THE TEAMS:
WHERE: Seattle, Washington
ARENA: Redhawk Center
TIME: 3 p.m. CT
STREAMING PLATFORM: ESPN+
TEXAN VOLLEYBALL MATCH DAY: Tarleton State Volleyball will play their final match of a two-match road trip against Seattle U to close out the regular season. The Texans are looking to even the season series against the Redhawks after dropping their first match, 1-3, in Wisdom Gym.
QUICK HITS:
• On Monday, Allison Bryant broke Tarleton's record for most kills in a D1 season. She sits at 398 kills in 2024, which ranks 34th in the nation. Bryant is two kills away from becoming the first Texan to reach 400 kills in a Division I season.
• Megan Hodges 30-plus assists in three of her last four matches. She notched 36 on Monday against UT Arlington. Hodges has double-digit assists in every match this season.
• Tarleton is 14th in the nation in total digs (1784). The Purple and White also rank 44th nationwide in digs per set (16.37).
• Emma Halcomb won WAC Libero of the Week for week 10, her second time winning the award this season.
• Halcomb reached a new career high last Monday, notching 34 digs against the Wildcats. This marks a WAC single-match high this season, making her the only player in the conference to have 30 or more digs in a match this year.
• Megan Hodges reached her 2,000th career assist against ACU on Oct. 28, becoming the eighth Texan all-time to achieve this mark.
• Halcomb reached her 1,000th career dig at Tarleton this season, becoming the 16th Texan to do so and the second in Tarleton's D1 era.
• Emma Burke notched her eighth match of double-digit kills this season against UTA on Monday.
• Allison Bryant notched her seventh double-double of the season last Monday, registering 18 kills and 17 digs in Abilene.
• Halcomb leads the WAC in total digs with 449, while Hodges ranks fifth in the conference with 707 total assists.
• Emma Burke ranks seventh in the WAC with 1.04 blocks per set and is fifth in total blocks with 113.
• The Texans lead the conference in total digs by a margin of 200-plus.
• Freshman Tatum Busch set a career-high 23 kills against California Baptist two weeks ago. Her previous career high was 13.
• Bryant was named WAC Player of the Week during week 5. Bryant was named TSU Invitational's MVP as well. She broke the Texans' D1 era kills record with 27 against McNeese on Sept. 17. Bryant also broke her career-high in digs with 23 against Oral Roberts on Sept. 19.
• Hodges holds the Texans new D1 era single match record with 48 assists. She has reached that number twice this season. Hodges is currently sixth in the WAC in assists per set (6.46). She has recorded double-digit assists in every match this season.
• Hodges has 12 double-doubles this year, a team high. Bryant ranks second on the team with seven.
• The Texans are 5-1 against the Redhawks all-time. They hold an undefeated 3-0 record in Seattle.
• Emma Halcomb tallied 22 digs against the Redhawks last month in Stephenville.
• The head coach for the Texans, Mary Schindler, is in her 20th season as the leading lady for Tarleton State Volleyball. The Texan coaching staff also consists of Hannah McManus-Smith (5th season), Damien Hardy (1st season), and graduate assistant Matti Theurer (1st season).
OPPONENT SCOUTING REPORT:
• The Redhawks are 7-18 overall, 5-10 WAC.
• Seattle U clinched a WAC postseason birth with a win against Utah Tech, 3-0, on Thursday.
• The Redhawks are on a two-match win streak at home. This will be their last home match of the season.
• Arianna Bilby ranks seventh in the WAC, averaging 3.20 kills per set.
• Merima Smajlovic ranks sixth in the conference with 32 service aces this season.
• Katlyn Sipes is fourth in the WAC with 3.94 digs per set.
SERIES HISTORY:
• Tarleton leads the all-time series against Seattle U, 5-1.
• The Texans hold a perfect 3-0 record at the Redhawk Arena in Seattle, WA.
• Seattle U took their last matchup against Tarleton, 3-1.
• Emma Halcomb tallied 22 digs against Seattle U last time out.
• Megan Hodges recorded a team-high 25 assists against the Redhawks last month.
• Allison Bryant led the Texans with 16 kills.
BRYANT MAKES TEXAN HISTORY:
• Allison Bryant notched nine kills on Monday against UTA, setting a new Tarleton record for most kills in a Division I season.
• Bryant sits at 398 kills this year, breaking the previous record of 381 held by Lauren Kersey in 2021.
• Bryant has 742 kills during two seasons at Tarleton.
• She is two more kills from becoming the first Texan to notch 400 or more kills during a Division I season.
• Bryant set a record earlier this year for most kills in a Tarleton D1 match (27).
TEXANS RANK AMONG TOP IN NATION:
• Allison Bryant ranks 34th in the nation in kills this season (398).
• The Texans rank 14th in the country with 1784 total team digs.
• Tarleton is 44th in the nation in digs per set (16.37).
STATS AMONG THE WAC:
• Allison Bryant is second in the WAC in total kills (398) and sixth in kills per set (3.65).
• Emma Burke is sixth in the WAC in hitting percentage (.289).
• Emma Halcomb is 1st in the WAC in total digs (449) and second in digs per set (4.2).
• Halcomb is the only WAC player to have 400 digs thus far.
• Emma Burke is seventh in the WAC with 1.04 blocks per set.
• Burke is fifth in total blocks with 113.
• Hodges is sixth in the WAC in assists per set (6.49).
• Hodges is fifth in total assists (707).
• Tarleton is 1st in the WAC in digs (1784) and digs per set (16.4).
• The Texans lead the WAC in total kills (1313).
• The Texans are sixth in the WAC in assists per set (11.2).
HODGES / HALCOMB IN TEXAN HISTORY BOOKS:
• Megan Hodges reached her 2,000th career assist against ACU, becoming the eighth Texan all-time to achieve this mark and the 2nd in Tarleton's D1 history.
• Emma Halcomb just reached her 1,000th career dig last week, becoming the 16th Texan to accomplish this feat and the 2nd in Tarleton's D1 era.
HALCOMB WINS LIBERO OF THE WEEK:
• Emma Halcomb won WAC Libero of the Week for week 10, her second time winning the award this season.
• Halcomb reached a new career high on Monday, notching 34 digs against the Wildcats. This marks a WAC single-match high this season, making Halcomb the only player in the conference to have 30 or more digs in a match this year.
• Halcomb also won WAC Libero of the Week for week five, where she had 26 kills during the Texans win against ULM.
• Halcomb is the first player this season to record 30 or more digs in a WAC volleyball match.
SCHINDLER RANKS AMONG TOP IN NATION:
• Head coach Mary Schindler has 380 victories in 623 matches as a collegiate head coach, all at Tarleton.
• She ranks in the top 50 among active NCAA D1 head coaches in victories.
• Entering her 20th season, she is one of 24 active head coaches to coach 20 years or more at the same institution.
• Coach Schindler needs just 20 more victories to reach 400. She is already the winningest Texan coach in program history.
