Volleyball Drops 3-0 Decision To UCF

Sunday, September 30

Memphis, Tenn.

12 pm

University of Memphis

7-9, 0-4

UCF*

12-3, 3-0

UCF

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Sep 30, 2018 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Boxscore (UCF 3, UM 0)Memphis Season Statistics

Wallace with career-highs for kills and digs vs. the Knights.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Meredith Wallace recorded career highs for kills and digs Sunday, but UCF won the American Athletic Conference match 3-0.

The Knights won the match by scores of 25-18, 25-14 and 25-18. With the loss, Memphis drops to 7-9 overall and 0-4 in the league. UCF improves to 12-3 overall and 3-0 in The American.

Wallace downed a career-best tying 10 kills and also collected a career-high seven digs against UCF Sunday. The freshman first had 10 kills in a win over Louisiana Monroe Sept. 7.

Up Next
Memphis continues its conference homestand Friday, Oct. 5 when the Tigers host Tulane as a part of Homecoming weekend. Match time is 4:30 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Admission is free.

Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"I saw some good fight today. We came out and made some untimely errors and let them get an early lead. But, we came battling back and that's what we've talked about. UCF and USF are two of the top teams in the conference, and it was a tough home-opening weekend in league play for us. I liked our resiliency and our fight out there today.

"Hannah (Flowers) has been really steady for us, and I can't ask for anything more (from her). She's leading us in kills, and her hitting percentage is good. But, we need multiple players to step up and be consistent in the same way. We don't expect perfection, but we want to keep chipping away and get multiple players in that double-digit column for kills.

"Meredith (Wallace) has been out due to injuries, but she fought today. She came on and was second in kills for us and had a great hitting percentage. If we get a couple more players doing the same thing, then the sky's the limit for us."

Tigers Tidbits

Hannah Flowers posted her 13^thdouble-digit kills match of the season Sunday with 12.
Flowers led Memphis in kills for the ninth time this season.
Molly Murrihy had 31 assists Sunday for her ninth match of the season with 30 or more assists.
Kaitlyn Gehler collected 16 digs Sunday for her sixth match of the season with 15 or more digs.
Mady Ruhlman, the Tigers' defensive specialist, did not play for a second-straight match Sunday due to injury.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	UCF Leaders
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 12	Kristina Fisher, 11
Assists	Molly Murrihy, 31	Amber Olson, 16
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 16	Jordan Pingel, 16
Blocks	3 players, 2	Nerissa Moravec, 5
Aces	Kelsea Bivins, 2	Amber Olson, 3

Set One

UCF jumped out to a 12-3 lead and never trailed.
Hannah Flowers accounted for two of the Tigers' three points with two kills.
The Knights maintained their nine-point lead at 21-12 when Memphis put together a run.
The Tigers surged with a 7-1 spurt to cut the UCF lead to 22-18.
Two Flowers kills and a Meredith Wallace kill and service ace keyed the run.
UCF grabbed the last three points for the 25-18 win.

Set Two

The Tigers stayed close early and trailed only 9-6 after a Wallace kill.
UCF then went on an 8-3 run to take a 17-9 lead.
Kelsea Bivins had three kills late, but the Knights won the set 25-14.

Set Three

Memphis nearly played UCF point-for-point early in the third set and trailed 9-6 after a Wallace kill.
A Kelsey Walter kill pulled Memphis even closer at 12-10.
UCF, however, used its experience to pull away, putting together an 11-4 spurt to take a 23-14 advantage.
Wallace, Bivins and Flowers each had a kill down the stretch, but it was too late with the Knights winning the set 25-18 and the match 3-0.