Owls Fight Hard In Five Set Battle

Friday, October 16

Memphis, Tenn.

7:30 p.m.

Temple University

11-8,3-4American

Memphis

7-11,2-5American

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Temple	25	22	25	23	8	2
Memphis	18	25	22	25	15	3

Owls Fight Hard In Five Set Battle

10.16.26 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, TENN - Temple Volleyball (11-8) fell to Memphis (7-11) Friday night in a five set battle. The game was back and forth all night as the teams exchanged set wins till Memphis pulled out the 8-15 victory in the final set. Khenedi Guest was exceptional and hit a season high 17 kills on an efficient .520 hitting.

Set:1 (Temple 25 - Memphis 18)

The first set was tight to start as neither side was able to gain much of an advantage till Christiana Greene recorded a block and a kill that put the Owls up two at 9-7.
The Owls would lead 15-10 at the media timeout with back to back aces from Daniella Gonzalez Murati and a kill from Kennedy Crayton.
Temple dominated the rest of the set not letting Memphis within four points. And with strong defense from Khenedi Guest, the Owls won the set 25-18.

Set:2 (Temple 22 - Memphis 25)

The second set started off the same as the first as neither team was able to go up two, but this time it was Memphis who was able to gain an advantage leading 9-11. Jaya Moore was a bright spot for the Owls as she had three kills early.
Memphis was able to extend their lead to four at the media timeout and lead the set 11-15. They continued to put pressure on the Owls as they were able to eventually extend their lead 12-18.
Temple would make a comeback closing the gap within four, but Memphis would go on to win the set 22-25.

Set:3 (Temple 25 - Memphis 22)

Memphis continued their momentum from last set as they went on a 0-4 run to start set three, it was Christiana Greene who quelled their momentum with a kill as the score was 1-4 early.
The Owls would go on a 4-0 run and take the lead at 5-4 with an ace from Maddix Taniguchi. They would gain a three point advantage with an emphatic kill from Khenedi Guest as the score was 9-6.
Temple would go on to score six of the next seven points to lead at the media timeout 15-8. After the time out, Memphis would go on a nine point run and tie the game at 19.
Temple would contain their comeback, and win the set 25-22 on a Jaya Moore kill.

Set:4 (Temple 23 - Memphis 25)

Set four was tight to start, but the Memphis defense frustrated the Owls, and were able to go up four at 7-11.
Freshman Leah Hampson injected some energy to the Temple attack with a kill, but Memphis was able to extend their lead to five at the media timeout 10-15.
Memphis was the first to 20, but Temple fought their way back to close the gap within four at 17-21. The Tiger attack was too much for Temple and would go on to close out the set 23-25.

Set:5 (Temple 8 - Memphis 15)

The Owls jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but Memphis would quickly respond closing the gap to one at 4-3.
Memphis was able to gain a two point advantage over Temple at 7-9, and refused to relinquish the lead as they would go on to win the set 8-15.

Next Up
The Owls will travel to Birmingham Alabama to face UAB at Noon Sunday the 18th.