Islanders resume South Texas Showdown on Tuesday

EDINBURG, Texas - The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team heads to Edinburg, Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 11, for the second installment of the South Texas Showdown presented by NavyArmy Credit Union. Match time is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Islanders at UT-Rio Grande Valley
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 11
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Edinburg, Texas (UTRGV Fieldhouse)
Live Video: HERE
Live Stats: HERE

- This will be the 42nd all-time meeting between the Islanders and UTRGV.
- Tuesday's match is the second part of the South Texas Showdown presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union.
- UTRGV won the first match up of the season, 3-2, back on Aug. 28, in Corpus Christi.
- The season standings are UTRGV 4.5 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.5 after two events this year.
- The Islanders rallied and forced a fifth set in the last meeting but dropped the point and the match.
- Rachel Young hit .406 with a career-high 17 kills that evening.
- Jenna Lyons recorded her then-career high of 10 kills.
- Four Islanders finished in double figures in digs led by Jenna Krenek (17), Kaylee Payne (11), Chloe Simon (10) and Mackenzie Coates (10).
- Heading into the week, the Islanders rank sixth in the Southland Conference with 10.76 assists per set.
- Young currently ranks fourth in the conference with a .331 attack percentage. The freshman middle blocker has reached double-figures in kills in four of the last six matches and has hit over .400 three times in that stretch.
- Krenek is eighth in conference at 3.61 digs per set. She has been in double-figures in digs in four straight matches and five of her last six.
- Madison Green recorded the conference's first triple-double of the year, notching 33 assists, 12 digs and 10 kills in a five-set loss to South Florida on Aug. 31 at LSU.
- The Islanders added two junior college transfers in Eloise van Velthooven (Parkland College) and Kayla Valigura (Blinn College).
- New assistant coach Alexis Crimes was an alternate for Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She played collegiately at Long Beach State.
- Green, Young, Simon and Jenna Krenek each played for the beach volleyball team in the spring of 2018.
- This is the 19th season of Islander Volleyball. The program began back in 2000.
- The roster features 10 players from Texas. Other states/countries represented include Indiana, California, New York, New Zealand and Israel.

A&M-Corpus Christi will play in the Mizzou Invitational this weekend in Columbia, Mo. The Islanders will take on host Missouri (11 a.m.) and Drake (7 p.m.) on Friday, followed by a Saturday noon contest against Ohio University. The next home action for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is on Thursday, Sept. 20, against Nicholls State. Fans can find the entire 2018 promotional schedule HERE. Tickets can be purchased online HERE.

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