Volleyball Drops a Five-Set Heartbreaker to Green Wave

Sunday, October 31

New Orleans, La.

1:00 PM

Temple University

5-18,1-11AAC

Tulane

14-10,7-5AAC

Temple

Tulane

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Volleyball Drops a Five-Set Heartbreaker to Green Wave

10.31.21 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score vs. Tulane 10.31.21

Temple falls to 2-3 in five-set matches this season

NEW ORLEANS – For a fourth consecutive match, graduate student Miray Bolukbasi tallied a double-double, but it wasn't enough to propel the Temple volleyball to a win on Halloween. The Owls fell to the Tulane Green Wave (14-10, 8-3 AAC) in the five-set, 16-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 7-15 loss.

In the loss, Bolukbasi had 11 digs and poured in a team-high 19 kills. It was the third time this season the Turkey native has achieved 19 kills in a match. Teammate Peyton Boyd came close to her season-high mark of 11 kills as she chipped in 10.

RECAPPING THE MATCH

Set 1

Bolukbasi ignited the Owls' offense out of the gate as she tallied four kills before a media timeout was called.
The Cherry and White trailed by two points out of the media time out, 15-13. However, Tulane won 25-16 by winning 10 of the last 13 points.
Bolukbasi led the Owls in the first set with five kills, hitting .571 on seven attempts.
Boyd added three kills for TU, while hitting .740 on four attempts.

Set 2

With the Owls trailing 3-1, consecutive aces from libero Falanika Danielson propelled Temple to a 14-10 advantage.
Tulane followed up the Owls' rally with one of its own. The Green Wave took a short 22-20 lead with the help of three kills from Anna Davis and a pair from Lexie Douglas.
Again, with Temple behind, 22-21, Temple setter Patrycja Zielinska served out the second set on a 4-0 run that included a pair of aces from the freshman.

Set 3

The third set saw 11 ties and five lead changes.
The Green Wave grasped to a slight advantage of 11-9, but Owls' graduate student Katerina Papazoglou served two straight aces, forcing Tulane to call a time out.
Neither team could expand their advantage over the other in the middle stages of the third set. In a span of 12 points, both sides burnt three timeouts, only to keep the score knotted at 17-17.
Coming out its final timeout of the set, Temple notched three straight points for a 20-17 lead, but Tulane won eight of the last nine points to go on to win the set, 25-18.
Douglas had a set-high eight kills on a .727 hitting percentage in the set victory for the Green Wave.
Bolukbasi and freshman Taylor Davenport added three kills apiece in set three for Temple.
Both teams hit under .175 in the set, but the Green Wave had the advantage of .171 to Temple's .086.

Set 4

Temple won set four 25-21, winning wire to wire.
Behind a team hitting percentage of .395, outside hitter Bolukbasi had a set-high of six kills to lead both teams.
In her return to action for the first time in two weeks, senior Gem Grimshaw added four kills for the Cherry and White in set four.
Defensive specialist Nikki Shimao assisted the Owls with six of the team's 15 assists.

Set 5

A reversal of misfortunes for Temple in the final set saw the Green Wave take the lead and never look back, winning 15-7.
Tulane hit .600 in the fifth and final set, compared to Temple's .200.
Douglas had four kills in the last frame for the Green Wave.
Bolukbasi and Boyd had two putaways for Temple.

Temple falls to 2-3 in five-set matches this season. Overall, the Owls drop to 5-18 and 1-11 in the American.

Up Next

The Owls will return to action next weekend, Nov. 5 and Nov. 7, at home in the confines of McGonigle Hall. The Cherry and White will host Memphis on Friday night at 7 p.m. ET and two days later, they will take on SMU at 1 p.m. ET. Both matches will be available on the ESPN+ app.

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