Volleyball Completes Second Straight Sweep in Victory over Memphis

Friday, November 11

New Orleans, La.

7 p.m. CT

Tulane University

16-12, 8-8

University of Memphis*

12-15, 4-11

Team	1	2	3	Final F
MEMPHIS	23	16	17	0
TULANE	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Parker Waters

Volleyball Completes Second Straight Sweep in Victory over Memphis

Nov 11, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

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NEW ORLEANS – The Green Wave volleyball squad completed their second sweep of an American Athletic Conference opponent in as many matches, defeating Memphis 3-0 on Friday night at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. With the win, Tulane improves to 16-12 on the year, evening to 8-8 in conference play.

QUOTE

"To have a week like this was good for the team, especially coming off of last Sunday's match. We're just building through the end of the season, finishing matches as quickly as possible and doing the things that we need to do on our side of the net. We're really battling for our position in the conference, and the seniors have been making huge contributions both in practice and in matches like this. We have two good teams ahead of us, and we're focusing on one match at a time."

--Tulane assistant coach Brian Yale

HOW IT WAS WON

Memphis would score the first points of the night, battling with Tulane until the end of set one until the Green Wave notched their first victory of the night on three straight kills from junior right-side hitter Sarah Ray. Following the close 25-23 victory, Tulane put on a dominating performance in the second set, trailing early on but stringing together three separate runs of three or more points to seal a convincing 25-16 victory.

Up 2-0 at the set break for the second straight match, the Green Wave sealed the sweep with a 25-17 win over the Tigers, outhitting Memphis .302 to .091 in the final set of the night.

On the night, Tulane notched two consecutive conference sweeps for the first time 2013, led offensively by Sarah Ray, who hit .471 with 17 kills. In addition, senior Tea Juric recorded her 14^th double-double of the season, hitting .409 with 10 kills and 16 digs.

UP NEXT

The Green wave hit the road for one last travel trip next weekend, playing at Cincinnati on the night of Thursday, Nov. 17 in the team's final match-up with the Bearcats.