Volleyball's Win Streak Stopped at Five With 3-0 Loss to Towson

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Volleyball's Win Streak Stopped at Five With 3-0 Loss to Towson

9.2.23 | Women's Volleyball

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TOWSON, Md. – The Temple volleyball team's win streak to start a season was halted on Saturday night during the Towson/Morgan State Tournament as they fell in straight sets (25-13, 25-22, 30-28) to the Towson Tigers.

The Owls fell to 5-1 on the season in the loss, while the Tigers improve to 5-1 in the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Outside hitter Taylor Davenport was the only Owls' player with double-digit kills. The senior recorded 11, while graduate transfer Olivia Vance saw her first action of the season, adding nine kills.
The Tigers' Irbe Lazda had a match-high 15 kills, while teammate Victoria Barrett added 12 kills.
The home team Tigers hit .322, while holding Temple .175 over the three sets.

Set 1 (TU 13, TOW 25)

With the score tied at 1-1, Towson ran off nine straight points. During the run, Irbe Lazda had four of her match-high 15 kills in the set.
The Tigers never trailed in the set as they got the victory by the help of two rallies of seven or more points going unanswered.

Set 2 (TU 22, TOW 25)

Just on two occasions, the lead went above two points (3) during the second set.
Davenport showed out in the set as she had four of her team-high 11 kills in the set loss. During second stanza, the Columbia, S.C. native had 11 total attacks and no errors, good for a .400 hitting percentage.
Towson's Victoria Barrett led all players in the set with seven kills as she hit .779 on eight total attacks.

Set 3 (TU 28, TOW 30)

There were 16 ties and seven lead changes in the final set.
Other than one point, Temple did not trail throughout most of the early stages of the third set.
Davenport (6) and Vance (5) led the Owls in the third set with 11 combined kills.
Temple tried to hold onto a 18-17 lead, but the Tigers scored three consecutive points to take their first lead of the set.
Just as the Tigers took posession of the lead, the Cherry and White scored three consecutive points to take a 21-20 lead of its own. During that span, setter Lexi Yoza's second-ball kill got the rally started and a Davenport finished it off with a kill of her own.
Both teams traded points over the final stages of the set, but it was the Towson squad pulling out the victory.

UP NEXT
Temple will close-out the Towson/Morgan State Tournament as it plays the other weekend host, Morgan State. First serve is set for 1p.m.

Temple Leaders
Kills: Taylor Davenport -11
Digs: Nalani McBride – 15
Assists: Ava Blascziek – 11
Aces: Jelena Prolic – 2
Blocks: Samantha Jo Mikosky - 5

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