Volleyball Falls To Tulsa Sunday

Sunday, October 6

Memphis, Tenn.

1 pm CT

University of Memphis

11-4

Tulsa* (Breast Cancer Awareness)

10-7

Tulsa

Memphis

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Oct 06, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Contest was the Tigers' Breast Cancer Awareness Match.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Kaitlyn Gehler collected a team-high 15 digs and Meredith Wallace added nine kills, but it wasn't enough as the Tigers fell to Tulsa 3-0 in American Athletic Conference action at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon.

The Golden Hurricane won the match by scores of 25-14, 25-23 and 25-18. The loss dropped Memphis to 11-5 overall and 0-4 in The American. Tulsa improved to 10-7 overall and 3-1 in the conference.

Up Next
The Tigers go back on the road in American Athletic Conference play next weekend. Memphis travels to Dallas, Texas, for a 7 p.m. (CT) match Friday at SMU. On Sunday, the Tigers face defending league champion UCF in Orlando, Fla., at 11 a.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

The 3-0 setback was the first time this season the Tigers were swept in a match.
Sabrina Bianco recorded her 16^th20-assists match of the season.
Kaitlyn Gehler posted her eighth-straight double-figures digs match of the season Sunday. It was her 11^thof the season.
In the weekend's two matches, Hannah Flowers moved over 800 kills for her career. She now has 814 kills in her three seasons..

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	Tulsa Leaders
Kills	Meredith Wallace, 9	Maddies Rhoder, 10
Assists	Sabrina Bianco, 24	Roosa Rautio, 20
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 15	Taylor Horsfall, 17
Aces	Sabria Cooper, 2	Taylor Horsfall, 3
Blocks	Hannah Flowers, 3 Andrea O'Connor, 3	Callie Cook, 4

First Set

Tulsa jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never trailed. The set also was never tied.
The Tigers closed to within two at 5-3 on a Hannah Flowers kill, but got no closer the rest of the way.
The Golden Hurricane built their lead to as many as 12 points (23-11; 24-12), before taking the set 25-14.

Second Set

The set was the most competitive of the three with nine ties and five lead changes.
Memphis took an early 2-0 advantage off Sabrina Bianco's service game.
Tulsa used a 6-3 run for a 6-5 lead.
The score was tied four times over the next seven points, the last one coming at 9-all.
The Tigers put together an 8-5 spurt to push out to a 17-14 lead.
Sabria Cooper started the run with consecutive aces, and Meredith Wallace, Bianco and Flowers each added one kill.
The Golden Hurricane fought back and tied the set at 20-all.
Memphis regained two-point advantages at 22-20 (Wallace kill) and 23-21 (Tulsa attack error).
Tulsa had the set's last run, a 4-0 spurt, for the 25-23 win.

Third Set

The set was tied five times in the first 24 points.
The largest run in the early-going was by the Tigers, a 3-0 spurt off Kaitlyn Gehler's serve. Her service game led to an ace and a kill apiece from Cooper and Flowers.
After the last tie, Tulsa went on a 5-1 run to take a 17-13 lead and gain control of the set.
Memphis was unable to draw much closer, and the Golden Hurricane won the set 25-18 and match 3-0.