Volleyball Falls To USF Friday

Friday, September 28

Memphis, Tenn.

7 pm

University of Memphis

7-8, 0-3

USF*

12-3, 1-1

USF

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Sep 28, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Boxscore (USF 3, UM 0)

Match was the Tigers' conference home opener.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Sarah Marlatt led the Tigers in kills and hitting percentage, but it wasn't enough in a 3-0 setback to USF Friday. The match was the American Athletic Conference home opener for Memphis.

The Bulls won the match by scores of 25-20, 25-11 and 25-22. With the loss, Memphis falls to 7-8 overall and 0-3 in the league. USF improves to 12-3 overall and 1-1 in The American.

Marlatt had a team-high eight kills on 13 attempts for a .615 hitting percentage.

Up Next
Memphis continues its conference home-opening weekend Sunday when it hosts UCF. Match time is 12 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Admission is free.

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"We have to find consistency in our fight and make sure that a couple of points here and there don't dictate the outcome of other long points and bursts of points. We need to be more consistent in our level of play and execution. We did some fantastic things in the third set, but we just had some errors at inopportune times.

"We'll face a different team in UCF Sunday. They have a very balanced attack. I like what they do defensively. We have to regroup in practice tomorrow, hone in on what we do on our side of the net and execute."

Tigers Tidbits

Sarah Marlatt's .615 hitting percentage was a career-high.
Anna Palmer had her best match since the Sept. 11 when the Tigers defeated Ole Miss. Palmer had seven kills and eight digs Friday.
Friday's match was the first time this season Palmer led the team in digs.
Mady Ruhlman, the Tigers' defensive specialist, did not play Friday due to injury. She was honored prior to the match for eclipsing 1,000 career digs last weekend.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	USF Leaders
Kills	Sarah Marlatt, 8	Clara Payne, 11
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 22	Lauren LaBeck, 16
Digs	Anna Palmer, 8	CC Clausen, 12
Blocks	Kelsey Walter, 3	3 players, 2
Aces	3 players, 1	3 players, 2

Set One

Memphis grabbed an early 4-2 lead on kills from Kelsea Bivins, Hannah Flowers and Anna Palmer.
USF used a 7-1 run to take the lead for good at 9-5.
The Tigers clawed back to with two at 11-9 on a Sarah Marlatt kill, but that was as close as they got the remainder of the set.
The Bulls pushed out to a 19-15 lead, but Memphis fought back to cut the USF lead to two points at 20-18.
USF won the opening set 25-20.

Set Two

USF jumped out to an early 2-0 advantage and never trailed.
The Tigers cut the USF early lead to 3-2 on a Palmer kill.
The Bulls then went on a 7-1 run to push out to a 10-3 advantage.
A Bivins kill sliced the USF lead to 13-7, but the Bulls finished off the set on a 12-4 spurt for the 25-11 win.

Set Three

Like the opening set, Memphis went out to an early 4-2 lead, but USF responded with an 8-2 run for a 10-6 lead.
The Tigers, though, did not fold and put together an 8-4 spurt to knot the set at 14-all.
Four Tigers knocked down a kill in the run.
The play was back-and-forth the next few points, but consecutive errors from USF gave Memphis a 21-19 lead.
USF, however, had the final surge with a 6-1 run to take the set 25-22 and match 3-0.