Volleyball Falls At SMU Friday

Friday, November 2

Dallas, Texas

7 pm

University of Memphis

11-12, 4-7AAC

SMU*

8-13, 5-6AAC

Memphis

SMU

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Nov 02, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Boxscore (SMU 3, UM 2)Memphis Season Statistics (Overall)Memphis Season Statistics (Conference Only)

Flowers ties a career-high with 20 kills versus the Mustangs.

DALLAS, Texas – University of Memphis' Hannah Flowers had a career-high in kills and Molly Murrihy posted a double-double, but the Tigers came up short in a 3-2 setback at SMU Friday.

Memphis won the first two sets, but SMU answered with three-straight game wins for the match victory. The Mustangs won Friday's American Athletic Conference match by scores of 24-26, 19-25, 25-12, 30-28 and 15-6.

Memphis fell to 11-13 overall and 4-8 in the league. SMU improves to 9-13 overall and 6-6 in the conference.

Flowers tied her career-high with 20 kills versus the Mustangs. Earlier this season, she logged 20 kills in 3-2 victories over Ole Miss Sept. 11 and SMU Oct. 14.

For Murrihy, Friday's double-double performance was her 10^thof the season. She had 35 assists and 11 digs versus SMU.

Up Next
Memphis is back in action at Houston Sunday. The American Athletic Conference match-up starts at 1 p.m. (CT).

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"Obviously, a disappointing result this evening. When you are on the road and have a chance to steal a win, you have to close a team out. We got a little complacent with our serve, and they made some good offensive adjustments. We need offensive production across the board from our attackers, and we were spotty there tonight. We travel to Houston tomorrow, get in a good practice and prepare for the Cougars on Sunday."

Tigers Tidbits

The Tigers have a 5-3 record in five-set matches this season. Memphis had won its last five five-setters before Friday's setback.
Both Memphis-SMU matches went five sets this season, with each team protecting its homecourt.
Sarah Marlatt posted a season-best six total blocks vs. SMU.

Friday was Molly Murrihy's 16^thmatch of the season with 30 or more assists.
Kelsey Walter had five total blocks versus SMU for her 14^thmatch this season with five or more total blocks.
Hannah Flowers posted her 21^stdouble-digit kills match of the season with her career-high 20 kills Friday. It was the 33^rddouble-figures kills match of her career.
Kelsea Bivins had 11 kills Friday. It was the sixth time in the last eight matches Bivins recorded double-digit kills.
Kate Hoerdemann had a season-high with 11 digs Friday.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	SMU Leaders
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 20	Rachel Woulfe, 14 Brittany Adams, 14
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 35	Lily Heim, 33
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 20	Montana Watts, 24
Blocks	Sarah Marlatt, 6	Meryn Kennedy, 7
Aces	Hannah Flowers, 3	4 players, 1

Set One

The first set was close in the first 30 points with six ties – the last at 15-all – and the largest lead at two points.
Memphis used a 5-2 run to take a 20-17 advantage.
Two aces and one kill from Hannah Flowers keyed the spurt.
SMU answered with a 5-1 run to regain the advantage at 22-21.
The teams exchanged points for a 24-all tie.
Memphis won the set's last two points – the last on a Flowers and Sarah Marlatt block – for the 26-24 win.

Set Two

Memphis jumped out to a 5-1 lead on two Flowers kills and one Kelsey Walter kill.
SMU stormed back with a 10-6 run to knot the set at 11-all.
The Tigers used a 9-6 surge to push out in front 20-17.
Four different Tigers had kills in the run, including two from Kelsea Bivins.
Memphis closed out the set with a 5-2 spurt to take the set 25-19.
Marlatt had two blocks and one kill down the stretch for Memphis.

Set Three

SMU grabbed an early 10-4 lead and did not trail the rest of the set.
Memphis still trailed by six at 15-9 midway through the set, but got no closer.
The Mustangs closed on a 10-3 run for the 25-12 win.

Set Four

The Tigers took an 11-8 lead on a Flowers ace and two Bivins kills.
SMU responded with a 4-1 run to tie the set at 12-all.
The two teams traded points to where SMU had match point at 24-23.
Memphis staved off four SMU match points and had the match tied at 28-all on a Bivins kill.
The Mustangs, though, took the last two points on Memphis errors for the 30-28 win.

Set Five