice on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ while fans can purchase tickets HERE.
UNT (20-7, 10-4) enters the final weekend ranked third in the American Conference as it owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over Tulsa. Tulane (11-14, 3-11) has been mathematically eliminated from conference tournament contention while Rice (17-8, 13-1) won the American Conference title and holds a 13-match winning streak.
"Tulane's going to be tough right out of the gate because they're going to this weekend trying to play spoiler," head coach Dave Fleming said. "With Rice, they won the conference championship, but I think our team is looking forward to having another shot at them [because] … I don't think anybody in our locker room felt like we played well that night and we all feel like we can play better."
WEEKEND PREVIEW
PREVIOUSLY ON...
Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ while fans can purchase tickets HERE.
UNT (20-7, 10-4) enters the final weekend ranked third in the American Conference as it owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over Tulsa. Tulane (11-14, 3-11) has been mathematically eliminated from conference tournament contention while Rice (17-8, 13-1) won the American Conference title and holds a 13-match winning streak.
"Tulane's going to be tough right out of the gate because they're going to this weekend trying to play spoiler," head coach Dave Fleming said. "With Rice, they won the conference championship, but I think our team is looking forward to having another shot at them [because] … I don't think anybody in our locker room felt like we played well that night and we all feel like we can play better."
WEEKEND PREVIEW
- The Mean Green open the final weekend of regular season play at the UNT Volleyball Center against Tulane (11-14, 3-11) on Friday at 6 p.m. on ESPN+
- Kyle Youmans (PxP) and Alex Glover (analyst) will be on the call
- UNT picked up a 3-2 (28-26, 23-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-7) road win at Tulane on Oct. 10
- The Mean Green set its season high of 69 kills, 213 attacks and 104 digs in the five-set victory over the Green Wave
- Senior Alexa Washington finished with 15 kills, 26 assists and 24 digs to become the first player in UNT history to record a triple-double
- In total, three North Texas players finished with double-digit kills as Washington was joined by Reagan Bedell (16) and Jahniya Jackson (14)
- Freshman Sidney Soria tallied 23 assists and 15 digs for a double-double
- UNT leads the all-time series 8-3 with an undefeated 2-0 mark in Denton
- The Mean Green have won five of its past six matches against Tulane, dating back to Nov. 3, 2013
- North Texas meets Rice (17-8, 13-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN+
- Youmans (PxP) and Hek'ma Harrison (analyst) will be on the call
- The final home match of the season will culminate with a Senior Day ceremony to honor five graduating seniors: Loredana Fouonji, Riley Hemphill, Paige Mooney, Kamryn Scroggins and Washington
- North Texas have won its past three home matches against Rice, dating back to Nov. 10, 2023
- The Mean Green fell 3-0 (23-25, 14-25, 22-25) at Rice on Nov. 7
- Sophomore Lilly Croshaw tallied 13 kills while Washington dished out a team-high 15 assists
- Depending on this weekend's results, the Mean Green can finish no worse than sixth place but could move into second place with two home wins and a South Florida (14-11, 11-4) loss on Sunday against UTSA (13-12, 6-8)
PREVIOUSLY ON...
- With a spot in the American Conference Championship secured, UNT split the weekend with a 3-0 loss at Rice on Friday before a 3-1 home victory over Temple on Sunday
- The Mean Green's win over Temple marked its 20th of the season, the first time the program has reached 20 wins since 2017 and the 11th time overall
- Only three teams in UNT history have finished with a winning percentage at or above .700 as UNT enters the final weekend at .741 (20-7)
- Last weekend, Croshaw paced UNT with 24 kills (3.43 K/S) over seven sets with double-digit kill performances in both matches
- Washington tallied 42 assists (6.00 A/S) over the two matches while libero Dakota Mitchell recorded a team-high 21 digs (3.00 D/S)
- UNT's freshman trio of Mitchell, defensive specialist Alessandra Romo and setter Sidney Soria have appeared in every set this season, joining Indiana as one of two Division I programs to do so
- With 24 more digs, Washington would become the sixth player in Division I this season to reach 100 kills, 500 assists and 300 digs
- She would become the first UNT player in the 25 point rally-scoring era (since 2008) to record a 100+ kill, 500+ assist, 300+ dig season
- Earlier this season, Washington posted a triple-double in back-to-back matches, the first and only triple-doubles in program history
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