Volleyball Notches Second Straight Conference Victory in Tampa

Friday, October 7

Tampa, FL

6 p.m. CT

Tulane University

11-6, 3-2AAC

University of South Florida*

11-6, 2-3AAC

TULANE

USF

Volleyball Notches Second Straight Conference Victory in Tampa

Oct 7, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

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TAMPA, Fla. – On a damp and windy evening at the Corral, Tulane volleyball (11-6, 3-2) knocked off conference foe USF (11-6, 2-3) in a 3-1 match victory. With the win, Tulane spoiled the Bulls' 7-0 record at home and earned its second straight conference win of the season.

QUOTE

"The win feels great because we wanted to put a streak together. We talked about winning two road matches this weekend after splitting the first two weeks, and this was a good win to start this road trip. The team played really well defensively, and Sarah Ray played a tremendous match to put it away. We've talked about problem solving and sticking together as a team to be positive through adversity, and the girls have done a great job with that."

--Head coach Jim Barnes

HOW IT WAS WON

Tulane took set one by a 25-17 margin, outhitting the Bulls .364 to .171 on five kills by junior right-side hitter Sarah Ray. In set two, the Green Wave once again held USF to under 20 points, notching a 25-19 victory for a 2-0 advantage in the match. Set three started off slowly for Tulane, falling behind 5-0 to a suddenly offensive Bulls squad. The Green Wave fell on eight attack errors, notching only ten kills in the set and allowing USF to claim set three 25-20. Set four was an uphill battle at the start until Tulane evened things up at six and pulled ahead to an 8-7 lead. The Green Wave would hold the lead for the remainder of the set, knocking off the Bulls 25-17 in set four to claim a 3-1 match victory.

Both Ray and junior setter Justine Bowers notched double-doubles on the night, Ray with a team-leading 19 kills and 18 digs and Bowers with 44 assists and 14 digs. Freshman libero Kaylie McHugh led Tulane's defensive efforts with 22 digs in the match.

UP NEXT

The Green Wave will travel to Orlando as originally planned to face UCF on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. inside The Venue. The Knights knocked off Houston in three straight sets on Friday afternoon in Tampa, moving to 14-4 on the year and 4-1 in conference.