Friday, September 8
Forth Worth, Texas
4 p.m. ET
Lehigh University
vs
Utah Valley
Volleyball Opens Road Slate in Texas
9/7/2017 6:38:00 PM | Volleyball
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Mountain Hawks will hit the road for the first time this season with a trip to Fort Worth, Texas for three matches at the Fight in the Fort hosted by TCU. Lehigh will take on Utah Valley on Friday at 4 p.m. (ET), followed by a Saturday doubleheader against the host Horned Frogs at 2:30 p.m. (ET) and Duke at 5 p.m. (ET). The Lehigh-TCU match will be streamed live on FrogVision ($).
Lehigh (4-3) enters the weekend as winners of three of its last four matches, including a pair of 3-0 victories last week in the Crosstown Invitational. The Mountain Hawks own the best attack percentage of any of the four teams competing at the Fight in the Fort this weekend with a mark of .226 and their 13.4 kills/set average is tied with TCU for the top spot in that category. Lehigh's 15.6 digs/set rate also tops the charts heading into the weekend, while Lehigh's 51 total blocks ranks second behind Utah Valley's impressive mark of 88 total blocks.
Ana Spangenberg has paced the Brown and White to this point in the season with 65 kills while ranking second in kills/set (2.71) behind Sabrina Lancaster (2.78). Lancaster leads the group of outside and right side hitters with a .291 hitting percentage as she has compiled 50 kills in her freshman campaign.
Lauren Bright has had a strong start to the season both offensively and defensively as she leads the team with 1.13 blocks/set and 27.0 total blocks to go along with 51 kills and a .285 attack percentage. Emily Develle has also been a defensive stalwart with a team-leading 112 digs with a team-best 4.67 digs/set average.
Utah Valley (5-4) will enter the weekend on a four-match winning streak and having won five of its last six matches. Besides defeating both Idaho State and in-state foe Utah State in four sets on the road this past Monday and Tuesday, the Wolverines also pulled out wins over fellow in-state rival Southern Utah on Aug. 29, as well as Montana and Long Beach State last weekend at the home in the Wolverine Invitational. UVU's lone loss during the stretch was a tightly contested three-set battle to No. 9 Kansas.
On the season, Lexi Thompson paces the Wolverines in kills with a 3.12 kills/set average, while Madison Dennison is right behind her with a 3.06 kills/set clip and a team-best .327 attack percentage. Dennison also leads UVU and the WAC in blocks with a 1.45 blocks/set average while Sierra Starley fronts the team in assists at a rate of 10.21 assists/set.
TCU (4-2) dropped two of its last three matches with a five-set loss to Colorado State and 3-1 loss to Florida State last weekend at the Florida State Invitational. The Horned Frogs avoided getting swept with a 3-0 victory over UNC Asheville in the middle match of the three-match set. TCU will look to get back on track after opening the season with three-straight 3-0 victories over Texas-San Antonio, Coastal Carolina and Rice.
Ashleigh Martin paces the Horned Frogs with 60 kills on the season with a team-best average of 2.86 kills/set. Anna Walsh leads the squad with a .330 attack percentage to go along with her 45 kills and 2.14 kills/set average.
Duke (4-2) enters the weekend on a two-match skid after opening the season on a four-match win streak. The Blue Devils went 1-2 last weekend with a win over UNC Wilmington and losses to Northwestern and South Carolina as they hosted the Duke Invitational. Duke opened the season with back-to-back five-set victories over Colorado State and Central Florida before adding a 3-0 victory over Northern Colorado to the resume.
Outside hitter Cadie Bates has enjoyed a strong start to her senior campaign. Through Duke's first six matches, Bates leads the Blue Devils with 73 kills, averaging 3.17 per set. Bates has also recorded three double-doubles early in the season. She totaled a career-best 20 kills to go along with 10 digs in the season opener at Colorado State before turning in a 10-kill, 18-dig performance versus UCF and a 13-kill, 11-dig outing against UNCW.
This weekend will mark Lehigh's first-ever meetings with Utah Valley and Duke on the volleyball court. The Mountain Hawks will square off against TCU for just the second time in program history after the two teams met for the first time in Fort Worth in 2012.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Mountain Hawks will hit the road for the first time this season with a trip to Fort Worth, Texas for three matches at the Fight in the Fort hosted by TCU. Lehigh will take on Utah Valley on Friday at 4 p.m. (ET), followed by a Saturday doubleheader against the host Horned Frogs at 2:30 p.m. (ET) and Duke at 5 p.m. (ET). The Lehigh-TCU match will be streamed live on FrogVision ($).
Lehigh (4-3) enters the weekend as winners of three of its last four matches, including a pair of 3-0 victories last week in the Crosstown Invitational. The Mountain Hawks own the best attack percentage of any of the four teams competing at the Fight in the Fort this weekend with a mark of .226 and their 13.4 kills/set average is tied with TCU for the top spot in that category. Lehigh's 15.6 digs/set rate also tops the charts heading into the weekend, while Lehigh's 51 total blocks ranks second behind Utah Valley's impressive mark of 88 total blocks.
Ana Spangenberg has paced the Brown and White to this point in the season with 65 kills while ranking second in kills/set (2.71) behind Sabrina Lancaster (2.78). Lancaster leads the group of outside and right side hitters with a .291 hitting percentage as she has compiled 50 kills in her freshman campaign.
Lauren Bright has had a strong start to the season both offensively and defensively as she leads the team with 1.13 blocks/set and 27.0 total blocks to go along with 51 kills and a .285 attack percentage. Emily Develle has also been a defensive stalwart with a team-leading 112 digs with a team-best 4.67 digs/set average.
Utah Valley (5-4) will enter the weekend on a four-match winning streak and having won five of its last six matches. Besides defeating both Idaho State and in-state foe Utah State in four sets on the road this past Monday and Tuesday, the Wolverines also pulled out wins over fellow in-state rival Southern Utah on Aug. 29, as well as Montana and Long Beach State last weekend at the home in the Wolverine Invitational. UVU's lone loss during the stretch was a tightly contested three-set battle to No. 9 Kansas.
On the season, Lexi Thompson paces the Wolverines in kills with a 3.12 kills/set average, while Madison Dennison is right behind her with a 3.06 kills/set clip and a team-best .327 attack percentage. Dennison also leads UVU and the WAC in blocks with a 1.45 blocks/set average while Sierra Starley fronts the team in assists at a rate of 10.21 assists/set.
TCU (4-2) dropped two of its last three matches with a five-set loss to Colorado State and 3-1 loss to Florida State last weekend at the Florida State Invitational. The Horned Frogs avoided getting swept with a 3-0 victory over UNC Asheville in the middle match of the three-match set. TCU will look to get back on track after opening the season with three-straight 3-0 victories over Texas-San Antonio, Coastal Carolina and Rice.
Ashleigh Martin paces the Horned Frogs with 60 kills on the season with a team-best average of 2.86 kills/set. Anna Walsh leads the squad with a .330 attack percentage to go along with her 45 kills and 2.14 kills/set average.
Duke (4-2) enters the weekend on a two-match skid after opening the season on a four-match win streak. The Blue Devils went 1-2 last weekend with a win over UNC Wilmington and losses to Northwestern and South Carolina as they hosted the Duke Invitational. Duke opened the season with back-to-back five-set victories over Colorado State and Central Florida before adding a 3-0 victory over Northern Colorado to the resume.
Outside hitter Cadie Bates has enjoyed a strong start to her senior campaign. Through Duke's first six matches, Bates leads the Blue Devils with 73 kills, averaging 3.17 per set. Bates has also recorded three double-doubles early in the season. She totaled a career-best 20 kills to go along with 10 digs in the season opener at Colorado State before turning in a 10-kill, 18-dig performance versus UCF and a 13-kill, 11-dig outing against UNCW.
This weekend will mark Lehigh's first-ever meetings with Utah Valley and Duke on the volleyball court. The Mountain Hawks will square off against TCU for just the second time in program history after the two teams met for the first time in Fort Worth in 2012.
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