Tigers Split Matches Against Nicholls and CMU to Open Season

Friday, August 26

Memphis, Tenn.

12 P.M.

University of Memphis

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Nicholls

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Nicholls

Memphis

Tigers Split Matches Against Nicholls and CMU to Open Season

Aug 26, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis volleyball opened the 2022 season 1-1. Defeating Nicholls State 3-2 in the early match before falling to Central Michigan 2-3.

Memphis 3, Nicholls 2

Nichols won the first set 26-24 after grabbing a slim advantage early. Memphis rallied in the second, going on a 7-1 to go up 8-3 early. Behind Miaya Smith's five kills and two blocks Memphis finished the set on a 8-2 winning it 25-16.

The third saw with 12 ties and eight lead changes until Nicholls went on a run to win the set 25-17 and go up 2-1 in the match.

The fourth stay competitive until the Tigers went on a 13-5 run to close it out and tie up the match to force a fifth set.

Memphis fell early 5-7 before going on another run (6-1) to take lead. The set went back-and-forth with Memphis finishing the set on a Jasmyn Tate kill to win 15-12 and the match 3-2.

Notables

Miaya Smith led the team with 16 kills, including four in the second set, on a .375 hitting percentage and had our blocks.
Sophomore transfer and JUCO All-American Jasmyn Tate and freshman Chelsea George made their debut for the Tigers.
Tate and Tabytha Toelke both had double-doubles (Tate - 13k, 16d // Toelke 13k, 11d)
Loren Robertson handed out 42 assists to go along with five kills on a .385 hitting percentage and a team-high 17 digs.
Junior Bailey Houlihan had a team-high 17 digs.

Memphis 2, CMU 3

In their second match of the day, Memphis took the lead and relied on an early 10-2 run to win the first set 25-22. The carried the momentum into the second, never trailing and winning the set 25-22.

Central Michigan came back, winning the final three sets (25-23,26-16,15-10).

Notables

Sophomore transfer and JUCO All-American Halle Everett made her Memphis debut in the fourth set and had an immediate kill.
Toelke led the Tigers with 16 kills, including eight in the second set and had a double-double with 10 digs.
Houlihan led the team in digs with 18
Senior Gigi Crescenzo had six kills, five blocks and 15 digs on the night.

Up Next

The Tigers will face EWU and Southern at 12 pm and 6 pm respectively. Stats will be available on www.memphisstats.com and available to stream on ESPN+.

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