Smith leads the Tigers to Sweep of Queens and Win Over Oakland

Friday, September 9

Memphis, Tenn.

12 P.M.

University of Memphis

5-3,0-0AAC

Queens

2-6,0-0ASUN

Queens (NC)

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Smith leads the Tigers to Sweep of Queens and Win Over Oakland

Sep 09, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Tigers had their first sweep of the season with a win over Queens before earning a 3-1 win over Oakland Friday night.

Memphis 3, Queens 0

The Tigers built up a six-point lead over the Royals in the first set on Friday morning. Tabytha Toelke and Jasmyn Tate led the way for Memphis with four and five kills respectively. Memphis fended off several runs by Queens to win the first frame 25-21.

Queen challenged the Tigers to begin the second set and the two teams would go back-and-forth with Memphis eventually pulling away to win the set 25-20.

Momentum carried into the third for Memphis and the Royals worst hitting percentage of the match.114) paved a path to victory for the Tigers. After Queens tied the set at 15 all, the Tigers went on a 10-2 run and won the final set 25-17. Match point came on a Anna Hayes service ace.

Notables

Tabytha Toelke had the winning kill in the first and second set for Memphis.
Jasmyn Tate had a match high 16 kills on .467 hitting percentage. She also had one block.
Miaya Smith had 10 kills on a .533 hitting percentage and two blocks.
Loren Robertson handed out a match-high 37 assists and libero Bailey Houlihan had 21 digs.

Memphis 3, Oakland 1

Memphis quickly built a lead against the Golden Grizzlies, going up 5-0 in the first set and leading by as much as eight. The Tigers held Oakland to a team hitting percentage of .106 and won the first set 25-20.

During the second set, Memphis used an 8-2 run following a timeout to pull away from the Golden Grizzlies after being tied at 11. A kill from senior Kate Bass secured the 25-18 second set win. Determined to not go quietly, Oakland built an 12-5 lead and ultimately winning the third set 25-10.

Miaya Smith timely kills kept the Tigers' energy levels high during the fourth set. Smith had two blocks and two kills as the Tigers gained an early 8-4 lead.

Notables

Graduate student Miaya Smith tied her season-high 16 kills on a .464 hitting percentage against the Golden Grizzlies
Senior Kate Bass had a career-high six blocks on the night
Loren Robertson handed out a match high 40 assists and had two blocks

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