Volleyball Falls At UCF Sunday

Sunday, October 29

Orlando, Fla.

11 am CT

University of Memphis

8-16, 1-11AAC

UCF

12-12, 5-7AAC

Memphis

UCF

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Oct 29, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Kadiku, Flowers pace the Tigers' effort with eight kills apiece.

ORLANDO, Fla. – University of Memphis sophomore Brianna Kadiku and freshman Hannah Flowers each had eight kills, but it wasn't enough as UCF posted a 3-0 American Athletic Conference volleyball victory over the Tigers Sunday. The Knights won the match by scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-18.

With the setback, the Tigers fell to 8-16 overall and 1-11 in the American Athletic Conference. UCF improved to 12-12 overall and 5-7 in the league.

Up Next
Memphis returns home next weekend to host Temple and Connecticut. The Tigers face the Owls Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. (CT) and the Huskies Sunday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. (CT).

Head coach April Jauregui
"We have seen tremendous improvement in our overall blocking, serving and team defense the past week. We need to find ways to convert those plays into offensive kills and points. Our defensive effort has been great. The team continues to fight, and that's what we want to see – keep building, keep pushing, keep getting better every day.

"We started off well today, but struggled to score late in sets. Today, we did not have an answer for Kia Bright, and she showed why she is one of the top attackers in our league. We put ourselves in position to take the first set, and that's how we have to continue to play. One thing is for sure: we will not stop working hard."

Tigers Tidbits

Brianna Kadiku's seven total blocks were one shy of tying her season-best. She had a season-high eight blocks vs. Cincinnati Oct. 22. It was her third-straight and 11^th overall match of 2017 in which she had five or more blocks.
In the last three matches, Kadiku averaged 7.3 kills and 7.3 blocks.
In only her second match back from illness, freshman Hannah Flowers tied for team-high kills honors with eight. She also had four total blocks, which were one shy of her season-best. Flowers missed five matches from Oct. 13-22 (sick).
Sarah Marlatt collected five total blocks Sunday. It was the seventh match of 2017 in which she had four or more total blocks.
Alyssa Kronberg logged double-digit digs vs. UCF Sunday. It was her second-consecutive match in which she had double-figures digs. She had 14 digs vs. the Knights. It was her 15^th double-figures digs match of the season.
Freshman Kate Hoerdemann posted six kills vs. UCF Sunday. The six kills were her second-most in a match in 2017. She had a season-best eight kills vs. Eastern Illinois in late August.

Memphis vs. UCF Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	UCF
Kills	Brianna Kadiku, 8 Hannah Flowers, 8	Kia Bright, 18 Kristina Fisher, 8
Assists	Faith Myers, 17 Regan Comperry, 12	Miranda Watkins, 24 Erin Olson, 17
Digs	Alyssa Kronberg, 14 Faith Myers, 8	Jordan Pingel, 18 Kia Bright, 13
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 7 Sarah Marlatt, 5	Taylor Wickey, 9 Alli Sabol, 5

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had 15 ties and seven lead changes.
Set One (UCF 25-23)
- The opening set had 12 ties and six lead changes.
- Seven of the 12 ties came in the set's first 18 points, with the last at 9-all.
- Kills from Hannah Flowers (3) and Brianna Kadiku (2) kept the Tigers neck-and-neck with UCF early.
- Memphis then used a 7-1 spurt to push out to a 16-10 advantage.
- A Kadiku kill and a Tia Bierria service ace keyed the run.
- The Tigers maintained their six-point lead at 20-14 on a combo-block from Flowers and Sarah Marlatt.
- The Knights stormed back with a 6-0 run to knot the set at 20-all.
- Three more ties came over the next six points, and the set was tied at 23-all.
- UCF downed the set's final two kills for the narrow 25-23 victory.
Set Two (UCF 25-20)
- Memphis grabbed a 1-0 lead, but it was short-lived as UCF went on a 12-3 run to take a 12-4 lead.
- The Knights did not trail the remainder of the set.
- The Tigers put together a 5-2 spurt to slice the UCF lead to 14-9.
- Flowers scored on a kill and a combo-block with Kadiku in the run.
- UCF pulled away once again with a 4-1 spurt to extend its lead to 18-10.
- Memphis made a final push and cut the UCF advantage to 21-17 on a combo-block from Kate Hoerdemann and Marlatt.
- The Knights ended the Memphis charge with two quick points for a 23-17 lead and eventual set victory.
Set Three (UCF 25-18)
- Memphis and UCF were tied early twice (1-all, 2-all), but after the two ties, the Knights pulled out to a lead and never fell behind.
- UCF used a 9-4 spurt to take an 11-6 lead.
- The Tigers answered with an 8-4 run of their own and sliced the UCF advantage to one at 15-14.
- Kadiku had two kills and a combo-block with Bierria to ignite the Memphis spurt.
- The Knights halted the Memphis comeback with the set's next six points for a 21-14 advantage.
- UCF closed the set and match with a 25-18 win.