The Rice University volleyball team won the Conference USA Championship Sunday with a 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, and 26-24) defeat of FIU at the Henderson Center.
Rice established a 24-6 overall season win-loss record (12-2 C-USA) and was the No. 1 seed coming into the tournament. Rice beat Charlotte in the quarterfinals and then North Texas in the semifinals.
“I’m real proud of the team,” Rice head volleyball coach Genny Volpe said. “It was a great match I think we came out pretty strong and set the tone pretty early in the match.”
Rice went on a five-point run to start the first set and sophomore Kassidy Muse collected two kills and junior Grace Morgan collected one kill and an ace.