Owls' Volleyball Falters to USF

Thursday, November 2

Philadelphia, Pa.

4:00 PM

Temple University

15-10,5-8AAC

South Florida

14-10,8-5AAC

South Fla.

Temple

Mary Beth Wilson and Linda Hampton-Keith Gives Taylor Davenport her 1,000 career-kill ball

Owls' Volleyball Falters to USF

11.2.23 | Women's Volleyball

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PHILADELPHIA – The Temple Owls (15-10, 5-8 AAC) volleyball team played their third five-set match in four times out but fell on Thursday afternoon to the South Florida Bulls (14-10, 8-5 AAC) in McGonigle Hall, 25-20, 27-29, 18-25, 21-25, 5-15. The Bulls Maria Clara Andrade led all players with a double-double, 24 kills and 11 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Temple got off to a hot start, taking the first set 25-20, behind a .429 team hitting percentage. Between upperclassmen Olivia Vance and Taylor Davenport, the two combined for eight kills, with four apiece kills and .467 hitting percentages.
Over the next two sets, the Bulls defeated the Owls behind Andrade's 10 kills.
Davenport helped the Cherry and White to the 25-21 set four victory with three kills apiece, with play hitting over .400.
USF won set five, 15-5, by going on a 7-0 run to end the match.
Temple middle blocker had a great match offensively with nine kills on 13 total attacks, with just one error on a .615 hitting percentage.
Along with Andrade's double-double, Buse Hazan earned one on the day with 14 kills and 15 digs, Marta Cvitovic added 17 kills.

SET 1 (TU 25, USF 20)

With Temple leading 4-3, it extended its lead to six points (13-7) with a pair of kills each from Banks and Vance.
The Owls never allowed to the Bulls get within four points of their lead throughout the final stages of set one.
The Owls held USF to a .147 in the first set, forcing seven hitting errors.

SET 2 (TU 27, USF 29)

Temple continued its hot play in to set two, going up 6-2, and forcing an early timeout by South Florida. The Cherry and White got a pair of kills by graduate transfer Avery Luoma, one from Banks, and a service ace from Vance.
With the Owls up 10-5, the Bulls forced TU in to three straight attack errors that got them right back into the set, but still down 10-8.
Capped off by a service ace Jelena Prolic and a kill from Vance, the Owls forced USF to use its second time of the set at 16-11. The Cherry and White swung the momentum back their side, winning six of nine points.
The Bulls cut the deficit to two points once again at 18-16 by going on a 5-2 run with the help of a pair of service aces by Cvitovic and Hazan.
USF finally tied the set at 23-23 with a 5-0 run, getting a pair of kills by Hazan, one from Andrade, one from Cvitovic.
Both sides battled back and forth late in the set and both sides were broken from one another before going extras.
With the scored tied 27-27, USF forged the victory with back-to-back points for the win.

SET 3 (TU 18, USF 25)

USF held the lead throughout the set, holding Temple to a .000 hitting percentage.
Niki Khoshatefeh and Andrade led Bulls in set three with four kills apiece. Khoshatefeh led all players in the set with a .800 hitting percentage, while Andrade hit .667.

SET 4 (TU 25, USF 21)

The Owls tied the match in the fourth set, recording four team blocks. Banks led the Owls with two solo blocks.
Just like set two, Temple got out to a lead (5-2) before South Florida went on a 13-7 run to take 15-12 lead. In that span, the Bulls won four of five points, while getting kills from Khoshatefeh and two from Andrade.
The Bulls would go on to tie the set in the fourth set (21-21), but the Cherry and White won the final four points by getting two of Vance's season-high four service aces.

SET 5 (TU 5, USF 15)

USF rolled through set five, hitting .667, as Andrade and Cvitkovic tied for a set-high five kills.
The Bulls' Caroline Dykes had 10 assists of her team's 15 points in the set victory.

TEMPLE LEADERS
Kills – Taylor Davenport and Olivia Vance (10)
Aces – Olivia Vance (4)
Assists – Lexi Yoza (15)
Digs – Falanika Danielson (13)
Blocks – Chelci Banks (4)

BEFORE THE ACTION

Prior to the match, Temple Hall of Famer and Temple volleyball's all-time leader in kills, Mary Beth Wilson and Head Coach Linda Hampton-Keith honored Taylor Davenport with her 1,000-career kill ball. Davenport earned her 1,000 career-kill last week on Oct. 27 at North Texas.

UP NEXT
The Owls and Bulls will wrap up the two-match series on Friday at 12 p.m. ET in McGonigle Hall. The match will be available on ESPN+.

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