A very good 15th ranked SMU team comes to the Fitzgerald tonight. Some stats...
- 12 - 3 record and the only team to take down Nebraska in straight sets....3 - 0
- They have lost 25% of their sets but the margin of loss averages just 4 pts/set
- Pitt has beaten their opponents by an average 25 - 16 final score....SMU has only been beaten by that margin in 2 sets
- They block as well as Pitt and score almost as many aces/set as Pitt.....about 2 aces/set
- Their service error rate is double that of our Panthers.....significant advantage to us
- Pitt scores 19 pts/set and holds their opponents to 12 pts/set....a 7 point margin
- SMU scores 18 pts/set and holds opponents to 13 pts/set....a slight 2 point advantage for Pitt
- Pitt only gives back about 6 pts/set because of errors.....SMU 9 pts/set.....3 pts/set advantage to Pitt
- Thus....Pitt enters this match with about a 5 pts/set advantage
