Volleyball Falls In Five To Eastern Illinois Saturday

Saturday, August 26

Charleston, Ill.

1 pm CT

University of Memphis

0-2

Eastern Illinois

1-1

Memphis

Eastern Illinois

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Volleyball Falls In Five To Eastern Illinois Saturday

Aug 26, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Bierria, Myers with double-double performances.

CHARLESTON, Ill. – University of Memphis freshman Hannah Flowers had a match-high 16 kills and sophomore Tai Bierria added a double-double of 14 kills and 10 digs, but the Tigers fell short in a narrow 3-2 setback to host Eastern Illinois Saturday.

The match was part of the Eastern Illinois Panther Invitational. The Tigers play a second-straight match against Green Bay.

Memphis falls to 0-2 on the young season. Eastern Illinois improves to 1-1.

Tigers Tidbits

Freshman Hannah Flowers posted double-digit kills for a second-straight match. She had 14 in Friday's match vs. Bradley
Senior Faith Myers recorded her 17^th career double-double with 34 assists and 14 digs. It was her second double-double in as many matches this season.
Myers' 34-assists performance was her best since she handed out 43 vs. Cincinnati Nov. 11, 2015 (sophomore season).
For the second-consecutive match, freshman Alyssa Kronberg had 20-plus digs. She collected 23 vs. Eastern Illinois after a 26-digs performance in Friday's season opener.
Tai Bierria logged her third career double-double with her 14 kills and 10 digs. Her 14 kills tied a career-high.

Memphis vs. Eastern Illinois Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	Eastern Illinois
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 16 Tai Bierria, 14	Allie Hueston, 12 Maggie Runge, 12
Assists	Faith Myers, 34	Taylor Smith, 33
Digs	Alyssa Kronberg, 23 Faith Myers, 14	Anne Hughes, 26 Maria Brown, 14
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 5 Kelsey Walter, 5	Allie Hueston, 10 Taylor Smith, 7

How It Happened

Overall Match
- Match was the Tigers' first five-setter of the season.
- The match had to extra in three of the five sets, with two won by Memphis. The Tigers took the first (26-24) and third (29-27) in extras. Eastern Illinois wrapped up the match in extras (17-15) in the fifth.
- Match had 55 ties and 23 lead changes. The last three sets had double-digits in ties with 18 in the third, 13 in the fourth and 12 in the fifth.
Set One (Memphis 26-24)
- Although only a little breathing room, Eastern Illinois held a lead through much of the opening set.
- The Panthers' largest lead was three points eight times, with the last coming at 21-18 on a Katie Sommer's kill.
- Memphis responded with three-straight points, one on a Tai Bierria kill, to knot the score at 21-all.
- Eastern Illinois held one-point leads at 22-21 and 23-22, but a Kelsey Walter kill and a Panthers error gave the Tigers their first lead of the set at 24-23.
- Brianna Kadiku closed the first set with a kill for the Memphis win.
Set Two (Eastern Illinois 25-14)
- Eastern Illinois ran out to a 10-4 advantage and never looked back.
- The closest the Tigers got was within five at 10-5.
- Memphis' only lead in the set was 1-0.
Set Three (Memphis 29-27)
- The Panthers continued strong in the third set and held an 8-6 lead.
- Memphis tied the set at 8-all on a Kate Hoerdemann-Brianna Kadiku block.
- From there, the match was tied six more times, with the last time in this stretch at 16-all.
- Eastern Illinois jumped out to a 19-16 advantage, but Memphis answered with three-straight – powered by kills from Hoerdemann and Kadiku – to knot the score at 19-all.
- The score was tied eight more times (last at 27-all), before Memphis closed the set with a Faith Myers' ace and a Kadiku-Hannah Flowers block.
Set Four (Eastern Illinois 25-22)
- The fourth set was tight early with 12 ties in the first 26 points.
- Memphis scored the next three points to grab a 16-13 advantage. Walter and Bierria had kills in the short spurt.
- Eastern Illinois responded with a 6-0 run to take a 19-16 lead.
- The Tigers cut the Panthers' lead to one on three occasions down the stretch, but Eastern Illinois held on for the set win.
Set Five (Eastern Illinois 17-15)
- The final set was the third that went beyond the distance.
- The set opened with seven ties, the last at 8-all.
- Memphis scored the next two points (Kadiku kill, Myers ace) for a 10-8 lead.
- The Tigers still held a narrow 12-11 advantage after a Flowers kill, before Eastern Illinois scored the next two points to take the lead and momentum.
- A Hoerdemann kill knotted the set at 15-all, but the match's final two points went the Panthers' way for the set and match victory.