Volleyball Drops Conference Match Versus Cincinnati

Sunday, October 10

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:00 PM

Temple University

4-13,0-6AAC

Cincinnati

10-4,5-1AAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Temple	18	22	25	18	1
Cincinnati	25	25	21	25	3

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Volleyball Drops Conference Match Versus Cincinnati

10.10.21 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CINCINNATI - Temple (4-13, 0-6 AAC) dropped a tough American Athletic Conference matchup today at Cincinnati (10-4, 5-1), 3-1. The Owls went down two sets to none before winning the third set and ultimately dropping set four.

Recapping the Day

Temple got out to a rough start in the first set, trailing 7-1. The Owls began to make a run towards the end of the set, getting within three points of the Bearcats (18-15). Cincinnati, however, held off the visitors and finished the set with a 3-0 run to take a 1-0 lead over the Owls.
Set two started off better for the Owls as they took a 9-6 lead behind two kills each by Gem Grimshaw and Taylor Davenport. The Owls held an 11-10 advantage but saw that quickly disappear after a 3-0 run by the Bearcats. Temple and Cincinnati traded points until the score was tied at 22 and the Bearcats finished the set by winning the final three points.
Temple rebounded in the third set and used a 4-0 run behind kills from Grimshaw and Peyton Boyd to take a 10-9 lead. Cincinnati answered with two straight points before the Owls ran off four of their own, including three kills by Miray Bolukbasi to take a 15-12 lead. Temple would not trail the remainder of the set, extending the margin to six (23-17) on another Bolukbasi kill, before settling for a 25-21 win.
A 6-0 run by the Bearcats broke open the fourth set, giving the home team a 15-6 lead. The dominate stretch by Cincinnati was too much to overcome as they took won the final set 25-18.

Individual Highlights

Miray Bolukbasi: team-high 19 kills
Magdalena Rogalska: team-high 44 assists
Falanika Danielson: team-high 9 digs

Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam

"I thought we played a really good match today. Obviously in the situation we are we want to win and compete in every match we can. I think sometimes you make the mistakes by evaluating your performance only based on wins and losses. Today I thought we played a really good match."
"I though the team did a much better job of competing today and doing some really good things on the court."

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