Volleyball Falls at Wichita State in AAC Opener

Friday, September 23

Wichita, Kan.

8 PM ET

Temple University

6-6,0-1AAC

Wichita State

6-6,1-0AAC

Temple

Wichita St.

Volleyball Falls at Wichita State in AAC Opener

9.23.22 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score Wichita State 9.13.22

WICHITA, KANSAS – The Temple Owls volleyball team dropped the opening match of the AAC conference schedule on Friday night with a three-set (13-25, 21-25, 15-25) loss to the Wichita State at the Charles Koch Arena.

The Owls fall to 6-6 overall and 0-1 in AAC play, while Wichita State improves to 6-6 overall and 1-0 in conference.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wichita State hit .307 in the match compared to Temple's .000
The Owls had 107 total attempts with 29 errors to the Shockers 88 attempts on just nine errors.
Brylee Kelly led the WSU attack with nine kills, while three of her teammates had five or more kills.
The Owls had two players with five or more kills, including a match-high 10 from junior Jelena Prolic and sophomore Taylor Davenport's seven.

Set 1 (Wichita State 25, Temple 13)

The Owls got out to a 6-4 lead in the first set as they got kills from Prolic, Davenport, and Chudear Tut. Davenport and Samantha Jo Mikosky recorded individual blocks to start the match.
Later in the set, Wichita State scored nine straight points to take a 18-8 lead. Natalie Foster was vital during that run as she had three kills and one block.
The Shockers closed out the set, winning 25-13, taking six of the last nine points with the help of Morgan Stout's pair of kills and one block.

Set 2 (Wichita State 25, Temple 21)

Temple built a sizable lead to start the second set, leading by six points, 12-6. Prolic had three kills to help the Owls in that rally.
The Cherry and White continued to hold the advantage by the score of 19-14, but the Shockers won 11 of the last 13 points, forcing Temple into four attack errors, winning the set, 25-21.

Set 3 (Wichita State 25, Temple 15)

There were a pair of ties in set three, but WSU was in control throughout. The Shockers reeled off four unanswered points on three separate occasions to win 25-15.
Prolic led TU with four kills in the set, while Brylee Kelly anchored Wichita State with a set-high six kills on a .857 hitting percentage.
As a team, the Shockers had a match-best .348 hitting percentage in the set win.

Temple Leaders
Kills: Jelena Prolic (10)
Assists: Patrycja Zielinska (21)
Digs: Prolic and Zielinska (7)
Blocks: Samantha Jo Mikosky and Zielinska (2)
Aces: Prolic (1)

Temple will be back in action on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. ET at Tulsa against the Golden Hurricane. The will be available on YouTube.

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