Temple University Athletics
Sunday, November 10
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Photo by: Mike Apice
Rally Falls Short for Volleyball at Tulane
11.10.19 | Women's Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Temple volleyball team turned in a strong performance, but saw its rally fall just short as the Owls dropped a 3-1 road match at Tulane on Sunday afternoon. The Green Wave won it 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23 to move to 19-8 overall, 9-5 in conference play. Temple falls to 11-14, 2-12 with the loss.
Keys to the Match
> Tulane looked ready to roll with a 25-16 first set win, but the Owls made it a match with a close set two loss (25-23).
> Temple got on the board with a three point win in the third set, 25-22.
> After opening the fourth with an advantage, the Green Wave rallied and just nipped Temple 25-23 in the deciding fourth set.
> Temple out-hit (.176-.137), out-dug (76-74), and out-blocked Tulane (15-8) in the match.
> However, the Green Wave used a strong serve and a high sideout percentage to limit Temple runs and grab the win.
Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam
> "Tulane is a very good serving team, so we knew going in, our serve-receive numbers would be lower than average. We certainly had situations where their serve really gave us difficulties and they were able to go on those runs. But overall, a lot of the other categories, we out-performed Tulane, but we just couldn't handle the serve the way we wanted to."
> "Obviously we wanted to get a win, but I thought Friday's match was arguably one of the worst performances we've had this year, and I thought today's performances was one of our best."
> "I think this weekend we took a really big step forward. After Friday, we had team and staff meetings, and we even had the team do a session with our athletic trainer Helen Clay Gallagher, and our sports psychologist, Emily Galvin. We really tried to go back and visualize us as a program, our history and traditions, and decide how we want to conduct ourselves moving forward, knowing that we only have three matches left and a week of practice. I really think that made a big difference. The team was involved and I really think it's part of our turnaround for today."
Individual Highlights
> Sophomore Peyton Boyd led Temple with 12 kills and 22 digs, also adding four blocks.
> Sophomores Gem Grimshaw and Miray Bolukbasi each tallied nine kills and nine digs in the match.
> Junior Selina Merfol dished out 33 assists with eight digs.
> Junior Averi Salvador tallied 20 digs with five assists.
> Junior Baleigh Jean-Philippe put down six blocks with three kills.
> Freshman Kayla Spells had four kills and a career-best seven blocks.
> Sophomore Naomi Janetzke tallied three blocks, while senior Dana Westfield added five kills.
Set One: Tulane 26, Temple 16
> Six early ties saw the frame knotted at 9-9.
> Temple stuck around allowing just a slim 15-14 Tulane advantage.
> The Green Wave took over from there, however, closing the match on a huge 10-2 run to start with a 1-0 advantage.
Set Two: Tulane 25, Temple 23
> Both teams made big runs, but Tulane got the finishing kills they needed to go up, 2-0.
> The Green Wave opened with a 9-5 lead, before Temple battled back to tie it at 9-9.
> The Owls made a run to go up 16-11, but Tulane countered to tie the set at 20-20.
> The match was tied three more times, before the hosts got back-to-back scores to take it, 25-23.
Set Three: Temple 25, Tulane 22
> Temple got off to a hot start in the third set, opening with a 7-3 lead.
> The Owls' lead grew to as many as seven, as Boyd put one to the floor to go up 11-4.
> Tulane battled back to cut the lead to two points, including as late as 24-22, but the Owls got the final point they needed to take set three, 25-22.
Set Four: Tulane 25, Temple 23
> Temple jumped out to a 7-3 lead and led 10-4 early.
> The Green Wave used hot serving to battle back and tie things at 10-10.
> Tulane continued to roll in the frame, making it a 10-0 run, to go up 14-10.
> The Green Wave led by as many as five, before Temple rallied to cut it to 19-18 on a Bolukbasi kill.
> Tulane pushed the lead to 24-20, before one final rally from Temple fell just short, as Tulane won it 25-23.
Up Next
> Temple returns home with a pair of matches to close out the 2019 campaign.
> The Owls host UCF on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and then USF on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for Senior Day.
Keys to the Match
> Tulane looked ready to roll with a 25-16 first set win, but the Owls made it a match with a close set two loss (25-23).
> Temple got on the board with a three point win in the third set, 25-22.
> After opening the fourth with an advantage, the Green Wave rallied and just nipped Temple 25-23 in the deciding fourth set.
> Temple out-hit (.176-.137), out-dug (76-74), and out-blocked Tulane (15-8) in the match.
> However, the Green Wave used a strong serve and a high sideout percentage to limit Temple runs and grab the win.
Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam
> "Tulane is a very good serving team, so we knew going in, our serve-receive numbers would be lower than average. We certainly had situations where their serve really gave us difficulties and they were able to go on those runs. But overall, a lot of the other categories, we out-performed Tulane, but we just couldn't handle the serve the way we wanted to."
> "Obviously we wanted to get a win, but I thought Friday's match was arguably one of the worst performances we've had this year, and I thought today's performances was one of our best."
> "I think this weekend we took a really big step forward. After Friday, we had team and staff meetings, and we even had the team do a session with our athletic trainer Helen Clay Gallagher, and our sports psychologist, Emily Galvin. We really tried to go back and visualize us as a program, our history and traditions, and decide how we want to conduct ourselves moving forward, knowing that we only have three matches left and a week of practice. I really think that made a big difference. The team was involved and I really think it's part of our turnaround for today."
Individual Highlights
> Sophomore Peyton Boyd led Temple with 12 kills and 22 digs, also adding four blocks.
> Sophomores Gem Grimshaw and Miray Bolukbasi each tallied nine kills and nine digs in the match.
> Junior Selina Merfol dished out 33 assists with eight digs.
> Junior Averi Salvador tallied 20 digs with five assists.
> Junior Baleigh Jean-Philippe put down six blocks with three kills.
> Freshman Kayla Spells had four kills and a career-best seven blocks.
> Sophomore Naomi Janetzke tallied three blocks, while senior Dana Westfield added five kills.
Set One: Tulane 26, Temple 16
> Six early ties saw the frame knotted at 9-9.
> Temple stuck around allowing just a slim 15-14 Tulane advantage.
> The Green Wave took over from there, however, closing the match on a huge 10-2 run to start with a 1-0 advantage.
Set Two: Tulane 25, Temple 23
> Both teams made big runs, but Tulane got the finishing kills they needed to go up, 2-0.
> The Green Wave opened with a 9-5 lead, before Temple battled back to tie it at 9-9.
> The Owls made a run to go up 16-11, but Tulane countered to tie the set at 20-20.
> The match was tied three more times, before the hosts got back-to-back scores to take it, 25-23.
Set Three: Temple 25, Tulane 22
> Temple got off to a hot start in the third set, opening with a 7-3 lead.
> The Owls' lead grew to as many as seven, as Boyd put one to the floor to go up 11-4.
> Tulane battled back to cut the lead to two points, including as late as 24-22, but the Owls got the final point they needed to take set three, 25-22.
Set Four: Tulane 25, Temple 23
> Temple jumped out to a 7-3 lead and led 10-4 early.
> The Green Wave used hot serving to battle back and tie things at 10-10.
> Tulane continued to roll in the frame, making it a 10-0 run, to go up 14-10.
> The Green Wave led by as many as five, before Temple rallied to cut it to 19-18 on a Bolukbasi kill.
> Tulane pushed the lead to 24-20, before one final rally from Temple fell just short, as Tulane won it 25-23.
Up Next
> Temple returns home with a pair of matches to close out the 2019 campaign.
> The Owls host UCF on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and then USF on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for Senior Day.
Team Stats
TEMPLE
TLN
Kills
46
49
Errors
19
26
Attempts
153
168
Hitting %
.176
.137
Points
67.0
70.0
Assists
44
45
Aces
6
13
Blocks
15.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's VolleyballRS
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/ Women's Volleyball
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/ Women's Volleyball
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/ Women's Volleyball
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/ Women's VolleyballOH
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