DALLAS – After going 3-0 last weekend with a ranked win over No. 65 USF and two 7-0 sweeps against Tennessee Tech and Bellarmine, No. 19 Middle Tennessee hits the road bound for the Lone Star State to take on No. 42 SMU on Friday, March 18 at 2 p.m. and Conference USA foe Rice on Sunday, March 20 at 11 a.m in true-road matches.
No. 19 Middle Tennessee (18-3) has won 12-straight matches, five-straight over ranked opponents, and four straight true-road matches. The Blue Raiders have won eight-straight matches over Conference USA opponents, their last C-USA loss was at Old Dominion on April 6, 2019 heading into Sunday's contest agaist Rice.