VIDEO: Avery Reid and Graycee Mosley talk about opening up at home, playing at Trinity, and reaching 1,000 career kills.
 
MARSHALL, Texas – Home for the first time in 2024, no. 25 East Texas Baptist University will host the Tiger Invite on Friday and Saturday in Ornelas Gym. ETBU will put a 15-match home winning streak on the line as five teams come to The Hill. Huntingdon College (Ala.), St. Thomas Texas, Hardin-Simmons University, Willamette University (Ore.), and Hendrix College (Ark.) will be a part of the Tiger Invite.
 

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Below is the schedule for the weekend:
 
Friday, September 6th:
9:00 am - ETBU vs. Huntingdon | Live Stream | Live Stats
11:00 am - St. Thomas Texas vs. Hardin-Simmons | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
1:00 pm - Willamette vs. Hendrix| Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
3:00 pm - ETBU vs. St. Thomas Texas| Live Stream | Live Stats
5:00 pm - Hendrix vs. Huntingdon | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
7:00 pm - Willamette vs. Hardin-Simmons | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
 

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Saturday, September 7th:
9:00 am - Huntingdon vs. Hardin-Simmons | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
11:00 am - Huntingdon vs. St. Thomas Texas | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
1:00 pm - ETBU vs. Willamette | Live Stream | Live Stats
3:00 pm - Hardin-Simmons vs. Hendrix | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
5:00 pm - St. Thomas Texas vs. Willamette | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
7:00 pm - ETBU vs. Hendrix | Live Stream (YouTube) | Live Stats
 

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NOTES
1,000 Kills
Senior Avery Reid and junior Graycee Mosley recorded their 1,000^th career kill last weekend at the Trinity University Classic. Reid and Mosley also were named to the All-Classic team as Mosley gained the American Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Reid now has 1,030 career kills, as Mosley has 1,028. That puts them at seventh and eighth on the all-time list. Koco Trout (1999-2002) is the next player to catch, with 1,055 kills.
 

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Looking at 100
Head coach Mallory Matthews has 99 career wins after going 2-1 last weekend at the Trinity Classic. In two years at ETBU, she has earned 48 wins, going 48-12 so far, including the first three matches of the year. She started her career at LeTourneau University in 2019, coaching three seasons, going 51-30, turning around a struggling program. She finished in the top tier of the ASC each year.
 
Last year, she guided ETBU to their first ASC Tournament Championship in 20 years and a win in the NCAA Division III Tournament. She also tied for the ASC Regular Season Championship.
 

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Nationally Ranked
ETBU moved into the AVCA Top 25 National Poll for the first time in 22 years. The Tigers were ranked during the COVID-19 season, but not all teams played that spring 2021 season. ETBU moved into the 25^th spot after going 2-1 at Trinity. They took then-no. 8 Trinity University to five sets before falling in the fifth set. They were ranked for four weeks in 2002, reaching as high as 23^rd.
 

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15 is the Number
ETBU is 15-0 at home in the past two seasons. They won their final two home matches in 2022 and went 13-0 last year in Ornelas Gym. The longest win streak in Ornelas Gym is 18 matches, set from 2012 through the 2014 season. ETBU went 4-0 in 2012, 5-0 in 2013, and 9-0 in 2014 to set the home match record.