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Sept 2, 2017 6:41:14 GMT -5
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TEXAS A&M NOTES:
The Aggies are 2-0 after sweeping both Sam Houston State and Virginia Commonwealth at the Texas A&M Invitational last weekend at Reed Arena. A&M also was scheduled to play Texas State, but the Bobcats pulled out of the tournament after their Friday matches due to flooding concerns associated with Hurricane Harvey.
Freshman setter Camille Conner was named the MVP of the tournament after averaging 11.00 assists, 2.00 digs and 2.17 kills per set while hitting a tournament-leading .500 (minimum three attempts per set). Overall, she directed the A&M offense to a .292 hitting efficiency.
Senior outside hitter Kiara McGee was named Best Attacker at the tournament, and freshman Makena Patterson earned Best Blocker accolades.
McGee took match-high honors in kills in each match and led the entire tournament field with 4.17 kills and 4.75 points per set while hitting .435.
Patterson averaged a team-high 1.33 blocks per set. She also averaged 2.17 kills per set while hitting at a .323 clip.
Texas A&M returns 11 letterwinners overall—including four starters plus the libero—from last year's team that went 21-9 overall and reached the NCAA Championship tournament for a sixth consecutive season. The Aggies also welcome a stellar four-member freshman class, ranked the 18th best recruiting class in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, as well as a redshirt freshman.
25th SEASON FOR CORBELLI DUO
Texas A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli and her husband, associate head coach John Corbelli, are celebrating their 25th season at the helm of the Aggies. Laurie, the 2015 SEC and AVCA South Region coach of the year and the longest tenured head coach at Texas A&M, is 511-237 in her A&M career and 611-343 in the 32nd year of her head coaching career.
Under the Corbellis' direction, the Aggies have reached the 20-win milestone 17 times and have made 20 NCAA tournament appearances, making A&M one of only 14 teams to make at least 20 NCAA appearances since Corbelli was hired in 1993.
A&M SERIES HISTORY VS. PENN STATE
Penn State holds a 3-0 lead in the all-time series against Texas A&M since the teams first met in 1983.
All three matches were decided in three sets.
This is PSU's first trip to College Station, as all three previous meetings were played at neutral sites.
The teams last met Sept. 21, 1990, at the Tiger Classic, hosted by LSU in Baton Rouge, La. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions won the match, 15-4, 15-8, 15-8.
A&M SERIES HISTORY VS. STANFORD
Stanford leads the series against Texas A&M, 4-1, and has won the last four meetings.
The teams first met in 1995 with A&M upsetting then-No. 1 and defending national champion Stanford, 3-2 (15-11, 15-12, 15-17, 4-15, 15-12) at the Mizuno USA Cup in Chicago. Andrea Williams, currently the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, led the Aggies with a career-high 19 kills and 18 digs.
The victory remains A&M volleyball's only win over a top-ranked team in program history.
This is the second time the Cardinal have come to College Station, having also made the trek in 2001. Stanford, led by Logan Tom's 21 kills, defeated A&M, 3-1 (30-18, 30-24, 24-30, 30-23) on Sept. 8, 2001, at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
SCOUTING PENN STATE
Penn State cracked the top 5 in the AVCA Top 25 Poll this week, climbing one spot to No. 5 after sweeping UT Martin, Delaware and host West Virginia during the opening weekend in Morgantown, W. Va.
Senior Haleigh Washington, who is hitting a nation-leading .667, was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, and classmate Simone Lee earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
The Nittany Lions lead the nation in both hitting percentage (.469) and opponent hitting percentage (.004).
All six starters as well as a total of 17 letterwinners return from the 2016 team that went 24-10 and advanced to the regional semifinals before falling to No. 1-seed and conference-foe Nebraska in five sets.
Legendary coach Russ Rose is in his 39th season at the helm of the Penn State volleyball program.
SCOUTING STANFORD
The Cardinal is 3-0 after sweeping Long Beach State, Iowa and Wright State to win the LBSU Invitational last weekend.
Stanford, which led the nation with 3.36 blocks per set last season, averaged 3.67 blocks per set over the opening weekend, with Audriana Fitzmorris leading the team with 1.89 blocks per set.
Kathryn Plummer led the team with 4.11 kills and 5.33 points per set.
The Cardinal return five starters from last season's NCAA championship squad that went 27-7.
Fifth-year opposite Merete Lutz, a three-time All-American who attended Lamar High School in Houston, is the lone senior on the roster, while outside hitter Kathryn Plummer, the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, middle blocker Audriana Fitzmorris, libero Morgan Hentz and setter Jenna Gray begin their sophomore seasons.
The Cardinal is picked to finish second in the Pac-12, behind Washington.
Kevin Hambly is in his first season as head coach at Stanford, having been named the successor to John Dunning, who retired after 32 years in the business. Hambly spent eight seasons as the head coach at Illinois and led the Illini to six NCAA regional appearances and the 2011 national title match, while compiling a 178-86 overall record while in Champaign.
LOOKING FOR AN UPSET
Texas A&M is 1-14 all-time against No. 1-ranked teams, with the one victory being a 3-2 win over Stanford in 1995.
In addition to a 1-1 record against Stanford when the Cardinal were ranked No. 1, A&M is 0-8 against Nebraska, 0-3 against USC, and 0-1 against both UCLA and Texas when those teams were ranked No. 1
A 3-2 win against No. 3 Nebraska on Nov. 20, 1998, in College Station and a 3-1 victory at No. 3 Hawaii on Dec. 9, 1999, in the NCAA sweet 16, are A&M's highest ranked victories in program history.
The last time A&M hosted a No. 1-ranked team was Oct. 7, 2006, when the Aggies took on No. 1 Nebraska at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Cornhuskers defeated the Aggies, 30-25, 30-24, 30-20, and went on to win the national championship.
TEXAS A&M IN THE NATIONAL/SEC STATS
Hollann Hans, a sophomore outside hitter, recorded six aces in two matches last weekend, including a career-high tying four aces in the sweep against VCU, and is ranked first in the SEC and fourth in the nation with a 1.0 ace per set average. She also is fifth in the SEC and 57th in the nation with 4.67 points per set.
Freshman setter Camille Conner is second in the SEC and 40th in the nation with 11.00 assists per set. The lefty, who is tied for fourth in the SEC and is 16th in the nation with a .500 hitting percentage while averaging 2.17 kills per set, has directed the A&M offense to a league leading 15.00 kills and 13.83 assists per set, which rank 20th and 22nd in the nation, respectively.
Kiara McGee a senior outside hitter, is third in the SEC in both points (4.75) and kills (4.17) per set, ranking 53rd and 54th best in the nation, respectively. She is ninth in the conference and 56th in the nation with a .435 hitting efficiency.
Freshman middle blocker Makena Patterson, named Best Blocker at the Texas A&M Invitational, is tied for sixth in the SEC and is 76th in the nation with 1.33 blocks per set.
Video/Audio www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3153176/5-penn-state-vs-texas-am-w-volleyball
5:30 eastern time
Follow the Action:
Broadcast (A&M matches only): SEC Network + (via WatchESPN)
Live Stats: tamu.statbroadcast.com
Twitter updates: @aggievolleyball
Promotions:
Saturday vs. Penn State
Howdy World!
Free admission with Sports Pass
Receive free admission by presenting a ticket from the Aggie soccer team's Friday contest against Oklahoma State;
$3 admission in advance (or at the gate) for Texas A&M International Students
All International students can visit the marketing kiosk for chances to win A&M gear
Chances to win Whataburger, Rudy's, t-shirts, & more
TEXAS A&M NOTES:
The Aggies are 2-0 after sweeping both Sam Houston State and Virginia Commonwealth at the Texas A&M Invitational last weekend at Reed Arena. A&M also was scheduled to play Texas State, but the Bobcats pulled out of the tournament after their Friday matches due to flooding concerns associated with Hurricane Harvey.
Freshman setter Camille Conner was named the MVP of the tournament after averaging 11.00 assists, 2.00 digs and 2.17 kills per set while hitting a tournament-leading .500 (minimum three attempts per set). Overall, she directed the A&M offense to a .292 hitting efficiency.
Senior outside hitter Kiara McGee was named Best Attacker at the tournament, and freshman Makena Patterson earned Best Blocker accolades.
McGee took match-high honors in kills in each match and led the entire tournament field with 4.17 kills and 4.75 points per set while hitting .435.
Patterson averaged a team-high 1.33 blocks per set. She also averaged 2.17 kills per set while hitting at a .323 clip.
Texas A&M returns 11 letterwinners overall—including four starters plus the libero—from last year's team that went 21-9 overall and reached the NCAA Championship tournament for a sixth consecutive season. The Aggies also welcome a stellar four-member freshman class, ranked the 18th best recruiting class in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, as well as a redshirt freshman.
25th SEASON FOR CORBELLI DUO
Texas A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli and her husband, associate head coach John Corbelli, are celebrating their 25th season at the helm of the Aggies. Laurie, the 2015 SEC and AVCA South Region coach of the year and the longest tenured head coach at Texas A&M, is 511-237 in her A&M career and 611-343 in the 32nd year of her head coaching career.
Under the Corbellis' direction, the Aggies have reached the 20-win milestone 17 times and have made 20 NCAA tournament appearances, making A&M one of only 14 teams to make at least 20 NCAA appearances since Corbelli was hired in 1993.
A&M SERIES HISTORY VS. PENN STATE
Penn State holds a 3-0 lead in the all-time series against Texas A&M since the teams first met in 1983.
All three matches were decided in three sets.
This is PSU's first trip to College Station, as all three previous meetings were played at neutral sites.
The teams last met Sept. 21, 1990, at the Tiger Classic, hosted by LSU in Baton Rouge, La. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions won the match, 15-4, 15-8, 15-8.
A&M SERIES HISTORY VS. STANFORD
Stanford leads the series against Texas A&M, 4-1, and has won the last four meetings.
The teams first met in 1995 with A&M upsetting then-No. 1 and defending national champion Stanford, 3-2 (15-11, 15-12, 15-17, 4-15, 15-12) at the Mizuno USA Cup in Chicago. Andrea Williams, currently the commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, led the Aggies with a career-high 19 kills and 18 digs.
The victory remains A&M volleyball's only win over a top-ranked team in program history.
This is the second time the Cardinal have come to College Station, having also made the trek in 2001. Stanford, led by Logan Tom's 21 kills, defeated A&M, 3-1 (30-18, 30-24, 24-30, 30-23) on Sept. 8, 2001, at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
SCOUTING PENN STATE
Penn State cracked the top 5 in the AVCA Top 25 Poll this week, climbing one spot to No. 5 after sweeping UT Martin, Delaware and host West Virginia during the opening weekend in Morgantown, W. Va.
Senior Haleigh Washington, who is hitting a nation-leading .667, was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, and classmate Simone Lee earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
The Nittany Lions lead the nation in both hitting percentage (.469) and opponent hitting percentage (.004).
All six starters as well as a total of 17 letterwinners return from the 2016 team that went 24-10 and advanced to the regional semifinals before falling to No. 1-seed and conference-foe Nebraska in five sets.
Legendary coach Russ Rose is in his 39th season at the helm of the Penn State volleyball program.
SCOUTING STANFORD
The Cardinal is 3-0 after sweeping Long Beach State, Iowa and Wright State to win the LBSU Invitational last weekend.
Stanford, which led the nation with 3.36 blocks per set last season, averaged 3.67 blocks per set over the opening weekend, with Audriana Fitzmorris leading the team with 1.89 blocks per set.
Kathryn Plummer led the team with 4.11 kills and 5.33 points per set.
The Cardinal return five starters from last season's NCAA championship squad that went 27-7.
Fifth-year opposite Merete Lutz, a three-time All-American who attended Lamar High School in Houston, is the lone senior on the roster, while outside hitter Kathryn Plummer, the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, middle blocker Audriana Fitzmorris, libero Morgan Hentz and setter Jenna Gray begin their sophomore seasons.
The Cardinal is picked to finish second in the Pac-12, behind Washington.
Kevin Hambly is in his first season as head coach at Stanford, having been named the successor to John Dunning, who retired after 32 years in the business. Hambly spent eight seasons as the head coach at Illinois and led the Illini to six NCAA regional appearances and the 2011 national title match, while compiling a 178-86 overall record while in Champaign.
LOOKING FOR AN UPSET
Texas A&M is 1-14 all-time against No. 1-ranked teams, with the one victory being a 3-2 win over Stanford in 1995.
In addition to a 1-1 record against Stanford when the Cardinal were ranked No. 1, A&M is 0-8 against Nebraska, 0-3 against USC, and 0-1 against both UCLA and Texas when those teams were ranked No. 1
A 3-2 win against No. 3 Nebraska on Nov. 20, 1998, in College Station and a 3-1 victory at No. 3 Hawaii on Dec. 9, 1999, in the NCAA sweet 16, are A&M's highest ranked victories in program history.
The last time A&M hosted a No. 1-ranked team was Oct. 7, 2006, when the Aggies took on No. 1 Nebraska at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Cornhuskers defeated the Aggies, 30-25, 30-24, 30-20, and went on to win the national championship.
TEXAS A&M IN THE NATIONAL/SEC STATS
Hollann Hans, a sophomore outside hitter, recorded six aces in two matches last weekend, including a career-high tying four aces in the sweep against VCU, and is ranked first in the SEC and fourth in the nation with a 1.0 ace per set average. She also is fifth in the SEC and 57th in the nation with 4.67 points per set.
Freshman setter Camille Conner is second in the SEC and 40th in the nation with 11.00 assists per set. The lefty, who is tied for fourth in the SEC and is 16th in the nation with a .500 hitting percentage while averaging 2.17 kills per set, has directed the A&M offense to a league leading 15.00 kills and 13.83 assists per set, which rank 20th and 22nd in the nation, respectively.
Kiara McGee a senior outside hitter, is third in the SEC in both points (4.75) and kills (4.17) per set, ranking 53rd and 54th best in the nation, respectively. She is ninth in the conference and 56th in the nation with a .435 hitting efficiency.
Freshman middle blocker Makena Patterson, named Best Blocker at the Texas A&M Invitational, is tied for sixth in the SEC and is 76th in the nation with 1.33 blocks per set.
