Tournament Central
AT THE GAME
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ABOUT THE TOPS
- With their ninth tournament title as a member of CUSA, the Hilltoppers secured the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Their appearance is the 17th appearance in program history.
- After the three matches in the conference tournament, Kaylee Cox still leads the way for the Hilltoppers with 454 kills to date. Aliva Skidmore is second with 327 while Izzy Van De Wiele is third with 283.
- Four different Hilltoppers earned a spot on the Conference USA All-Tournament team in El Paso, Texas.
- WKU is currently ranked fourth in the country in hitting percentage at .307
The Hilltoppers are 1-0 all-time against the Golden Gophers. The lone match took place in 1984 with Minnesota sweeping WKU, 3-0. Both programs have only met on neutral territory.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GOPHERS
- The Gophers enter the NCAA tournament as the six seed.
- Offensively, Minnesota is paced by Stephanie Samedy with 295 total kills.
- Melani Schaffmaster leads the Gophers on the back row with 198 digs while at the net, Regan Pittman leads with 105 total blocks.
- Minnesota is ranked 17th in blocks per set with 2.72 and 13th in total blocks with 310.
TRAVIS HUDSON ON UPCOMING CUSA TOURNAMENT
"We're excited to still be practicing and playing into December again. We're excited to be a part of the NCAA Tournament and to go back to Lexington to allow our fan base to be a part of this. Kentucky always doeds a really good job hosting the tournament there so we're excited to be a part of that. A really tough first round draw for us. That's pretty rough when you're the 29th team in the country and you draw the 15th team in the first round. That's disappointing but everybody can play when you get to this time of year. A big challenge ahead of us but our kids are excited to play.
Travis Hudson 12.2 Press Conference
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