Volleyball Upsets Temple Friday

Friday, November 3

Memphis, Tenn.

7 pm CT

University of Memphis

9-16, 2-11

Temple

14-7, 9-3

Temple

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Nov 04, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Tigers snap the Owls' seven-match win streak.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis freshman Hannah Flowers led three players in double-digit kills with 16, and the Tigers came away with a thrilling 3-2 American Athletic Conference victory over Temple Friday. The Tigers won the match by scores of 17-25, 25-16, 25-17, 22-25 and 15-13.

With the win, the Tigers improved to 9-16 overall and 2-11 in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls fell to 14-7 overall and 10-3 in the league.

Memphis snapped Temple's seven-match win streak. The Owls entered Friday's match tied for second place in the league's standings, and after the setback, are now in third place.

Up Next
Memphis wraps up its conference home weekend with a 1 p.m. (CT) match Sunday, Nov. 5 against Connecticut. The Tigers are holding a youth clinic (2^nd through 8^th graders) following the match.

Head coach April Jauregui
"Obviously, it was fun to get the victory. Our team has been working hard the last few weeks, so to see it pay off tonight against a really good Temple squad (was satisfying). Hopefully, we can take a lot from this match that can move us into the next part of our season.

"We've made some adjustments the last couple of weeks in terms of mentality, toughness and playing for each other, and now, we're starting to see that on the court. We know the talent is there, but we're a young team, and we're getting better every day.

"Brianna (Kadiku) had no hitting errors and our passing was really good tonight. When we can get her the ball, she can jump out of the gym. Kudos to our strength and conditioning staff for keeping our players' legs fresh and ready to play."

Tigers Tidbits

Freshman Hannah Flowers, in only her third match back after missing five due to an illness, knocked down 16 kills, which were one shy of her season-high (17 vs. UCF Oct. 1).
Flowers had a season-best .560 hitting percentage vs. Temple.
Tai Bierria logged her ninth double-double (kills-digs) of 2017. She had 11 kills and 11 digs vs. the Owls Friday.
Bierria's double-double was her fifth in the Tigers' last 10 matches.
Sarah Marlatt tied a career-high with nine kills vs. Temple. It is the third time – and the second in the last three matches – this season she logged nine kills in a match.
Freshman Alyssa Kronberg collected double-digit digs for the 16^th time this season (19 vs. Temple). It was her third-straight match with double-figures digs.
For the third time in the last four matches, freshman Kate Hoerdemann collected double-digit digs in a match. She had 17 vs. Temple Friday. In the four-match stretch, Hoerdemann averaged 11.8 digs. It was her seventh double-digit digs match of 2017.
Brianna Kadiku downed 14 kills for her sixth double-digit kills match of the season. The 14 kills were one shy of tying her career-high (15 vs. USF Oct. 1, vs. ECU Oct. 20).
Kadiku's .583 hitting percentage was her second-highest of 2017. She hit .588 vs. Green Bay Aug. 26 (11 kills).
Redshirt freshman Natale Zanellato and junior Mady Ruhlman did not play Friday due to injuries.

Memphis vs. Temple Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	Temple
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 16 Brianna Kadiku, 14 Tai Bierria, 11	Izzy Rapacz, 15
Assists	Faith Myers, 27 Regan Comperry, 25	Kyra Coundourides, 45
Digs	Alyssa Kronberg, 19 Kate Hoerdemann, 17 Tai Bierria, 11	Mia Heirakuji, 18 Katerina Papazoglou, 17 Kyra Coundourides, 13 Izzy Rapacz, 11
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 4 Sarah Marlatt, 3	Iva Deak, 7 Izzy Rapacz, 4

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had 19 ties and seven lead changes.
- Twelve of the 19 ties and four of the seven lead changes came in the last two sets.
Set One (Temple 25-17)
- The score was tied twice early at 1-all and 2-all.
- The visitors from Philadelphia went on a 5-1 spurt to take a 7-3 lead and never trailed in the set.
- The Tigers stayed within striking distance at 9-6 after a Temple service error.
- The Owls, though, responded with a 9-4 run to extend their advantage to 18-10.
- Memphis cut the Temple lead to 19-14 on kills from Hannah Flowers (2) and Tai Bierria (1).
- Temple closed the set with a 6-3 spurt for the 25-17 win.
Set Two (Memphis 25-16)
- The set's five ties and three lead changes came in the first 10 points. The last tie was at 5-all.
- From that point, Memphis pulled out to a 11-7 lead and never fell behind.
- Three Flowers kills and two Brianna Kadiku kills helped the Tigers build their lead.
- Memphis maintained its four-point cushion at 16-12 and then extended it.
- The Tigers -- on the strength of kills from four different players -- pushed out to a 21-14 advantage.
- Two Kadiku kills and a Faith Myers service ace wrapped up the set win for Memphis.
Set Three (Memphis 25-17)
- The Tigers led from start to finish with no ties and no lead changes in the set.
- Memphis jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back.
- Kills from Kelsea Bivins and Kadiku, and a Kadiku service ace pushed the 3-0 lead to 7-3.
- The Tigers continued to add to their lead, and after Flowers downed a kill, they led 14-8 midway through the set.
- Temple, though, made its run, this time an 8-3 spurt to slice the Memphis lead to one at 17-16.
- Memphis regained its composure and closed out the game on an 8-1 run for the 25-17 win.
- Sarah Marlatt led the charge with four kills in the set-ending spurt.

Set Four (Temple 25-22)
- The score was tied seven times in the set's first 14 points.
- Temple then pulled out to an 11-7 lead with a 4-0 run and never trailed the rest of the set.
- Memphis got to within two at 14-12 on a Flowers kill, but Temple answered with another 4-0 run to grab an 18-12 advantage.
- The Tigers made one final push with a 10-5 spurt to close to within one at 23-22.
- Kadiku and Bierria each had a kill and the tandem also combined on a block to ignite the Tigers' run.
- Temple responded and scored the set's final two points for the win.
Set Five (Memphis 15-13)
- The Tigers roared out to a 3-0 early lead.
- A Kadiku kill and two Temple attack errors aided the Tigers' run.
- Memphis continued to stay in front, and after Bierria downed a kill, the Tigers held a 9-5 advantage.
- Temple, though, did not go away, putting together a 6-1 run to retake the lead at 11-10.
- Memphis tied the set at 11-all and 12-all on kills from Kadiku and Bivins, respectively.
- Kadiku gave the Tigers a brief lead at 13-12, but Temple answered to knot the set at 13-all.
- Kadiku came through again with a kill for a 14-13 lead and match point.
- After a Temple timeout, Memphis served for the set and match, and Kate Hoerdemann's kill gave the Tigers the win.