Volleyball Posts Win Over Florida A&M

Friday, August 31

Martin, Tenn.

11 am

University of Memphis

2-3

Florida A&M

0-4

Florida A&M

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Aug 31, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

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Flowers, Murrihy, Palmer each record a double-double in the victory.

MARTIN, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Hannah Flowers, Molly Murrihy and Anna Palmer each posted double-doubles to lift the Tigers to a 3-1 victory over Florida A&M Friday. The match was the first of four for Memphis in UT Martin's Skyhawk Invitational this weekend.

The Tigers won the match by scores of 27-25, 25-27, 25-14 and 25-17. With the win, Memphis improves to 2-3. The Rattlers fall to 0-4.

Flowers (16/12) and Palmer (10/13) both recorded their double-double performances via kills and digs. Murrihy logged her double-double with 46 assists and 11 digs.

The Tigers have a quick turnaround and play host UT Martin in a 5 p.m. (CT) match Friday afternoon.

Tigers Tidbits

Molly Murrihy registered career highs for assists (46) and digs (11) Friday. It was the first double-double of her career.
Anna Palmer posted her first double-double (10 kills/13 digs) at Memphis and the third of her collegiate career. Palmer had two double-doubles as a freshman at Seattle University last season.
Palmer recorded the sixth double-digit kills match of her career (5 at Seattle) and the seventh double-figures digs performance of her career (6 at Seattle).
Hannah Flowers had the first double-double (16 kills/12 digs) of her career Friday. Her 12 digs were a career high. Her previous career best for digs was three in three matches last season.
Hannah Flowers' 16 kills were one shy of tying her career high of 17. It was the 15^th double-digit kills match of her career and her third this season.
Flowers had three service aces in the match, giving her 16 for the season. She had only five aces in 2017.
Kelsea Bivins had eight kills, 12 digs and three total blocks. It was the sixth double-digit digs match of her career.
Kelsey Walter logged six total blocks in the win over Florida A&M. It was the second match of the season with five or more blocks. She had a career-high seven blocks against Arkansas State Aug. 25.

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"This was a great rebound and team win today. Molly set a balanced offense, and we got production from multiple players. I'm really proud of how this team battled this morning and got better on the court. Kelsea really stepped up with her all-around game and made a big impact blocking Florida A&M's top attackers."

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	Florida A&M Leaders
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 16	Radka Dimitrova, 11
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 46	Elena Dimitrova, 28
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 15	Valentina Carrasco, 18
Blocks	Kelsey Walter, 6	Radka Dimitrova, 7

Set One

The Tigers jumped out to a 6-2 lead on the strength of two kills from Kelsey Walter.
Florida A&M battled back and knotted the score at 10-all with an 8-4 run.
The Rattlers continued their spurt and charged out to a 17-13 advantage.
Florida A&M held its lead and was within one point of taking the first set at 24-20.
Memphis, though, responded with a 4-0 run to tie the set at 24-all.
Sarah Marlatt (kill/ace) and Walter (2 kills) keyed the Memphis surge.
With the score tied at 25-all, Molly Murrihy pushed the Tigers ahead with a kill and then ended the set with a service ace for the 27-25 win.

Set Two

Memphis grabbed an early advantage and remained in the lead (15-14) until midway through the set.
Florida A&M answered with a 5-0 spurt to take a 19-15 lead. The Rattlers did not trail the remainder of the set.
Memphis, though, stayed within striking distance and tied the score twice at 24-all (Meredith Wallace/Walter block) and 25-all (Hannah Flowers kill).
The Rattlers knocked down the last two points for the 27-25 set win.

Set Three

The Tigers responded in strong fashion in the third set.
After the set was five times in the first 14 points, Memphis slowly pulled away and never looked back.
The Tigers' first run was a 9-4 spurt that gave them a 16-11 lead.
Flowers had two kills, and Marlatt and Anna Palmer combined for a block and each added a kill in the run.
From there, Memphis closed the set on a 9-3 surge for the 25-14 win.
Kelsea Bivins had two kills and one block down the stretch.

Set Four

Florida A&M remained close early and trailed only 9-8.
That's when Memphis made its move and pulled away.
Three Palmer kills and a Murrihy ace extended the Tigers' lead to 14-9.
The Rattlers cut the lead to 15-13, but that was as close as they got the remainder of the set.
Memphis used a 5-2 run to pull out to a 20-15 advantage.
Flowers (2 kills) and Bivins (kill/block) powered the Tigers' run.
Palmer then added three more kills to lead Memphis to the 25-17 set win.