Volleyball | 9/6/2017 10:44:00 AM

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State volleyball team will host the 2017 Creeds & Crests Classic Sept. 7-9 in Strahan Coliseum. The Bobcats are set to welcome UTSA, SMU, UMass Lowell and Houston Baptist in the first home matches of the season.

The maroon and gold sport a 4-2 record this year, which includes a current three-match winning streak. Tickets will be $8 for each session. All matches will have live stats and live video (with paid subscription).

2017 Creeds & Crests Classic Schedule
(designated home team in bold / all times CDT)

Sept. 7
UTSA vs. Texas State - 6:30 pm (live stats) (Radio)

Sept. 8
UMass Lowell vs. Houston Baptist - 11 am (live stats)
UTSA vs. SMU - 1 pm (live stats)
Houston Baptist vs. UTSA - 5 pm (live stats)
SMU vs. Texas State - 7 pm (live stats)

Sept. 9
UMass Lowell vs. Texas State - 11 am (live stats)
SMU vs. UMass Lowell - 3 pm (live stats)
Houston Baptist vs. Texas State - 5 pm (live stats)
 

LONGEST-TENURED STAFF IN AMERICA
•    The Texas State full-time coaching staff consists of head coach Karen Chisum, associate head coach Tracy Smith and assistant coach Sean Huiet.
•    The trio has been at Texas State for a combined 66 years (38/16/12), a mark which is by far the highest in the nation for any coaching staff. The next closest is Texas A&M at just 52 years, while Penn State ranks third at 47 years.
•    For comparison's sake, the respective coaching staffs of this weekend's opponents of SMU (43), UTSA (18), Houston Baptist (10) and UMass Lowell (9) have only been at their schools for a combined 80 total years.

A LOOK AT TEXAS STATE
•    The Bobcats began the 2017 season with nine returning players and seven newcomers.
•    TXST posted a 21-12 record overall a year ago and a 13-3 mark in the Sun Belt Conference.
•    Texas State finished second in the SBC West Division last year and advanced to the semifinals of the 2016 SBC Championship.

A LOOK AT HOUSTON BAPTIST
•    HBU owns an unblemished 5-0 mark this season, which includes triumphs over Texas Southern, Mississippi Valley, Louisiana, Jacksonville State and Prairie View A&M.
•    The Huskies have only been pushed to the brink once, with a 15-8 fifth-set win over JSU.
•    TXST and HBU are 1-1 in the all-time series. The lone Bobcat triumph came in 1971, and the lone Huskie victory was in 2011.

A LOOK AT SMU
•    SMU has split six matches this season, having faced a tough road that features Mississippi State, Rice and Virginia Tech.
•    The Mustangs have wins over Ole Miss, Arkansas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christ.
•    The all-time series stands gridlocked at 4-4. The first meeting was in 1974 and the most-recent tilt was in 2015.

A LOOK AT UMASS LOWELL
•    UML sits at an even 3-3 this year, owning triumphs over Morgan State, NJIT and Saint Peter's.
•    The River Hawks have suffered setbacks to UNC Greensboro, Wake Forest and Maryland Eastern Shore.
•    This will be the first all-time meeting between the two programs.

A LOOK AT UTSA
•    UTSA enters the Creeds & Crests Classic with a deceptive 0-5 record this season. The Roadrunners have yet to secure a victory, but they have faced a treacherous slate that features Coastal Carolina, TCU, Tennessee, Minnesota and West Virginia.
•    Texas State leads the all-time series 55-13, but UTSA won last year's lone bout 3-1 in San Antonio.

THE LAST TIME OUT
•    Texas State snatched a 3-2 (31-33, 25-15, 14-25, 25-20, 15-10) come-from-behind victory over Sam Houston State Tuesday night inside Johnson Coliseum.
 •    The Bobcats have now won each of the last eight contests over the Bearkats and also completed the two-match season sweep.
 •    The tandem of Megan Porter and Amy Pflughaupt both registered their second double-doubles of the season. Porter tallied 21 digs and 18 kills, while Pflughaupt finished with 22 digs and 12 kills.
 •    Jaliyah Bolden finished with 17 kills, while Madison Daigle added 15 kills and nine blocks. Erin Hoppe (34) and Brooke Johnson (23) distributed a combined 57 assists, while Micah Dinwiddie added 15 digs.
  •    The Bobcats led in kills (70-55), attack percentage (.190-.162), assists (68-51), digs (89-75) and blocks (12-7). SHSU led in aces (6-1).

-TxStateBobcats.com-