Volleyball Tops UConn in Four Sets

Saturday, January 30

McGonigle Hall

3:00 P.M.

Temple University

2-0,0-0AAC

UConn

0-1,0-0Big East

UConn

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Volleyball Tops UConn in Four Sets

1.30.21 | Women's Volleyball

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple volleyball team moved to 2-0 on the season with a 3-1 victory over visiting UConn on Saturday at McGonigle Hall. Temple took the match 17-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-19 against their former AAC rival Huskies, who open the season at 0-1.

How It Happened
> Temple dropped the opening set 25-17, but rebounded to win a close set two, 25-23.
> The Owls needed extra points in the third set to prevail 26-14, before sealing the win with a 25-19 set four victory.
> Temple hit .252 in the match, working around 11 UConn blocks.
> The Owls had a 48-43 advantage in digs, while the Huskies had eight aces to Temple's three.

Individual Highlights
> Junior Miray Bolukbasi had another strong performance with 23 kills to go along with eight digs. She hit .333 for the match and added an ace.
> Junior Gem Grimshaw finished with 12 kills and five digs, while classmate Peyton Boyd had 10 kills, hitting a team-best .421.
> Junior Tyler Lindgren dished out 43 assists and added five digs.
> Playing in her first collegiate match, freshman Falanika Danielson finished the day with 25 digs.
> Rounding out the box score, freshman Taylor Davenport notched four kills and a team-high four blocks.

Set One: UConn 25, Temple 17
> Temple couldn't keep the first set tight, as two long runs from UConn put the Huskies in the drivers seat.
> After a 6-6 tie, UConn pushed the lead to 14-9 before a Boyd kill stopped the rally.
> The Huskies pressed on though, opening a 23-16 advantage before back-to-back kills finished out the set.

Set Two: Temple 25, UConn 23
> Temple had the hot hand early in the second set, jumping out to a 9-4 lead on a block from Davenport and Grimshaw.
> The Owls extended that lead to 20-13 on two kills from Bolukbasi, but UConn answered.
> The Huskies cut the Owls' advantage down to just one point at 23-22, using a 9-3 run.
> Temple managed to finish out the set, however, with a Boyd kill providing the final point.

Set Three: Temple 26, UConn 24
> Another set went down to the wire as the Owls grabbed control of the match with a win in extra points.
> A narrow 11-9 UConn lead was erased with a strong Temple serving run, as the Owls went up 17-15.
> Six score ties followed, including as late as 24-24.
> Temple was able to take a 2-1 lead, however, as strong serves from Lindgren led to a pair of UConn errors as the Owls won 26-24.

Set Four: Temple 25, UConn 19
> Temple took control of the set following a 6-6 tie and finished out their second win of the season.
> A 7-3 run put Temple up 13-9 before UConn got a few back to narrow the gap.
> The Owls pushed forward with another run, but again UConn answered, tying the set at 16-16.
> Temple was ten able to get the final surge it needed, closing out the match on a 9-3 run to win it on a block from Nina-Symone Williams and Boyd.

Up Next
> Temple is back in action on Saturday, hosting St. John's at McGonigle.