Volleyball Drops 3-1 Match at Tulane

Friday, November 9

New Orleans, La.

8:00 PM

Temple University

5-21, 2-12American

Tulane

22-7, 10-4American

Temple

Tulane

Photo by: Nguyen Ho

Volleyball Drops 3-1 Match at Tulane

11.9.18 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS — Temple volleyball won the second set on the road at Tulane, but was unable to snap the Green Wave's win streak, as the hosts won 25-14, 18-25, 25-14, 25-17. Temple fell to 5-21, 2-12 in conference play, while Tulane won its 10th straight match, to move to 22-7, 10-4 in conference play.

Keys to the Match
> Tulane hit .331, holding Temple's off balance, as the Owls hit .165.
> The Green Wave got off to a fast start with a big win in the first.
> Temple answered with a solid win in the second set, but Tulane answered to win the third.
> The Owls hit a match-best .333 in the fourth but it wasn't enough as the Green Wave won it.

Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam
> "I thought we performed better than the last time we played Tulane. I thought we started out slow, but we made adjustments and got better. Our serve-receive picked up too."
> "Our middles worked really hard today and that's where they hurt us last time. So we fixed that, and held one of their top players down as much as we could, but they just executed at higher level."
> "Even though it's a disappointing loss, overall It think we performed much better than the first time we played them. We just have to keep working on our consistency and it will come through hard work and experience."

Individual Highlights
> Senior Carla Guennewig led Temple with 10 kills, hitting .412, adding three blocks.
> Graduate student Iva Deak tallied nine kills, while sophomore Katerina Papazoglou added eight kills and eight digs.
> Freshman Miray Bolukbasi finished with six kills, while junior Dana Westfield had five.
> Freshman Tyler Lindgren led Temple with 28 assists with senior Hannah Vandegrift adding 12.
> Senior Mia Heirakuji led the defense with 18 digs.

Set One: Tulane 25, Temple 14
> Tulane came out of the gates swinging, hitting .400 in the first set.
> The Green Wave led 8-3 early, before Temple cut it to 11-8.
> Tulane kept up their high powered offense pushing the lead to 19-11, before a 6-3 run close it out.

Set Two: Temple 25, Tulane
> Temple broke a 7-7 tie with a 5-1 run to take command of set two, 12-8.
> The Owls' lead grew to 17-11 on a Papazoglou winner.
> Tulane rallied to get closer down the stretch, but Temple tied the match at 1-1 after a Guennewig kill sealed the second.

Set Three: Tulane 25, Temple 14
> Tulane created separation early, breaking a 4-4 tie with a 9-3 run.
> The Owls cut it to a three-point deficit at 14-11, but out of a timeout, Tulane made a final run.
> The Green Wave finished set three with an 11-3 surge to go up, 2-1.

Set Four: Tulane 25, Temple 17
> Tulane started the fourth set on a 5-1 run and never trailed.
> Temple cut into the lead on a Guennewig kill, to make it 9-6.
> The Green Wave went on an extended run after that, surging to a 21-10 advantage.
> Temple would get as close as six points, but Tulane finished out the victory.

Up Next:
> Temple play at Memphis on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.