Volleyball Falls In Four Sets At USF

Friday, October 27

Tampa, Fla.

6 pm CT

University of Memphis

8-15, 1-10

USF

9-12, 4-7

Memphis

USF

Photo by: Jason Roberts

Oct 28, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Bierria posts double-double, Marlatt ties career-high in kills.

TAMPA, Fla. – University of Memphis sophomore Tai Bierria registered a double-double performance with 14 kills and 15 digs, but USF came away with the 3-1 American Athletic Conference victory over the Tigers Friday. The Bulls won the match by scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-17 and 25-21.

With the setback, the Tigers fell to 8-15 overall and 1-10 in the American Athletic Conference. USF improved to 9-12 overall and 4-7 in the league.

Up Next
Memphis continues its Florida road trip Sunday, Oct. 29 when it travels to Orlando to face the UCF Knights. Match time is 11 a.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

Tai Bierria logged her eighth double-double (kills-digs) of 2017. She had 14 kills and 15 digs vs. USF Friday.
Bierria's double-double was her fifth in the Tigers' last nine matches. It also was her second double-double vs. the Bulls this season. She had 10 kills and 10 digs vs. USF Oct. 1.
Sarah Marlatt tied a career-high with nine kills vs. USF. She had nine kills vs. Green Bay earlier this season.
Alyssa Kronberg collected double-digit digs vs. USF Friday for the first time since Sept. 24. She had 16 digs vs. the Bulls. It was her 14^th double-figures digs match of the season.
Kate Hoerdemann had her second-straight double-figures digs match Friday. After posting 13 digs vs. Cincinnati Oct. 22, she had 11 vs. USF. It was her sixth double-digit digs match of 2017.
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 10^th match of 2017 in which she had five or more blocks.
Freshman Hannah Flowers returned to action Friday after missing the previous five matches due to an illness. She had two kills and three total blocks vs. the Bulls.

Memphis vs. USF Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	USF
Kills	Tai Bierria, 14 Sarah Marlatt, 9	Doris Carter, 13 Clara Payne, 11 Priscilla Ehieze, 11
Assists	Faith Myers, 23 Regan Comperry, 19	Alex Mendoza, 42
Digs	Alyssa Kronberg, 16 Tai Bierria, 15 Kate Hoerdemann, 11	Maria McLamb, 22 Alex Mendoza, 9
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 7 Daija Lowe, 3 Hannah Flowers, 3	Clara Payne, 8 Alex Mendoza, 5 Priscilla Ehieze, 5

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had only three ties and two lead changes.
Set One (USF 25-18)
- Memphis ran out to a quick 2-0 lead on consecutive USF errors.
- The Bulls, though, responded with a 9-1 run to take the lead for good.
- The Tigers answered back with five-straight points to pull to within one at 9-8.
- Sarah Marlatt had two kills in the run.
- USF then used an 8-2 spurt to extend its lead back to seven at 17-10.
- Memphis pulled to within four on two occasions at 21-17 and 22-18 – the last on a Daija Lowe kill – but got no closer.
- The Bulls scored the last three points for the opening-set victory.
Set Two (Memphis 25-22)
- Memphis roared out to a 7-1 lead and never trailed.
- Tai Bierria had two service aces in the early run.
- USF used a 5-2 spurt to close to within three at 9-6, but the Tigers answered.
- Memphis went on a 6-3 run to regain command of the set at 15-9.
- Four different Tigers posted a kill in the spurt.
- USF made another run and pulled to within two at 20-18, but Memphis responded.
- Consecutive Brianna Kadiku kills pushed the lead back to four at 22-18.
- The Tigers closed the set with kills from Bierria, Kadiku and Marlatt for the win.
Set Three (USF 25-17)
- Memphis pushed out to an early 4-1 lead.
- Faith Myers recorded a service ace, and Bierria added a kill in the spurt.
- USF responded with a 7-1 run to take the lead for good at 8-5.
- Memphis remained within striking distance at 11-9, but the Bulls ran away from that point on the way to the set victory.
- USF used an 8-4 run to extend the lead to 19-13.
- The Tigers got to within five at 21-16 but no closer.

Set Four (USF 25-21)
- The Bulls grabbed a 2-0 lead and never fell behind.
- USF quickly extended its advantage to 9-3, before Memphis made a run.
- The Tigers responded with a 7-5 spurt to pull to within four at 14-10.
- Memphis continued to put the pressure on, closing to within one at 16-15 on back-to-back Regan Comperry service aces.
- The Bulls, though, did not allow Memphis to get the equalizer.
- USF pulled away to a 19-15 advantage and maintained some breathing room on the way to the set and match win.