Temple University Athletics
VOLLEYBALL WINS SEVENTH STRAIGHT WITH 3-0 SHUTOUT OF LA SALLE
11.10.05 | Women's Volleyball
PHILADELPHIA-The Temple women's volleyball team won its seventh straight match and completed a season sweep of La Salle, handing the Explorers a 3-0 loss on Thursday night at the Tom Gola Arena. The Owls, who improve to 21-9, 10-2 in the A-10, defeated La Salle, 30-26, 30-22 and 30-18. La Salle falls to 11-19, 1-11 in Conference play.
Temple was led by Christina DeMarco, who led all players with 12 kills and hit .476 for the match. Zhen Jia Liu contributed nine kills for the Owls. Setter Maira Mogollon assisted on 42 kills and turned in a .833 hitting percentage with five kills, no errors and six attempts.
On defense, libero Ying Sun Ling tallied a team-high 17 digs.
The Explorers hung tough in game one, trading points with the Owls for much of the game, including matching Temple's 17 points and then again at 18-18, but the Owls scored four straight points to take a 22-18 lead. Despite scoring the next point after a timeout, the Explorers lost the game 30-26.
In game two, the Explorers again came out fighting kept the game close. La Salle its only lead of the evening, other than the initial point 6-5 and tied the match at 17-17, but the Owls again went on a run, this time for five points and took a 22-17 lead. The Explorers tried to counter but found themselves down 2-0 after a 30-22 final in game two.
Temple wraps up the regular season and celebrates Senior Day on Saturday when they host Fordham at 4 p.m.
