Volleyball Falls in Three to No. 20 Kansas to Open Black Knight Invitational

Friday, September 2

West Point, N.Y.

1:30 PM ET

Temple University

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#20 Kansas

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Temple

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Chelci Banks and Taylor Davenport vs. Seton Hall 8.26.22

Volleyball Falls in Three to No. 20 Kansas to Open Black Knight Invitational

9.2.22 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Temple Owls volleyball team fell to No. 20 Kansas Jayhawks on Friday during their first match of the Black Knight Invitational inside Gillis Field House by the score of 0-3 (15-25, 19-25, 17-25).

The loss drops the Owls to 1-2 on the young season, while the nationally-ranked Jayhawks move to 4-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Jayhawks led the majority of the match, allowing Temple to take the lead just once in the three sets.
Kansas had four players with five or more kills, including Anezka Szabo and Ayah Elnady with a match-high seven.
Temple hit .065, while Kansas hit .341 for themselves in the win.
TU's trio of Taylor Davenport, Peyton Boyd and Jelena Prolic had six kills apiece in the match.

Set 1

The Jayhawks hit .385 as a team in the first set, while holding the Cherry and White to .057.
Kansas jumped out to a 6-0 lead before the Owls scored their first point of the match.
Elnady and Szabo connected on four kills apiece in the first set, 25-15, Kansas win.
Temple's Prolic led the Owls with four kills in the first stanza while hitting .429.

Set 2

There were two lead changes and seven ties in set two, all before either team could reach the seven-point mark.
With the score tied at eight early in the second set, Kansas reeled off four-straight points to push their advantage to 12-8. The Jayhawks never looked back and won the set, 25-19.
Temple held KU to a .194 hitting percentage in set two. Prolic and Boyd had two blocks apiece during the middle set for the Owls.

Set 3

Just like set two, in the third set, both teams played tight volleyball through the first 10 points, With the set tied at 5-5, Kansas scored four unanswered points to make it 9-5.
Later in the set with the score 18-10 in favor of the Jayhawks, Boyd connected with two straight service aces, her only two of the match.

Temple Leaders
Kills – Boyd, Davenport, Prolic (6)
Assists – Patrycja Zielinska (21)
Digs – Falanika Danielson (12)
Aces – Boyd and Prolic (2)

The Black Knight Invitational concludes on Saturday for Temple with a pair of matches, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET versus the host Army and then against St. Francis (Brooklyn) at 4:30 p.m. The Temple/Army match will be streamed on ESPN+.

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