PREVIEW: Volleyball Battles #13 Arizona State, Arizona

TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Houston Volleyball team is back on the road, heading west to Arizona for a pair of conference matches.

The Cougars start on Wednesday with a 9 p.m. CT match against #13 Arizona, the team's fifth meeting of the season against a ranked opponent and fourth against the Top 15. Houston then heads to Tucson, Ariz., for an 8 p.m. CT, Friday meeting with Arizona.

Wednesday's match, originally scheduled to be broadcast on ESPNU, has been upgraded to ESPN2.

at #13 Arizona State, Arizona
at Arizona State				Wednesday, Oct. 16 \| 9 p.m. CT \| ESPN2 \| Tickets \| Stats Tempe, Ariz. \| Mullett Arena
at Arizona				Friday, Oct. 18 \| 7 p.m. \| ESPN+ \| Tickets \| Stats Tuscon, Ariz. \| McKale Center
Game Notes				Houston
Social Media				@uhcougarvb \| @uhccougarvb \| Cougar Volleyball \| #GoCoogs \| #BeSomeone

QUICK HITS

Graduate libero Kate Georgiades ranks second in the Big 12 Conference and third in the state of Texas with 4.53 digs per set. She's also tallied four straight games with 20-or-more digs and 19 consecutive matches with double-digit digs.
Graduate setter Annie Cooke is moving up multiple program career record lists. She currently sits in third in service aces (129) and in assists (3,516) all-time rankings. She's also played in the ninth most matches (127) and 10^th most sets (469) in program history.
Georgiades is also making moves on Houston record lists. She currently ranks fourth all-time in digs (2,070) and eighth in aces (103).
Freshman Lily Barron leads the Big 12 and ranks 14^th in the country with 0.56 service aces per set.
Among active players, Georgiades ranks third in Division I and first in the state of Texas and in the Big 12 in career digs with 2,297.
Houston has three wins this season against teams that makes last year's NCAA Tournament, six still remaining on the schedule, including Wednesday's tilt against Arizona State.
Wednesday's match marks the fourth time in the last two years Houston has been broadcast on linear television.
Houston faces one of the toughest schedules in the country with nine of its opponents ranked in the AVCA Top 25.

SERIES HISTORY
COOGS VS. ARIZONA STATE

All-time: Arizona State leads 4-2
Sets: Arizona State leads 12-8
In Houston: Arizona State leads 1-0
In Tempe: First Meeting
Neutral Sites: Arizona State leads 2-1
Unknown Sites: Series tied 1-1
Last meeting: Arizona State won 3-1 | Houston | Aug. 30, 2019
Houston Streak: L3
Rehr's UH career vs. ASU: 0-1
Houston's Last 5: LLLWW (2-3)
Houston's Longest Win Streak: 2
Houston's Longest Losing Streak: 3

COOGS VS. ARIZONA

All-time: Arizona leads 7-1
Sets: Arizona leads 19-10
In Houston: Arizona leads 1-0
In Tucson: Arizona leads 4-0
Neutral Sites: Arizona leads 1-0
Unknown Sites: Series tied 1-1
Last meeting: Arizona won 3-0 | Tucson | Sept. 4, 2009
Houston Streak: L6
Rehr's UH career vs. Arizona: First Meeting
Houston's Last 5: LLLLL (0-5)
Houston's Longest Win Streak: 1
Houston's Longest Losing Streak: 6

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