Oct. 1, 2007

IRVING, Texas - - The race for the 2007 Conference USA regular season title gets a little bit more intense this weekend as the battle of the unbeatens face off Friday night. Marshall, who sits in second-place at 4-0, will host the league-leader Tulane Green Wave (5-0 C-USA) at 6 p.m. CST inside Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va. These are the only two undefeated teams in the league.

OCT. 1: C-USA VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK AND STATISTICS

Marshall (11-7) was chosen the 2007 C-USA preseason favorite, while Tulane was a close second. The Herd won the 2005 C-USA regular season and tournament titles and concluded the 2006 season at 20-12 and the second-best conference record at 12-4.

Tulane has already matched its win total from a year ago with 15 (15-3). The Green Wave returned three 2006 All-C-USA selections in Sara Radosevic, a first teamer, and second team picks Jen Linder and Ksenija Vlaskovic.

Two-time C-USA Player of the Year and preseason favorite to win the award for the third consecutive year is Marshall's Kelly-Anne Billingy. Billingy ranks second in the league with 5.02 KGP, a figure that ranks 27th nationally.

* C-USA volleyball can be seen on CSTV Tuesday night (Oct. 2) at 7 p.m. Sunday's match between Memphis and host UAB in Bartow Arena will aired on a tape delayed basic starting tomorrow.

* UAB hosted its first nationally-televised match in Bartow Arena Sunday afternoon when the Blazers avenged an early season loss to Memphis by shutting out the Tigers, 3-0. The match will be aired on tape-delay Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. on CSTV.

* Rice's Meredith Schamun was one kill shy of a triple double against Houston, posting 47 assists, 13 digs and nine kills. Her nine kills was a career-best as she tallied her fifth double-double of the year. She also hit .316 in the match.

* UAB's Nevena Stefanov helped UAB to a 2-0 record for the week by averaging 14.75 APG to go along with 2.88 DPG last week. Her 77 assists at Mercer on Tuesday was among one of the best all-time best Conference USA performances.

UPCOMING MATCHES (ALL TIMES CT)

Tue., Oct. 2
Memphis at Central Arkansas, 7 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 5
* UTEP at East Carolina, 6 p.m.
* Tulane at Marshall, 6 p.m.
* Houston at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
* Southern Miss at Memphis, 7 p.m.
* Rice at SMU, 7 p.m.
* UCF at UAB, 7 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 7
* Tulane at East Carolina, 12 p.m.
* UTEP at Marshall, 12 p.m.
* Houston at SMU, 1 p.m.
* UCF at Memphis, 1 p.m.
* Rice at Tulsa, 1 p.m.
* Southern Miss at UAB, 1 p.m.

Tue., Oct. 9
The Citadel at UCF, 3 p.m.
McNeese State at Tulane, 7 p.m.
Mercer at UAB, 7 p.m.

* Denotes C-USA matches

C-USA SINGLE-MATCH BEST MARKS ESTABLISHED IN 2007
Attempts (overall)
No. 2 - 99 - Justine Farmer, HOU vs. UTSA (9-6-07)
tNo. 7 - 90 - Justine Farmer, HOU at Rice (9-27-07)

Digs (overall)
tNo. 7 - 35 - Candice Davis, SMU at ECU (9-23-07)

Kills (C-USA)
No. 5 - 36 - Justine Farmer, HOU vs. USM (9-23-07)

Attempts (C-USA)
No. 3 - 90 - Justine Farmer, HOU at Rice (9-27-07)
No. 8 - 79 - Justine Farmer, HOU vs. USM (9-23-07)

Digs (C-USA)
No. 3 - 35 - Candice Davis, SMU at ECU (9-23-07)