Volleyball Falls To Cincinnati Sunday

Sunday, October 22

Memphis, Tenn.

1 pm CT

University of Memphis

8-14, 1-9

Cincinnati

9-13, 7-3

Cincinnati

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Oct 22, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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Kadiku, Lowe with season-high blocks.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After downing a career-high tying 15 kills Friday, University of Memphis sophomore Brianna Kadiku collected a season-best eight blocks Sunday, but Cincinnati took the 3-0 American Athletic Conference win over the Tigers. The Bearcats won the match by scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 27-25.

With the setback, the Tigers fell to 8-14 overall and 1-9 in the American Athletic Conference. Cincinnati improved to 9-13 overall and 7-3 in the league.

Up Next
Memphis goes back on the road next weekend with American Athletic Conference matches at USF Friday, Oct. 27 and UCF Sunday, Oct. 29.

Head coach April Jauregui
"The outcome today is still not what we wanted, but our energy, effort and fight for each other was the best I have seen to this point. If we keep building on that and learn the necessary lessons of what it means to put in work every single day, every practice, every point, we will continue to make progress with this young team. As a coach, all we ask is that they bring their best effort every single match and focus on the process of the day in front of them, and we did that today."

Tigers Tidbits

Brianna Kadiku's eight total blocks were a season-best. The eight blocks were one shy of tying her career-best of nine blocks, which she set twice in 2016. It was her ninth match of 2017 in which she had five or more blocks.
Freshman Daija Lowe posted a season-best six total blocks vs. Cincinnati. Her previous-high was four total blocks vs. Bradley Aug. 25 and at Connecticut Sept. 22.
Despite playing with a wrap for an upper leg injury, redshirt freshman Natale Zanellato recorded a double-double of 10 kills and 11 digs. It was her first double-double performance of the season.
Zanellato's 11 digs were a season-best. Her 10 kills Sunday give her seven double-figures kills matches this season.
Sophomore Tai Bierria had 10 kills for her ninth double-digit kills match of 2017, and her fourth in the last seven matches.
Freshman Hannah Flowers missed her fifth-straight match (sick).

Memphis vs. Cincinnati Stats Leaders

Statistic	Memphis	Cincinnati
Kills	Tai Bierria, 10 Natale Zanellato, 10	Carly Nolan, 14 Maya Muldrow, 11
Assists	Faith Myers, 17 Regan Comperry, 15	Jade Tingelhoff, 36
Digs	Mady Ruhlman, 20 Kate Hoerdemann, 13 Natale Zanellato, 11	Abby Williams, 18 Carly Nolan, 16
Total Blocks	Brianna Kadiku, 8 Daija Lowe, 6 Sarah Marlatt, 4	Jasmine Jones, 5

How It Happened

Overall Match
- The match had 26 ties and nine lead changes.
Set One (Cincinnati 25-16)
- The Tigers got off to a good start with a 3-0 lead.
- Faith Myers had two service aces in the set-opening run.
- Cincinnati answered with three-straight points to knot the match at 3-all.
- The 3-all tie was the first of six over the next 12 points.
- Sarah Marlatt had two kills in the back-and-forth portion of the first set.
- The set was tied at 9-all when the Bearcats put together an 11-2 run to take a 20-11 advantage.
- From that point, Cincinnati moved on to the 25-16 set victory.
Set Two (Cincinnati 25-22)
- The Tigers and Bearcats traded points in the first 16 with six ties.
- Two Daija Lowe kills helped the Tigers keep pace in the early-going.
- Cincinnati then pushed out to an 11-8 advantage with a 3-0 run, but the Tigers answered with a 4-0 spurt of their own to retake the lead at 12-11.
- Kills from Brianna Kadiku and Natale Zanellato keyed the Tigers' run.
- The score was tied seven times over the next 21 points, with the last tie at 21-all.
- The Bearcats closed the set with a 4-2 run for the 25-22 win.
Set Three (Cincinnati 27-25)
- The Tigers came out of the break on fire early, jumping out to a 5-0 lead.
- Kadiku had a kill and a block, and Myers scored her third ace of the match in the run.
- The Bearcats responded with a 6-1 run to knot the set at 6-all.
- Then, it was Memphis' turn for another spurt, this time a 5-0 one, to push out to an 11-6 advantage.
- Zanellato posted three kills in ther run.
- Kills from Zanellato and Lowe extended the Memphis lead to 14-8, but Cincinnati answered.
- The Bearcats went on a 10-2 run to regain the lead at 18-16.
- Memphis stayed close, and when Kadiku logged her eighth block of the match, the Tigers and Bearcats were tied at 20-all.
- Cincinnati pushed ahead to a 24-22 lead and had match point on its serve.
- A Bearcats error and a combo-block from Marlatt and Lowe tied the set at 24-all.
- A Tai Bierria kill knotted the set at 25-all, but Cincinnati got back-to-back kills for the set and match victory.