Volleyball Posts 3-2 Win Over Louisiana Monroe Friday

Friday, September 7

Memphis, Tenn.

10 am

University of Memphis

4-5

Louisiana Monroe

2-6

Louisiana Monroe

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Volleyball Posts 3-2 Win Over Louisiana Monroe Friday

Sep 07, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

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Wallace with career-high kills, Murrihy career-high assists.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Kelsea Bivins and Hannah Flowers had double-double performances to lead the Tigers to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Louisiana Monroe in the first match of the 2018 Tiger Invitational Friday.

The Tigers won the match by scores of 25-17, 20-25, 18-25, 25-20 and 15-12. With the win, Memphis improves to 4-5. The Warhawks fall to 2-6.

For Bivins, it was her fifth career double-double (19 kills/12 digs) and her first in 2018. It was Flowers' third career double-double (18 kills/12 digs) and her third in the last five matches.

Memphis continues play in the Tiger Invitational Friday evening. The Tigers face Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Admission is free.

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"Louisiana Monroe came out and plugged away. They did what we thought they were going to do. We had a balanced attack early, and then we went to our outsides too much. We have to continue to work our middles that are known to score for us. We had a great balance on offense in terms of hitting .250 today. We did a good job of digging late, and that was one of our keys. We got some digs-to-transition swings and got some kills off of those."

Tigers Tidbits

Kelsea Bivins and Hannah Flowers followed up their career-high kills performances (Bivins 21 against UT Martin/Flowers 19 versus UAB) last weekend with 19 and 18 kills, respectively, on Friday.
Flowers tied career-highs in digs (12) and service aces (5) versus Louisiana Monroe. Earlier this season, Flowers had 12 digs against Florida A&M Aug. 31 and five aces versus Alabama A&M Aug. 29.
Bivins posted the 16^thdouble-figures kills match of her career Friday.
Freshman Molly Murrihy collected a career-best 47 assists Friday. Her previous-high was 46 assists versus Florida A&M Aug. 31.
Freshman Meredith Wallace posted a career-high 10 kills Friday. Her previous-high was eight kills versus Arkansas State Aug. 25.
Kelsey Walter had eight total blocks in the win over Louisiana Monroe. It is the fifth match in which she logged five or more total blocks this season.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	Louisiana Monroe Leaders
Kills	Kelsea Bivins, 19 Hannah Flowers, 18	Kate Blasingame, 13
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 47	Presleigh Williams, 19
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 17	Albany Schaffer, 14
Blocks	Kelsey Walter, 8	Catherine Griffin, 4
Aces	Hannah Flowers, 5	Catherine Griffin, 4

Set One

The Tigers grabbed a 1-0 lead, but Louisiana Monroe responded with an 8-2 run to take the 8-3 lead.
Memphis continued to trail the Warhawks at 12-11.
The Tigers went on a 3-0 mini-run for a 14-12 advantage. Kills from Kelsey Walter and Kelsea Bivins pushed Memphis into the lead.
Memphis then steadily pulled away for the 25-17 victory.
Bivins had two kills and an ace, and Hannah Flowers added a kill and three-straight aces in the Tigers' final surge.

Set Two

Memphis fell behind early and never caught up with the Warhawks.
After two ties at 1-all and 2-all, Louisiana Monroe went on a 15-5 run to take a 17-7 lead.
The Tigers, though, did not fold, answering back with a 13-7 spurt to pull to within four at 24-20.
Three Flowers kills keyed the late Memphis run.
The Warhawks ended the Tigers' rally with a kill to win the set 25-20.

Set Three

For the second-straight set, the Tigers grabbed the early advantage at 2-1, but then fell behind the Warhawks and never led again.
Louisiana Monroe used an 11-4 spurt to push out to a 12-6 lead.
The Warhawks increased their lead to as many as eight points on three occasions before taking the set 25-18.

Set Four

Memphis jumped out to a 5-2 lead on kills from Bivins, Flowers and Meredith Wallace.
The Warhawks, though, bolted back into the lead at 8-5 with a 6-0 run.
Louisiana Monroe maintained its three-point advantage at 15-12, and then the Tigers made their run.
Memphis put together an 8-2 spurt to take a 20-17 lead and did not trail the remainder of the set.
Two Wallace kills and one kill each from Flowers, Bre Carlton and Sarah Marlatt pushed the Tigers in front.
Kills from Bivins, Flowers and Carlton down the stretch secured the 25-20 set victory.

Set Five

The set was close with six ties and three lead changes.
Memphis grabbed a 3-1 lead on a Carlton ace.
The Tigers stayed in front on three-straight Flowers kills and led 7-4 after the last of those three knockdowns.
Louisiana Monroe used a 5-1 run to take a 9-8 advantage, the Warhawks' final lead of the set and match.
Memphis quickly regained the lead at 10-9 and had late kills from Wallace and Flowers to sew up the 15-12 set win and the 3-2 match victory.