Volleyball Wins On The Road At Tulsa

Sunday, November 19

Tulsa, Okla.

1 pm CT

University of Memphis

10-20, 3-15American

Tulsa

14-16, 8-10American

Memphis

Tulsa

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Nov 19, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Bivins, Myers with double-double performances.

TULSA, Okla. – University of Memphis senior Faith Myers and junior Kelsea Bivins recorded double-doubles to lead the Tigers to a 3-1 American Athletic Conference victory over Tulsa Sunday. Memphis won the match by scores of 26-24, 27-25, 19-25 and 25-21.

With the victory, the Tigers improved to 10-20 overall and 3-15 in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane fell to 14-16 overall and 8-10 in the league.

Myers had 28 assists and 12 digs, and Bivins logged 15 kills and 19 digs.

Up Next
Memphis wraps up its home schedule with a 1 p.m. (CT) Wednesday matinee against American Athletic Conference leader Wichita State. Prior to the match, the Tigers' four seniors will be honored.

Head coach April Jauregui
"The difference in today's match was we had a better defensive effort and that led to good transition swings. At this point of the year, I can see that our young players are no longer 'freshmen.' They are seeing and playing the game at a higher level. It isn't typical to have so many young kids on the court. I firmly believe we have gained valuable experience that will help this program in the years to come. I am proud that the team battled today, and we executed on our side of the net."

Tigers Tidbits

Junior college transfer Kelsea Bivins recorded her fourth double-double of the season vs. Tulsa Sunday. It was her first double-double since Sept. 29.
Bivins' 15 kills were one shy of tying her season-high (16 at Louisiana Tech Sept. 8), and her 19 digs were a season-best.
It was Bivins' 11^th double-digit kills match and her fifth double-figures digs performance of the season.
Senior Faith Myers had her eighth double-double match of 2017 Sunday. It was her first since Oct. 17 vs. Tulane.
Myers' 28 assists were her most since she had 32 in the Oct. 17 victory at Tulane.
Freshman Kate Hoerdemann posted a season-best 20 digs Sunday. Her previous season-high was 18 digs vs. Louisiana Monroe Sept. 15.
The match was Hoerdemann's ninth of the season with double-digit digs. Six of her nine double-figures digs performances have come in Memphis' last nine matches.
For the third time this season, redshirt sophomore Sarah Marlatt posted a career-best nine kills. She also had nine kills vs. Green Bay Aug. 26 and at USF Oct. 27.
Freshman Alyssa Kronberg collected double-digit digs for the 21^st time this season (23 vs. Tulsa). It was her eighth-straight match with double-figures digs.
Kronberg had 23 digs Sunday, her most since she logged 28 digs vs. Green Bay Aug. 26.
Sophomore Brianna Kadiku had 14 kills and was one shy of tying her career-high. The double-digit kills match was her seventh of 2017.

Memphis vs. Tulsa Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	Tulsa
Kills	Kelsea Bivins, 15 Brianna Kadiku, 14 Hannah Flowers, 13	Emily Thorson, 30 Rachel Moore, 9
Assists	Faith Myers, 28 Regan Comperry, 26	Mariah Pardo, 47
Digs	Alyssa Kronberg, 23 Kate Hoerdemann, 20 Kelsea Bivins, 19 Faith Myers, 12	Taylor Horsfall, 26 Mariah Pardo, 17 Ashton Anderson, 15 Emily Thorson, 10
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 4 Kate Hoerdemann, 4 Sarah Marlatt, 4	Callie Cook, 3

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had 25 ties and nine lead changes.
- With the win, Memphis split its season series with Tulsa.
- The win was the Tigers' third-straight over the Golden Hurricane in Tulsa.
Set One (Memphis 26-24)
- Tulsa jumped out to an early 9-4 advantage.
- The Golden Hurricane continued to keep the Tigers at arm's length with leads at 14-10 and 19-15.
- Memphis, though, kept fighting and used a 6-2 run to knot the first set at 21-all
- Kills from Hannah Flowers (2), Sarah Marlatt (1) and Kate Hoerdemann (1) and a combo-block from Hoerdemann and Brianna Kadiku keyed the spurt.
- Down the stretch, the set went back-and-forth with ties at 22-all, 23-all and 24-all.
- A Bivins-Kadiku block gave Memphis a 25-24 lead, and a Tulsa attack error on a Faith Myers serve helped the Tigers take the opening set.
Set Two (Memphis 27-25)
- Memphis charged out of the gates in the second set and built a 6-2 lead.
- Flowers (3 kills) and Kadiku (2) ignited the Tigers' early run.
- Tulsa answered with an 11-5 run to take a 13-11 advantage.
- The Golden Hurricane remained in the lead and held a 23-19 advantage late in the set.
- Memphis roared back with a 4-0 spurt to tie the set at 23-all.
- Two Kadiku kills and a Myers service ace got the Tigers back in the set.
- Tulsa held two set points at 24-23 and 25-24, with the last one wiped out by a Flowers kill.
- Marlatt downed a kill to give the Tigers a 26-25 advantage, and Flowers followed with the set clincher for a 2-0 match lead.
Set Three (Tulsa 25-19)
- Tulsa took the early lead and held a 10-6 advantage.
- The Tigers used a 6-0 run to grab their first lead of the set at 12-10.
- Kadiku and Bivins each had a kill and also teamed up for a block in the spurt.
- After the set was tied at 14-all, Tulsa ran away on an 11-5 spurt to cut the Tigers' match lead to 2-1.

Set Four (Memphis 25-21)
- Tulsa took an early lead and held it throughout most of the first half of the set.
- After a 9-all tie, the Golden Hurricane pushed out to a 12-9 lead.
- Memphis, though, answered with a 6-1 run to regain the advantage at 15-13.
- Two kills from Bivins led the charge in that spurt.
- Tulsa came back with the equalizer and tied the match at 17-all.
- The Tigers, however, did not allow the Golden Hurricane back in the lead.
- Memphis used a Marlatt kill and a Regan Comperry service ace to build a 20-17 lead.
- Kills from Hoerdemann (1), Bivins (2) and Kadiku (1) gave Memphis set and match point at 24-19.
- Tulsa got two kills to slice the Tigers' lead to 24-21.
- Memphis wrapped up the win on a Tulsa service error.