Temple University Athletics

Friday, September 23
Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM

Temple University

4-10, 0-1 A-10

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Xavier

9-5, 1-0 A-10

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Temple
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Xavier
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Collin Wallace
Collin Wallace
Photo by: Mitchell Leff

Volleyball Drops Atlantic 10 Opener at Xavier

9.23.11 | Women's Volleyball

Owls will face Dayton on the road Saturday night

Box Score (PDF)

CINCINNATI, Ohio - After hanging tough in the first set, the Temple volleyball team lost momentum and ultimately fell in straight sets at Xavier, 25-23, 25-19 and 25-21. Elyse Burkert led the Owls with 13 kills while Collin Wallace led the team with 17 digs.

Temple drops to 4-10 overall and 0-1 in the Atlantic 10, as it was the conference opener for both teams. Xavier improves to 9-5 for the season and 1-0 in the A-10.

The first set was tied as late as 22-22 but two kills from Xavier in the final four points sealed the deal for the Musketeers. Temple was within one at 18-17 in the second set before Xavier pulled away with a 7-2 run to go up 2-0 for the match.

Temple was down by as many as eight in the third set before rallying to pull within two at 21-19, but could come no closer.

The Owls will be back in action on Saturday night at Dayton at 7:00 p.m.

Team Stats

TU
XU
Kills
35
47
Errors
14
12
Attempts
103
123
Hitting %
.204
.285
Points
44.0
58.0
Assists
33
45
Aces
6
3
Blocks
3.0
8.0

Game Leaders

Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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