Volleyball Drops Saturday Heartbreaker to Memphis

Saturday, November 18

Memphis, Tenn.

3:00 PM

Temple University

17-13,7-11AAC

Memphis

10-20,6-12AAC

Temple

Memphis

Volleyball Drops Saturday Heartbreaker to Memphis

11.18.23 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Temple’s Taylor Davenport earned a career-high 28 kills

MEMPHIS, Tenn.- The Temple Owls' volleyball team fell to 17-13 overall and 7-11 in the American Athletic Conference on Saturday to Memphis Tigers, 25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 25-20, 14-16. Temple senior Taylor Davenport led all hitters in the match with a career-high 28 kills.

While Temple falls to 6-4 in five-set matches this season, the victory improves Memphis to 10-20 overall and 6-12 in the AAC.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Owls outhit the Tigers on the day .263 to .229.
While Davenport led Temple with 28 kills, teammates Olivia Vance and Avery Luoma chipped in with 10 kills apiece.
Luoma also had a match-high six blocks, tying a career-high.
Defensive specialist Nikki Shimao led Temple with 15 digs, which marks a season high for the senior.
Temple junior setter Patrycja Zielinska earned her second double-double of the season with a match-high 32 assists and a season-high 14 digs. Fellow Owls' setter Lexi Yoza also recorded 20 assists and 11 digs, her fifth double-double of the season.
Memphis' Clara Bednarek led her team with 15 kills.

SET 1 (TEM 25, MEM 22)

Davenport came out with the hot hand as she had eight kills with a .389 hitting percentage.
Down by five points (18-13), Temple went on a 7-0 run with the help of three straight kills by Davenport to end the run.
The Owls finished out the set with another run of 4-0, getting kills from Davenport and junior Chelci Banks.

SET 2 (TEM 21, MEM 25)

The Columbia, S.C. native Davenport continued her hot hand with seven more kills in the set, hitting .500.
Bednarek and Autumn Flynn matched each other to lead the Tigers with five kills while hitting .714.
The Tigers jumped out to a 7-1 advantage, getting two kills apiece from Tabytha Toelke and Bednarek.
Just as the Tigers started to pull away, the Owls scored six of seven points to cut the lead to 8-6.
MU extended its lead back to six points (17-11), but yet again the Owls managed to tie the score at 19-19 with the help of Taylor Davenport's four kills during that run.

SET 3 (TEM 16, MEM 25)

Just like set two, Memphis ran out to big lead (7-1), including scoring six straight points. Bednarek had three kills during the run while Madison Rice-Locket added a pair.
Bednarek led all hitters with five kills in the set while hitting .556.
The Tigers hit .361 in set three while holding the Owls .158.

SET 4 (TEM 25, MEM 20)

The Owls forced their 10th fifth-set match of the season as they hit .282 in the set.
Davenport led all hitters with five kills in the fifth.
The Cherry and White forced Memphis into a timeout, jumping out an 8-4 lead. Four players including Davenport (2), Jaaliyah Evans (1), Banks (1), and Vance all had kills in that span.
TU put the set out of reach, forcing the Tigers into their second time out as it pushed the lead to 13-6.

SET 5 (TEM 14, MEM 16)

A pair of services early by Luoma and Davenport gave the Owls a 4-3 advantage early, but the Tigers turned the momentum around, taking a 8-6 advantage into the change of sides. Bednarek led her team with a pair of kills to start the last set.
The Tigers continued to lead in the final set, 11-9, before the Cherry and White went a 5-1 run to take a 13-12 lead. Davenport got her 26th and 27th kills of the night to push past Memphis.
A 4-1 run rally by the home team sealed the victory as Elefthria Baxa put the match a way with her only kill of the set.

TEMPLE LEADERS
Kills: Taylor Davenport (28)
Assists: Patrycja Zielinska (32)
Digs: Nikki Shimao (15)
Blocks: Chelci Banks (6)
Aces: Taylor Davenport (2)

UP NEXT
The Owls return home to McGonigle Hall for the final match of the 2023 season as they take on the SMU Mustangs on Wed. Oct. 22 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Wednesday's match will be available on ESPN+.

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