Sept. 30, 2014
North Texas Match Notes: Week 6(A) 
Opponent Match Notes: Rice
Match #16: Rice (11-5, 1-1 C-USA) at North Texas (10-5, 1-1 C-USA) 
North Texas Volleyball Center (600) -- Denton, TX
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 5:30 p.m. CT
Live Stats:
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Live Video:
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TV: N/A
Twitter:
#NTvsRICE
Game Promotions: WHITE OUT
Be sure to wear white to support Mean Green Volleyball when they take on Rice! The first North Texas students to arrive at the North Texas Volleyball Center will be given a white #MGVB shirt for FREE with match attendance!
*while supplies last
Quick Hits:
- North Texas is coming off their first loss in a conference opening weekend since 2011. Prior to the loss, the Mean Green had only lost 7 other opening weekend matches throughout the last decade.
- Rice swept Southern Miss on the road to open C-USA play before falling to conference favorite Western Kentucky on the road in five sets. The Owls were down 0-2 before storming back to force a fifth and deciding set. Rice pushed WKU to brink, holding a match point and extending the fifth frame, however, they were unable to complete the comeback.
- HC Genny Volpe has led Rice to the program's best 16-match start (11-5) since 2009, when the Owls went 23-9 and recieved a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
- The Mean Green was selected to finish fourth in the Conference USA Preseason poll, just behind Rice at the third slot.
- The Owls lead the all-time series 7-3. However, North Texas knocked off Rice on the road at Tudor Fieldhouse in their last meaning, 3-1, in 2013. It was the first time the Mean Green defeated Rice since 1997.
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