Volleyball Drops 3-0 Decision At Cincinnati

Sunday, November 18

Cincinnati, Ohio

11:30 am

University of Memphis

11-18, 4-13

Cincinnati*

24-7, 14-3

Memphis

Cincinnati

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Nov 18, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Boxscore (UC 3, UM 0)Memphis Season Statistics (Overall)Memphis Season Statistics (Conference Only)

Marlatt's eight kills, Ruhlman's 15 digs lead the Tigers.

CINCINNATI, Ohio – University of Memphis' Sarah Marlatt led the squad with eight kills, but Cincinnati came away with the 3-0 American Athletic Conference victory Sunday.

The Bearcats won the match by scores of 25-11, 25-21 and 25-18. Memphis falls to 11-18 overall and 4-13 in the league. Cincinnati improves to 24-7 overall and 14-3 in the conference.

Marlatt scored the eight kills in her homecoming match Sunday. Marlatt calls Cincinnati home and played her prep volleyball career at Loveland High School.

Up Next
Memphis wraps up its 2018 campaign with a mid-week match at Tulane. The Tigers and Green Wave meet in New Orleans, La., on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. (CT).

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"We played a very strong team today in Cincinnati, which also has one of the best players in the country. She (Jordan Thompson) took over the match at critical times. We got very good offensive production from our two senior middles in Kelsey (Walter) and Sarah (Marlatt). Anna (Palmer) and Hannah (Flowers) had good kill production on the pins, but we weren't able to get the defensive stops at the end of the sets versus Thompson."

Tigers Tidbits

Senior Mady Ruhlman collected 15 digs Sunday for her first double-digit digs match since Nov. 4 at Houston. It was her eighth double-figures digs match of the season.
Ruhlman's 15 digs Sunday was her 52^ndcareer double-digit digs performance. She now has 1,113 career digs.
Molly Murrihy had 23 assists vs. Cincinnati and now has 999 assists this season. When she reaches 1,000 assists this season, she will be the first Tigers setter to do so since 2014.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	Cincinnati Leaders
Kills	Sarah Marlatt, 8	Jordan Thompson, 26
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 23	Jade Tingelhoff, 36
Digs	Mady Ruhlman, 15	Abby Williams, 12
Blocks	Kelsey Walter, 2 Molly Murrihy, 2	Jasmine Jones, 3
Aces	Sarah Marlatt, 1	Carly Nolan, 3

Set One

Memphis stayed with the host Bearcats through the first 13 points, as Cincinnati held a 7-6 advantage.
Two Anna Palmer kills, a Kelsey Walter kill and a Sarah Marlatt kill helped keep the Tigers within striking distance early.
From that point, Cincinnati pulled away with a 10-2 spurt for a 17-8 lead.
The Bearcats continued their momentum and finished off the opening set on an 8-3 run for the 25-11 win.

Set Two

The two teams went back-and-forth through the set's first 20-points, leaving the score tied at 10-all.
Marlatt had a kill and an ace for the Tigers.
The Tigers used a 5-3 run to push out to a 15-13 advantage.
Four different Tigers had kills in the spurt.
Cincinnati, though, answered with a 7-3 run to grab a 20-18 lead.
Memphis tied the set at 21-all on a Walter kill.
The Bearcats made the set's final run for the 25-21 win.

Set Three

Like the first two sets, Memphis battled Cincinnati early, and the third set was tied at 9-all after a Marlatt kill.
The Bearcats pushed out to a 13-9 advantage with a 4-0 surge and never trailed.
Memphis cut the Cincinnati lead to one point on four occasions down the stretch, but was unable to get the equalizer.
After a Marlatt kill cut the Bearcats' lead to 18-17, Cincinnati closed the set on a 7-1 run for the 25-18 final and 3-0 match victory.