Jones Earns Third Double-Double of Season at Wichita State

Friday, September 27

Wichita, Kan.

8 P.M.

Temple University

6-7,0-1AAC

Wichita State

7-7,2-0AAC

Temple

Wichita St.

Jones Earns Third Double-Double of Season at Wichita State

9.27.24 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. – The Owls' volleyball team began American Athletic Conference play on Friday night, falling at Wichita State (7-5, 0-1 AAC) 20-25, 25-20, 15-25, 25-27. While Temple falls to 6-7 overall and 0-1 in conference play, freshman Sydney Jones led the Cherry and White with a double-double, 12 kills and a team-high 10 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Temple outside hitter Taylor Davenport pitched in with a team-high 13 kills.
The Shockers had four hitters with 10 or more kills. Led by Alyssa Gonzales' 17, she was followed by Emerson Wilford with 13, Brooklyn Leggett (12), and Morgan Stout (11).
As a team, WSU hit .302 as a team, but held the Owls to .169 with help of 65 digs coming from four players with 10 or more. Annalie Heliste led her team and the match with 18.

Set 1 (WSU 25, TEM 20)

Wichita State led from start to finish in the set while hitting .302 as a team.
Leggett and Gonzales combined for 10 kills with each Shockers' player tallying five apiece.
Going into the media timeout, the Shockers held a nine-point advantage, including a string of scoring five in a row. During that run, Wilford had three of her four kills in the first set.
TU was able to close Wichita's lead to three points on two occasions but were unable to catch the fast starting Shockers.

Set 2 (TEM 25, WSU 20)

The Cherry and White offense was efficient in the second set, hitting .314.
Jones and Davenport combined for 11 kills, with Jones leading the set with six kills and a .714 hitting percentage while Davenport tallied five kills and a .444 hitting percentage.
While Shockers went into the media timeout up, 15-11, the Owls turned the advantage to their favor by scoring six of the next seven points, taking a 17-16 lead with the help of a pair of block assists and kill from freshman Christiana Greene.
The Owls retained the lead and won the set by reeling off five of the final six points with Davenport putting two of her five-set kills.

Set 3 (WSU 25, TEM 16)

The Shockers hit .450 with Stout leading the set with four kills and hitting .600.
Wichita State used runs of four, 4-0 or more to win the third set.
WSU held the Owls to a .033 hitting percentage.

Set 4 (WSU 27, TEM 25)

The two teams combined for 14 ties and six lead changes.
Davenport's three kills to begin the fourth set helped the Owls take a 15-13 lead going into the media timeout.
Temple extended its lead to three points, 19-16, but WSU scored six of the next seven points. Stout, Gonzales, Leggett, and Madison Wilson all earned kills, helping the Shockers take a 22-20 advantage.
Both teams traded the lead, but Wichita State scored four of the final five points for the win with the help of kills Wilson, Gonzales, and Stout.

Temple Leaders
Kills: Taylor Davenport – 13
Assists: Lexi Yoza – 24
Digs: Sydney Jones – 10
Aces: Christiana Greene – 2
Blocks: Christiana Greene – 4

Up Next
The Owls will return to action on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET as they visit the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The match will be available on ESPN+.

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