Volleyball Drops Decision At UCF Sunday

Sunday, October 13

Orlando, Fla.

11 am CT

University of Memphis

11-7,6-0AAC

UCF*

11-7,5-1AAC

Memphis

UCF

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Oct 13, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Flowers leads Tigers with 12 kills and a .455 hitting percentage.

ORLANDO, Fla. – University of Memphis' Hannah Flowers had 12 kills and a .455 hitting percentage, but it wasn't enough in UCF's 3-0 American Athletic Conference victory Sunday.

The Knights won the match by scores of 25-14, 25-19 and 25-15. The loss dropped Memphis to 11-7 overall and 0-6 in The American. UCF improved to 11-7 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

Flowers' 12 kills were tied for match-high honors. Freshman Sabria Cooper had five total blocks and also tied for match-high honors in that statistical category. Sabrina Bianco handed out a match-best 26 assists.

Up Next
The Tigers return home to the Elma Roane Fieldhouse next weekend and host Connecticut Friday at 7 p.m. (CT) and Temple Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

Hannah Flowers had her 13^thdouble-digit kills match of the season (12 kills). It was her 48^thdouble-figures kills match of her career.
Sabrina Bianco recorded her 18^th20-assists match of the season.
Sabria Cooper posted her third five-plus block match of the season.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	UCF Leaders
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 12	McKenna Melville, 12
Assists	Sabrina Bianco, 26	Erin Olson, 17
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 7 Gigi Crescenzo, 7	Erin Olson, 11
Aces	Sabria Cooper, 1	Two players, 1
Blocks	Sabria Cooper, 5	Anne-Marie Watson, 5

First Set

Memphis tied the match early at 2-2 on consecutive kills from Meredith Wallace.
UCF then went on a 9-1 run to take an 11-3 lead and put the set out of reach.
The Knights extended its lead to nine points at 19-10.
UCF won the set 25-14.

Second Set

Memphis took a 3-2 lead on a Hannah Flowers kill and built on its advantage.
The Tigers extended their advantage to three at 8-5 on a Sabria Cooper kill.
UCF roared back with a 9-1 spurt to take a 14-9 lead and never trailed again.
The Knights built their lead to as many as nine points at 20-11 when Memphis made one final push.
The Tigers put together an 8-4 run to slice the lead to 24-19.
UCF scored the final point for the 25-19 win.

Third Set

UCF jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead and never looked back.
Memphis closed to within one at 7-6 on an Anna Palmer kill, but was unable to tie the set.
The Knights answered the Memphis run with a 12-2 spurt to extend their lead to 11 at 19-8.
UCF won the set 25-15 and the match 3-0.