Aug. 22, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis volleyball team will get its only opportunity to play in a game-like atmosphere on Saturday, August 23 in the annual Blue-Gray scrimmage. Match time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

The 2008 edition of Tiger volleyball will be led by first-year coach April Jauregui. Her squad will be guided by senior setter and tri-captain Laura Côté. Côté ranks third on Memphis' all-time assists list and earned 2008 Preseason All-C-USA honors. She will be flanked by tri-captains outside hitter Lauren Thompson and Christine Bach. Bach led the team and ranked in the top-10 in C-USA with 489 digs in 2007. Bach's digs total ranks second on Memphis' single-season ledger. Thompson returns as the team's most experienced outside hitter after putting away 125 kills in her sophomore season.

After going 23-12 for its seventh-straight seven with a .500 or better record, the Tigers return nine letterwinner. Memphis, who was picked to finish seventh in the 2008 C-USA preseason poll, will get the 2008 season underway in the Memphis Invitational on August 29. They will take on Alabama A&M at 7 p.m.