Volleyball Wins Home Opener

Friday, September 6

Memphis, Tenn.

10 am CT

University of Memphis

4-0

Gardner-Webb

0-0

Gardner-Webb

Memphis

Photo by: Sandra King, EIU

Sep 06, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Memphis defeats Gardner-Webb to improve to 4-0.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis' Hannah Flowers and Meredith Wallace each downed eight kills to lead the Tigers to a 3-0 victory over Gardner-Webb in the opening match of the 2019 Tiger Brawl Friday morning. The two-day tournament at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse is Memphis' home opener.

The Tigers won the match by scores of 25-18, 25-17 and 25-13. Memphis improved to 4-0, and the Runnin' Bulldogs fell to 0-4.

Up Next
Memphis returns to action later Friday when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the second match of the tournament for both teams. The Tigers-Lions match-up is set for a 7 p.m. (CT) start at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

Tigers Tidbits

The Tigers' 4-0 start is their best since 2011 (7-0).
Ten different Tigers registered at least one kill.
Hannah Flowers hit a career-best .667 (8 kills/0 errors/12 attempts).
Sabria Cooper recorded her second-best kills performance of the season with seven scores.
Sabrina Bianco had her fourth 20-assists match of the season with 25 helpers in Friday's win.
Meredith Wallace tied her career-high with 11 digs Friday. She also collected 11 digs in the Memphis win over South Dakota State Aug. 30.

First Set

The visitors from Boiling Springs, N.C., jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, with four of the Runnin' Bulldogs' points coming off Memphis errors.
Memphis bounced back with a 9-3 run to take an 11-8 advantage. Hannah Flowers keyed the run with three kills and one service ace.
Gardner-Webb tied the set at 12-all on two additional Memphis errors.
The Tigers went on a 7-0 run to grab a 19-12 lead and put the match out of reach. Kills from Meredith Wallace, Andrea O'Connor and Caitlin Schultz highlighted the spurt.
Memphis closed the set with two Gigi Crescenzo service aces for the 25-18 final.

Second Set

The Tigers built 4-1 lead and never trailed the rest of the way.
Memphis extended its advantage to 10-6 on consecutive kills from Flowers and Sabria Cooper.
A Jada Birkel kill pushed the Memphis run to 7-4 to grab a 17-10 lead.
The Tigers took their largest lead of the match at 24-14 on a Gardner-Webb error.
After the Runnin' Bulldogs cut the lead to 24-17, a Gardner-Webb service error gave Memphis the 25-17 win.

Third Set

The set was close through the first 17 points with four ties. Memphis led 9-8 after a Tigers' attack error.
From that point, Memphis steadily built its lead on the way to a 25-13 win and 3-0 match victory.
Flowers and Cooper each had two kills down the stretch.