Volleyball Falls At Tulsa Friday

Friday, November 8

Tulsa, Okla.

12 pm CT

University of Memphis

15-10,4-9AAC

Tulsa*

15-11,8-5AAC

Memphis

Tulsa

Photo by: Brandon Dill

Nov 08, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Bianco with fourth-straight double-double, goes over 1,000 assists for the season.

TULSA, Okla. – University of Memphis' Sabrina Bianco posted her fourth-consecutive double-double and Hannah Flowers downed 18 kills, but it wasn't enough as the Tigers dropped a 3-1 American Athletic Conference decision at Tulsa Friday afternoon.

Tulsa won the match by scores of 25-19, 25-27, 25-22 and 25-21. With the setback, the Tigers are now 15-10 overall and 4-9 in the league. Tulsa improves to 15-11 overall and 8-5 in the conference.

Bianco had 41 assists and 14 digs in the match, marking the fourth-straight outing she recorded a double-double. It was her 11^thdouble-double of the season and 17^thof her career.

Flowers posted her 19^thdouble-figures kills match of the season, including the last four matches in a row. It was her fourth-straight match with 18 or more kills.

Up Next
The Tigers close out the road portion of their American Athletic Conference schedule Sunday, Nov. 10 at Wichita State. Match time is 1 p.m. (CT).

Tigers Tidbits

Sabrina Bianco had 41 assists Friday for her 16^th40-assists match of her career. Fifteen of the 16 performances have come this season.
Sabrina Bianco went over the 1,000 assists plateau for the season and now has 1,004 assists. Bianco's 1,004-assists campaign gives Memphis back-to-back seasons with 1,000-assists setters. In 2018, Molly Murrihy had 1,020 assists.
Hannah Flowers is closing in on 1,000 kills for a career. After Friday's match, the junior right side hitter has 958 career kills.
Gigi Crescenzo collected 11 digs versus USF Sunday. The double-figures digs match was her 12^thof the season. She just missed a double-double performance as she downed nine kills.
Friday's match (24 digs) was the 37^thdouble-figures digs match of Gehler's career and her 19^thof the season. Gehler has posted double-digit digs in 17 of the Tigers' last 18 matches.
Kaitlyn Gehler's 24-digs performance Friday gives her five matches of 20 or more digs this season.

Statistic	Memphis Leaders	Tulsa Leaders
Kills	Hannah Flowers, 18	Dilara Gedikouglu, 26
Assists	Sabrina Bianco, 41	Roosa Rautio, 30
Digs	Kaitlyn Gehler, 24	Taylor Horsfall, 36
Aces	Hannah Flowers, 2	Two players, 1
Blocks	Jada Birkel, 5	Maggie Hembree, 8

First Set

After a 3-all tie, Tulsa pulled out to a 10-6 advantage.
The Golden Hurricane extended their lead to six at 17-11 when Memphis made its run.
A 5-0 spurt pulled the Tigers to within one at 17-16.
Memphis won four of its five points off Hannah Flowers' service game, including two aces.
The Tigers, though, did not get the equalizer, and Tulsa withstood the rally.
The Golden Hurricane pushed back out to a four-point lead at 22-18.
Tulsa took the first set 25-19.

Second Set

The second set started much the same way with Tulsa breaking a 3-all tie and taking an 11-7 lead.
The Golden Hurricane increased their advantage to 17-12 when the Tigers made their run.
Memphis' 5-0 run tied the set at 17-all.
Memphis got kills from Flowers (2), Jada Birkel and Gigi Crescenzo in the spurt.
From there, the set went back-and-forth with six ties over the next 12 points. The match was tied at 23-all.
A Flowers kill tied the match again at 24-all.
Tulsa took a 25-24 lead and had match point on its serve.
Memphis, however, scored the set's last three points to take the set 27-25.
Flowers and Crescenzo downed kills to capture the set for the Tigers.

Third Set

Memphis and Tulsa stayed neck-and-neck with each other through the set's first 20 points which ended in a 10-all tie.
The Tigers pushed out to a 13-10 advantage on kills from Sabria Cooper and Flowers.
Memphis maintained its three-point lead at 19-16 after a Meredith Wallace kill.
Tulsa, however, answered with a 7-0 run for a 23-19 lead.
Memphis closed to within two at 24-22 on a Flowers kill, but Tulsa downed the game-winner for the 25-22 set victory.

Fourth Set

Tulsa grabbed a 3-1 lead and did not trail in the set.
The Golden Hurricane increased their lead to as many as five at 12-7.
The Tigers made a run and closed to within two at 17-15.
Flowers had three kills in the run.
Tulsa, though, answered with a 3-0 spurt to extend the lead to 20-15.
Memphis tried once again to get back in the set, closing to within two at 22-20 on a Wallace kill.
The Golden Hurricane finished it off with a 3-1 run for the 25-21 set win and 3-1 match victory.