Friday, March 19
Houston, TX
6:00 P.M. CT
Rice University
vs
No. 6 Baylor
Photo by: Maria Lysaker
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Owls have won 12 consecutive matches
Rice Owls (13-3, 12-0) vs. No. 6 Baylor Bears (16-4, 13-3)
Match 17 | Friday, Mar. 19, 6 p.m. CT
Location: Houston, Texas (Tudor Fieldhouse)
Video Streams: CUSAtv
Live Stats: Sidearm
Series: Rice leads, 23-18 (Last Meeting: Baylor Won 3-1, 9/18/18)
Attendance: Closed to the General Public
HOUSTON - With the Conference USA regular season completed, the West Division champion Owls will host the No. 6 Baylor Bears this Friday at 6 p.m. from Tudor Fieldhouse. The Owls have won 12 consecutive matches while the Bears are 3-1 since returning to action this spring.
NOTES
Match 17 | Friday, Mar. 19, 6 p.m. CT
Location: Houston, Texas (Tudor Fieldhouse)
Video Streams: CUSAtv
Live Stats: Sidearm
Series: Rice leads, 23-18 (Last Meeting: Baylor Won 3-1, 9/18/18)
Attendance: Closed to the General Public
HOUSTON - With the Conference USA regular season completed, the West Division champion Owls will host the No. 6 Baylor Bears this Friday at 6 p.m. from Tudor Fieldhouse. The Owls have won 12 consecutive matches while the Bears are 3-1 since returning to action this spring.
NOTES
- Last time out the Owls swept the UTEP Miners to complete a perfect 12-0 slate against C-USA, the first undefeated season within conference play in program history.
- The Owls clinched a No. 1 seed at the C-USA Championship tournament, which will be held April 1-3 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Southern Miss will be hosting the eight-team, single-elimination tournament in which the top four teams from each division qualifies.
- Rice ranks Top-30 in the NCAA in both kills per set (28th-14.07) and hitting percentage (28th-.265).
- Defensively the Owls have limited their opponents to a hitting percentage .200 or lower in 10 matches this season, including nine of their last 11.
- The Owls won 36 of 41 sets during league play.
- Senior outside hitter Nicole Lennon leads all C-USA players in points per set (5.18-16th in NCAA) and is second in kills per set (4.46-31st in NCAA).
- Junior setter Carly Graham Graham is second among all C-USA players and ranks 25th in the NCAA in totals assists (603).
- Anota Adekunle ranks fourth in the NCAA among active players in career hitting percentage (.402).
- Nicole Lennon currently ranks second in the NCAA among active players in career kills (1,660), sixth in kills per set (4.12), and second in total attacks (4,372).
- Coming off a season in which they won 27 matches, the Owls were picked to win the Conference USA West Division in this year's Coaches' Poll.
- Lennon and junior middle blocker Anota Adekunle were named to this year's 12-person C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team.
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