Volleyball Falls to Memphis on Friday

Friday, November 17

Memphis, Tenn.

7:00 PM

Temple University

17-12,7-10AAC

Memphis

9-20,5-12AAC

Temple

Memphis

Volleyball Falls to Memphis on Friday

11.17.23 | Women's Volleyball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn.- The Temple Owls' volleyball team dropped to 17-12 overall and 7-10 in the American Athletic Conference on Friday night with a 3-0 defeat to Memphis Tigers, 21-25, 13-25, 19-25.

With the victory, Memphis improved to 9-20 overall and 5-12 in the AAC.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Tigers outhit the Owls on the night .210 to .075.
Memphis' Autumn Flynn led all hitters in the match with 14 kills while hitting .522.
The Tigers Riley Briggs was the only other hitter in the match to tally double-digit kills (10).
Set one featured nine ties and six lead changes, but the Tigers had the advantage in sets two and three without relinquishing their lead.
Temple's Jaaliyah Evans had a team-best nine kills on the night, becoming the first Owls' player this season other than Taylor Davenport, Olivia Vance, or Avery Luoma to lead the Owls in kills in a match.

SET 1 (TEM 22, MEM 25)

With the Owls ahead, 9-8, Memphis went on a 7-1 run, including four straight that included a pair of kills from Flynn.
The Tigers continued to hold the advantage, eventually pushing their lead to six points (23-17), before the Owls scored four straight of their own. In the rally, Olivia Vance and Jaaliyah Evans had back-to-back block assists.
MU's Riley Briggs sealed the set win with her fourth kill of first stanza.

SET 2 (TEM 13, MEM 25)

Before Temple could score its first point of the match, Memphis jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and for the Owls into their first timeout as it got off to an 8-1 start behind a pair of kills from Flynn.
Temple used it last timeout of the set as Memphis pushed its lead to 13-2. In between the first and second timeout, Flynn added her third kill with Clara Bednarek adding two of her own.
Flynn ended the set with five kills with a .559 hitting percentage.

SET 3 (TEM 19, MEM 25)

Much like set two, set three began with the Tigers jumping out to a big advantage (8-2) , leaving the Cherry and White the inability to chase down Memphis.
Just like the first two sets, Flynn led all hitters in kills during the set. The Tigers' hitter had five kills in the set while hitting a team-best .667
Temple's Jaaliyah Evans hit a set-best .774 with four kills.

TEMPLE LEADERS
Kills: Jaaliyah Evans (9)
Assists: Lexi Yoza (11)
Digs: Falanika Danielson (7)
Blocks: Olivia Vance (6)
Aces: Taylor Davenport (1)

UP NEXT
The Owls and the Tigers return to the O. Finch Center tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET to close out the two-match series. Saturday's match will be available on ESPN+.

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