University of Memphis Athletics

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Volleyball Posts 3-2 Win Over Louisiana Monroe Friday
Sep 07, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
Wallace with career-high kills, Murrihy career-high assists.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Kelsea Bivins and Hannah Flowers had double-double performances to lead the Tigers to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Louisiana Monroe in the first match of the 2018 Tiger Invitational Friday.
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The Tigers won the match by scores of 25-17, 20-25, 18-25, 25-20 and 15-12. With the win, Memphis improves to 4-5. The Warhawks fall to 2-6.
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For Bivins, it was her fifth career double-double (19 kills/12 digs) and her first in 2018. It was Flowers' third career double-double (18 kills/12 digs) and her third in the last five matches.
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Memphis continues play in the Tiger Invitational Friday evening. The Tigers face Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Admission is free.
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Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"Louisiana Monroe came out and plugged away. They did what we thought they were going to do. We had a balanced attack early, and then we went to our outsides too much. We have to continue to work our middles that are known to score for us. We had a great balance on offense in terms of hitting .250 today. We did a good job of digging late, and that was one of our keys. We got some digs-to-transition swings and got some kills off of those."
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Tigers Tidbits
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Set One
Set Two
Set Three
Set Four
Set Five
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The Tigers won the match by scores of 25-17, 20-25, 18-25, 25-20 and 15-12. With the win, Memphis improves to 4-5. The Warhawks fall to 2-6.
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For Bivins, it was her fifth career double-double (19 kills/12 digs) and her first in 2018. It was Flowers' third career double-double (18 kills/12 digs) and her third in the last five matches.
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Memphis continues play in the Tiger Invitational Friday evening. The Tigers face Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Admission is free.
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Head coach Sean Burdette comments
"Louisiana Monroe came out and plugged away. They did what we thought they were going to do. We had a balanced attack early, and then we went to our outsides too much. We have to continue to work our middles that are known to score for us. We had a great balance on offense in terms of hitting .250 today. We did a good job of digging late, and that was one of our keys. We got some digs-to-transition swings and got some kills off of those."
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Tigers Tidbits
- Kelsea Bivins and Hannah Flowers followed up their career-high kills performances (Bivins 21 against UT Martin/Flowers 19 versus UAB) last weekend with 19 and 18 kills, respectively, on Friday.
- Flowers tied career-highs in digs (12) and service aces (5) versus Louisiana Monroe. Earlier this season, Flowers had 12 digs against Florida A&M Aug. 31 and five aces versus Alabama A&M Aug. 29.
- Bivins posted the 16thdouble-figures kills match of her career Friday.
- Freshman Molly Murrihy collected a career-best 47 assists Friday. Her previous-high was 46 assists versus Florida A&M Aug. 31.
- Freshman Meredith Wallace posted a career-high 10 kills Friday. Her previous-high was eight kills versus Arkansas State Aug. 25.
- Kelsey Walter had eight total blocks in the win over Louisiana Monroe. It is the fifth match in which she logged five or more total blocks this season.
Statistic | Memphis Leaders | Louisiana Monroe Leaders |
Kills | Kelsea Bivins, 19 Hannah Flowers, 18 |
Kate Blasingame, 13 |
Assists | Molly Murrihy, 47 | Presleigh Williams, 19 |
Digs | Kaitlyn Gehler, 17 | Albany Schaffer, 14 |
Blocks | Kelsey Walter, 8 | Catherine Griffin, 4 |
Aces | Hannah Flowers, 5 | Catherine Griffin, 4 |
Set One
- The Tigers grabbed a 1-0 lead, but Louisiana Monroe responded with an 8-2 run to take the 8-3 lead.
- Memphis continued to trail the Warhawks at 12-11.
- The Tigers went on a 3-0 mini-run for a 14-12 advantage. Kills from Kelsey Walter and Kelsea Bivins pushed Memphis into the lead.
- Memphis then steadily pulled away for the 25-17 victory.
- Bivins had two kills and an ace, and Hannah Flowers added a kill and three-straight aces in the Tigers' final surge.
Set Two
- Memphis fell behind early and never caught up with the Warhawks.
- After two ties at 1-all and 2-all, Louisiana Monroe went on a 15-5 run to take a 17-7 lead.
- The Tigers, though, did not fold, answering back with a 13-7 spurt to pull to within four at 24-20.
- Three Flowers kills keyed the late Memphis run.
- The Warhawks ended the Tigers' rally with a kill to win the set 25-20.
Set Three
- For the second-straight set, the Tigers grabbed the early advantage at 2-1, but then fell behind the Warhawks and never led again.
- Louisiana Monroe used an 11-4 spurt to push out to a 12-6 lead.
- The Warhawks increased their lead to as many as eight points on three occasions before taking the set 25-18.
Set Four
- Memphis jumped out to a 5-2 lead on kills from Bivins, Flowers and Meredith Wallace.
- The Warhawks, though, bolted back into the lead at 8-5 with a 6-0 run.
- Louisiana Monroe maintained its three-point advantage at 15-12, and then the Tigers made their run.
- Memphis put together an 8-2 spurt to take a 20-17 lead and did not trail the remainder of the set.
- Two Wallace kills and one kill each from Flowers, Bre Carlton and Sarah Marlatt pushed the Tigers in front.
- Kills from Bivins, Flowers and Carlton down the stretch secured the 25-20 set victory.
Set Five
- The set was close with six ties and three lead changes.
- Memphis grabbed a 3-1 lead on a Carlton ace.
- The Tigers stayed in front on three-straight Flowers kills and led 7-4 after the last of those three knockdowns.
- Louisiana Monroe used a 5-1 run to take a 9-8 advantage, the Warhawks' final lead of the set and match.
- Memphis quickly regained the lead at 10-9 and had late kills from Wallace and Flowers to sew up the 15-12 set win and the 3-2 match victory.
Team Stats
ULM
MEM
Kills
46
68
Errors
18
28
Attempts
133
161
Hitting %
.211
.248
Points
62.0
86.0
Assists
44
65
Aces
9
8
Blocks
7.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
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