Volleyball Drops 3-1 Decision To Tulsa

Friday, October 13

Memphis, Tenn.

7 pm CT

University of Memphis

7-11, 0-6

Tulsa

9-10, 3-4

Tulsa

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Oct 13, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Bierria with a double-double performance, Marlatt with career-high blocks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis sophomore Tai Bierria recorded a double-double of 14 kills and 12 digs, but Tulsa came away with a 3-1 victory over the Tigers at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse Friday.

Tulsa won the match by scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-18 and 25-18.

The loss dropped Memphis to 7-11 overall and 0-6 in the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane improved to 9-10 overall and 3-4 in the league.

Up Next
Memphis hosts SMU Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. It is the Tigers' Cancer Awareness Match. Also, before the match, free ice cream sundaes are available while supplies last. After the match, the Tigers are hosting a youth clinic.

Head coach April Jauregui comments
"In the first set, we executed our gameplan pretty perfectly. We took out what they were trying to do. As the match went along, they made some adjustments, and we were struggling with our serve and pass. That really hurt us in the end.

"We know we have to be better in our service game. It's something we're continuing to work on, to be able to get opponents out of their system. That's what we were able to do in the first set tonight, and when we're able to do that, then our defense can really get going and we can transition score."

Tigers Tidbits

Tai Bierria's double-double performance was her sixth of the season and her second in three matches. Her top double-double match this season was 17 kills and 15 digs in a thrilling 3-2 win over Sam Houston State Sept. 8.
Junior Kelsea Bivins logged her eighth double-figures kills match of the season. She had 10 kills vs. Tulsa Friday.
Redshirt sophomore Sarah Marlatt tied a career-best with seven total blocks Friday. She also posted seven total blocks in a win over UT Martin Sept. 1. It was her fifth match this season with four or more total blocks.
The Tigers' setback to Tulsa ended a string of five-straight Friday the 13^th match victories in program history. Before Friday, the last time Memphis dropped a Friday the 13^th match was Oct. 13, 2000.
Freshman Hannah Flowers was under the weather Friday and did not play. It was the first match of her collegiate career in which she did not see action. She played in the Tigers' first 17 matches of 2017.

Memphis vs. Tulsa Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	Tulsa
Kills	Tai Bierria, 14 Kelsea Bivins, 10	Emily Thorson, 12 Callie Cook, 10
Assists	Faith Myers, 19	Mariah Pardo, 37
Digs	Mady Ruhlman, 15 Tai Bierria, 12	Taylor Horsfall, 26 Emily Thorson, 10
Total Blocks	Sarah Marlatt, 7 Kelsea Bivins, 3	Ebony Carter, 6 Rachel Moore, 3

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had 15 ties and five lead changes.
- Tulsa held the lead throughout the second and fourth sets.
Set One (Memphis 25-23)
- The set was close early and tied at 4-all, but the Tigers used the match's first run (3-0) to push out to a 7-4 advantage.
- Brianna Kadiku had one kill in the spurt.
- The Golden Hurricane answered back with a 6-1 run to gain a 10-8 lead.
- Tulsa remained in the lead until 17-14 when the Tigers made the decisive run.
- Memphis put together a 5-0 spurt to take a 19-17 lead and then increased the run to 9-3 for a 23-20 advantage.
- Kadiku logged two aces and Alyssa Kronberg added another to spur the Tigers' run.
- A Kelsea Bivins kill gave Memphis set point at 24-22, and a Tulsa attack error secured the first set victory for the Tigers.
Set Two (Tulsa 25-14)
- The Golden Hurricane bounced back strong after dropping the first set.
- Tulsa jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never trailed.
- The Golden Hurricane built their early lead to as many as eight at 9-1.
- Memphis closed to within six points three times at 11-5, 12-6 and 13-7.
- Two kills from Bivins kept the Tigers within striking distance.
- From there, Tulsa continued to build its lead on the way to the 25-14 set victory.
Set Three (Tulsa 25-18)
- The set began with four ties in the first eight points.
- Tulsa then used a 4-1 run to grab an 8-5 advantage and never trailed the remainder of the set.
- Memphis closed to within one at 8-7 on a Tai Bierria kill.
- The Golden Hurricane pushed out to a larger lead at 15-9 with a 7-2 spurt.
- Tulsa extended to a 22-13 lead before the Tigers made a final run.
- Memphis put together a 4-0 spurt to cut the Tulsa advantage to 22-17.
- Kills from Bivins and Bierria ignited the Memphis run.
- Tulsa ended the Tigers' threat and took the third set 25-18.
Set Four (Tulsa 25-18)
- The visitors jumped out to an early 6-3 advantage and never trailed.
- Memphis used a 5-2 run to knot the match at 8-all. Bivins and Bierria each had two kills in the spurt.
- From there, Tulsa regained control and pushed out to a 17-12 advantage.
- The Tigers cut the Golden Hurricane lead to three twice at 17-14 and 18-15, but got no closer.
- Tulsa closed the set and match with a 7-3 spurt for the win.