Tigers Pick Up Win Over the Green Wave

Sunday, October 8

Memphis, Tenn.

1:00 p.m.

University of Memphis

6-13,2-5AAC

Tulane

4-14,0-6AAC

Tulane

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Oct 08, 2023 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis picked up its second conference win over Tulane, 3-1, Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (6-13, 2-5) took the first and second set 25-21, before struggling the set three, dropping it 25-14. Memphis would fight to take set four in overtime, 28-26. The Tigers finished the match with 70 digs, 60 kills, nine blocks and six service aces. Junior Tabytha Toelke led the Tigers with a .306 clip, 15 kills and 12 digs.

"Great end to the weekend where we got better from our Rice match on Friday night to today's with Tulane. I thought we were efficient on offense and our serving allowed some good defensive pressure," head coach Sean Burdette shared. "Saw some great fight from our team all match long, especially the 4th set. Great seeing the set distribution and having 4 players in double digit kills and then Rylee Busse and Abi Schlueter picking up 17 digs apiece."

Memphis 3, Tulane 1

Memphis and Tulane opened the first set exchanging points back and forth with Memphis taking a slight lead with a 5-1 run early in the set. The Tigers were aided in their run by blocks from Clara Bednarek and Reilly Briggs along with an ace from Schlueter.
The Tigers held the lead coming out of the media timeout, with the Green Wave putting together a small run to tighten the gap and put the pressure on the Tigers.
Memphis would take set one 25-21 after Toelke and Bednarek would put up a block to end the set.
Tulane would take the lead early in set two forcing a Memphis timeout, Sabrina Skyers and Jordan White showing their presence at the net.
The Tigers put together a few small runs, chipping away at the Green Wave lead and forcing a timeout. Memphis would put together a 4-2 run, taking the lead late in set two with kills from Toelke and a service ace from Jordan Heatherly.
Memphis would take set two 25-21 after going on a 3-0 run with kills from Madison Rice-Locket and Toelke to secure the set.
The Green Wave got off to a hot start in set three, opening on an 8-3 run and forcing a Tiger timeout. Tulane capitalized on Memphis errors at the net and the service line.
The Tigers tried chipping away at the large lead the Green Wave held, however they were unable to overcome the deficit allowing Tulane to take the set 25-14.
Memphis and Tulane went into set four going back and forth through the first half of the set with the score 14-14 after a service ace from Bednarek.
The Tigers and Green Wave continued exchanging point for point late into set four, with the Tigers holding a slight two-point lead at 22-20. Memphis was aided in its lead by kills from Bednarek, Heatherly and Toelke, along with a block from Bednarek and Rice-Locket.
Memphis and Tulane took set four into overtime fighting point for point for the win. The Tigers would come away with the win off a kill from Toelke to close the set and match.

Notables

Four Tigers hit double digits: Toelke (15), Rice-Locket (11), Heatherly (11) and Bednarek (10).
Heatherly recorded a triple-double with 24 assist, 11 kills and 10 digs in the match. Toelke recorded a double-double with 15 kills and 12 digs.
Bednarek led Memphis with eight blocks in the match, her season high.
Four Tigers tallied double digit digs: Busse (17), Schlueter (17), Toelke (12) and Heatherly (10).

Up Next: The Tigers will host UAB on Friday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.

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