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Volleyball Splits Final Two Matches at Tiger Invitational
9.11.21 | Women's Volleyball
TOWSON, Md. - The Temple volleyball team split its matches on the final day of the Tiger Invitational Saturday. The Owls fell to host Towson, 3-0, before toppling Lehigh, 3-0, in the nightcap.
Towson 3, Temple 0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-11)
> Temple jumped out to a 5-2 lead over unbeaten Towson (11-0) but the Tigers responded with four straight points to take the lead.
> The teams traded points for most of the set before the Tigers took control. With the set deadlocked at 17, the 13th tie, Towson went on an 8-1 run to close out the win.
> Temple controlled play in the second set, jumping out to a 5-1 advantage and allowing only a slim 6-5 Tiger lead until late in the match.
> Trailing 19-14, Towson found its groove, scoring six straight points to regain the lead, 20-19.
> The teams traded points until, deadlocked at 22, the Tigers scored the final three points to seal the victory.
> The third set was all Towson as the Tigers built an early 6-1 lead and never looked back.
> On offense, Gem Grimshaw led the attack with eight kills and added team-high 10 digs.
> Katerina Papazoglou had a team-best 13 assists.
Temple 3, Lehigh 0 (25-18, 25-21, 28-26)
> Temple played its best volleyball of the tournament, sweeping Lehigh in straight sets.
> The Owls never trailed in the first set and utilized a 9-2 run midway through to take a commanding 21-12 advantage. Lehigh scored four straight to close within five (21-16) before Temple sealed the win.
> Temple trailed for most of a closely fought second set before making four consecutive points to take a 20-17 lead. The Owls would win the final three points to close out the victory.
> Each team led in a competitive third set with neither being able to pull away. The Owls finally pulled it out with two straight kills by Grimshaw to prevail in overtime.
> Grimshaw, who was the lone Owl on the All-Tournament team, had a team-high 12 kills to go along with six digs while Miray Bolukbasi had 10 kills
> Papazoglou had a team-best 18 assists with Nikki Shimao adding 12.
> Falanika Danielson led the Owls with 14 digs.
Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam
> On Towson: "Towson is the best team in the tournament and I thought we did a really good job competing with them, at least for the first two sets. So, I was happy about that, and I thought we had a good shot of winning at least the second set. The third set we made some unforced errors which made it tough for us to compete against them."
> On Lehigh: "I really thought we executed really well on our serving. Our service game was really stable…and the offense really helped us have multiple attackers available at runs. I thought it was really good and I thought that our overall performance against Lehigh was pretty good."
> On Grimshaw: "Today I thought Gem was one of the most consistent players. I thought she played really good on defense and on offense for us, especially against Lehigh. She is obviously someone we expect to do well whenever we play, and she has a lot of responsibilities and I thought she was doing a really good job today."
Up Next
> Temple returns home to host the City Classic on Sept. 24-25 with its opening opponent being local rival Villanova on Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m.
Towson 3, Temple 0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-11)
> Temple jumped out to a 5-2 lead over unbeaten Towson (11-0) but the Tigers responded with four straight points to take the lead.
> The teams traded points for most of the set before the Tigers took control. With the set deadlocked at 17, the 13th tie, Towson went on an 8-1 run to close out the win.
> Temple controlled play in the second set, jumping out to a 5-1 advantage and allowing only a slim 6-5 Tiger lead until late in the match.
> Trailing 19-14, Towson found its groove, scoring six straight points to regain the lead, 20-19.
> The teams traded points until, deadlocked at 22, the Tigers scored the final three points to seal the victory.
> The third set was all Towson as the Tigers built an early 6-1 lead and never looked back.
> On offense, Gem Grimshaw led the attack with eight kills and added team-high 10 digs.
> Katerina Papazoglou had a team-best 13 assists.
Temple 3, Lehigh 0 (25-18, 25-21, 28-26)
> Temple played its best volleyball of the tournament, sweeping Lehigh in straight sets.
> The Owls never trailed in the first set and utilized a 9-2 run midway through to take a commanding 21-12 advantage. Lehigh scored four straight to close within five (21-16) before Temple sealed the win.
> Temple trailed for most of a closely fought second set before making four consecutive points to take a 20-17 lead. The Owls would win the final three points to close out the victory.
> Each team led in a competitive third set with neither being able to pull away. The Owls finally pulled it out with two straight kills by Grimshaw to prevail in overtime.
> Grimshaw, who was the lone Owl on the All-Tournament team, had a team-high 12 kills to go along with six digs while Miray Bolukbasi had 10 kills
> Papazoglou had a team-best 18 assists with Nikki Shimao adding 12.
> Falanika Danielson led the Owls with 14 digs.
Quotable: Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam
> On Towson: "Towson is the best team in the tournament and I thought we did a really good job competing with them, at least for the first two sets. So, I was happy about that, and I thought we had a good shot of winning at least the second set. The third set we made some unforced errors which made it tough for us to compete against them."
> On Lehigh: "I really thought we executed really well on our serving. Our service game was really stable…and the offense really helped us have multiple attackers available at runs. I thought it was really good and I thought that our overall performance against Lehigh was pretty good."
> On Grimshaw: "Today I thought Gem was one of the most consistent players. I thought she played really good on defense and on offense for us, especially against Lehigh. She is obviously someone we expect to do well whenever we play, and she has a lot of responsibilities and I thought she was doing a really good job today."
Up Next
> Temple returns home to host the City Classic on Sept. 24-25 with its opening opponent being local rival Villanova on Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Temple
Towson
Kills
28
45
Errors
20
11
Attempts
109
108
Hitting %
.073
.315
Points
39
56
Assists
27
39
Aces
5
3
Blocks
6
8
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
8
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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