Volleyball Defeats Delaware in Five Sets; Splits Opening Weekend

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Volleyball Defeats Delaware in Five Sets; Splits Opening Weekend

8.26.22 | Women's Volleyball

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PHILADELPHIA - The Temple volleyball team (1-1) opened the season with a split on day one of the 2022 Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Cherry and White Challenge. The Owls fell to Seton Hall in three sets, but came away with a hard fought five-set victory versus Delaware in the nightcap.

Temple 3, Delaware 2 (25-20, 22-25, 17-25, 26-24, 15-10)

The Cherry and White won the first set, before Delaware took the next two sets for the 2-1 advantage. The Owls played volleyball gritty over the final two sets to pick up their first victory of the season.
Temple faced a deficit for the majority of set four, but rallied from eight points down to pick up the set victory 26-24. Sophomore Taylor Davenport shined for the Owls with a set-high seven kills while hitting .429.
For four of the five sets against the Blue Hens, Temple was out hit, but the Owls were able to stop Delaware's attack in set five, holding the opposition to a .000 hitting percentage, while hitting .333 themselves.
Temple went on a 7-1 run in set five to earn its first victory of the season.
Temple connected with eight service aces while Delaware had two in the match.
On offense, junior transfer Jelena Prolic led the Owls with career-high 19 kills, while the sophomore Davenport added a career-high 17 putaways. Redshirt senior Peyton Boyd tallied her third career double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs.
Sophomore Falanika Danielson had a team-best 16 digs, while second-year setter Patrycja Zielinska tied her career-high of 49 assists. On the opening day of 2021, Zielinska also recorded that same number of assists.
Freshman Samantha Jo Mikosky pitched in on offense with eight kills while hitting .412.

Seton Hall 3, Temple 0 (14-25, 24-26, 24-26)

The Pirates controlled the first set winning 25-15, while winning the hitting percentage battle .320 to. -.037
In sets two and three, the Owls and Pirates played competitive volleyball, but it was Seton Hall that able to secure victories after Temple held at 24-23 set point on two occasions.
Prolic was held without a kill in the first set but had 12 over the final two stanzas.
In total, Temple was held to a .117 attack, while Seton Hall hit .298.
Zielinska dished out 27 assists in the loss.

Quotable: Head Coach Linda Hampton-Keith
About the fourth set comeback against Delaware: "We had a gutcheck. This is an opportunity we have, let's go see what we are made of. We talked about one-by-one, lets be good in the play that were in. Lets focus one point at a time. There wasn't going to be a big play that made up that difference. We're going to stay with it and I'm proud for them."

Up Next
Temple will be on the road the next four weeks before returning to McGonigle Hall to take on Tulane on Sept. 30, but next week the Owls are on the road at the Army Tournament to face Army, Kansas and Saint Francis.

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