Volleyball Closes Out Season With Loss to Cincinnati

Saturday, November 26

Cincinnati, Ohio

4 PM ET

Temple University

Cincinnati

Volleyball Closes Out Season With Loss to Cincinnati

11.26.22 | Women's Volleyball

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CINCINNATI, OHIO – The Temple volleyball team closed out the 2022 season with a 17-25, 16-25, 22-25 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday afternoon. The Owls end the season, falling to 10-21 overall and 7-13 in AAC play, while Cincinnati improved to 11-19 overall and 9-11 in conference action.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cincinnati's Abby Walker led all players with 12 kills, while no other player in the contest recorded double-digit kill matches.
The Bearcats hit .291 in the win, while the Owls hit .121.
Cincinnati had six service aces in the match victory.
Jelena Prolic led the Owls with eight kills, while fellow Cherry and White teammate, Kayla Spells had a strong match with seven kills and hit a team-high .467.

Set 1 (Cincinnati 25, Temple 17)

Temple forced the Bearcats into a quick timeout as they got out to a fast start with a 4-0 and then 7-1 behind a pair of kills from Peyton Boyd and one each from Prolic and Spells.
After the timeout, Cincinnati scored eight of the next 11 points as Walker (3) and Carly Glendining (2) combined for five kills in that span.
Cincinnati's Payton Frederick ran off six straight points with her serve, while Walker added two more of her seven kills in the set.
UC hit .433 in the set win as it recorded 16 kills on 30 attempts with three errors.

Set 2 (Cincinnati 25, Temple 16)

The Bearcats led from start to finish, holding Temple to an .083 hitting percentage.
Temple did not get on track in the set as it had nine kills on 36 attempts with six errors.
Cincinnati's Cailea Carrier led all hitters in the second set with six kills on seven attempts, hitting .857.

Set 3 (Cincinnati 25, Temple 22)

The Owls played strong defensively in the final set as it recorded six team blocks, while freshman Samantha Jo Mikosky added four block assists.
With the Cincinnati leading 7-3, TU's Taylor Davenport reeled off four straight points from the service line, including her 26th service ace of the year. Prolic earned back-to-back blocks from to tie the set at 7-7.
Neither team would control the lead by more than two points during the middle part of the set until Cincinnati went up, 23-20.
Peyton Boyd helped a thwart a pair of set points with her sixth kill of the match, but Owls couldn't extend the set.
The set featured nine ties and four lead changes.

Temple Statistical Leaders
Kills: Jelena Prolic – 8
Assists: Patrycja Zielinska – 19
Digs: Falanika Danielson – 16
Aces: Taylor Davenport and Zielinska - 1

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