Tigers Outlast the Pirates in Greenville

Friday, October 21

Greenville, NC

5 P.M.

University of Memphis

15-7,5-4AAC

East Carolina

8-13,3-6AAC

Memphis

East Carolina

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Oct 21, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Tigers (16-7,5-4) defeated ECU (8-13,3-6) in five sets on Friday evening (25-20,20-25,25-23,18-25,25-10). Memphis relied on strong performances from Kate Bass and Jasmyn Tate to defeat the Pirates.

Memphis had to shake of some rust in the first set, falling down early to the Pirates. A 3-0 run forced ECU to use a timeout. The Tigers continued extended the run to 8-0 and take their first lead at 18-16. It was a lead they did no relinquish, winning the first frame 25-20.

ECU fought back, tying the match and then wining the third to take a 2-1 lead. Memphis kept their heads down and won the fourth set 25-18, holding ECU to a .000 hitting percentage and forcing nine errors to force a fifth set.

With the fifth set tied at 4-all Memphis would go on a 7-1 run that was the difference maker. ECU made a late push but a Bass kill won the match for the Tigers.

Notables

Senior Kate Bass had a career night against ECU hitting several new career-highs (Aces- 3, Digs-4 and points-17.5). She also tallied 11 kills and seven blocks.
Jasmyn Tate tied her career high with 16 kills on a .333 hitting percentage.
Bailey Houlihan had a match high 22 digs and Loren Robertson had a match high 44 assists.

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