Volleyball Wraps Up Tournament Play with Sweep of Abilene Christian

Saturday, September 17

Boca Raton, Fla.

11:00 A.M. CT

Tulane University

Abilene Christian

Volleyball Wraps Up Tournament Play with Sweep of Abilene Christian

Sep 17, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Final Stats vs. Abilene Christian

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Though Abilene Christian notched the first point of the day, the rest of the match was all Tulane as the Green Wave completed their fourth sweep of the 2016 season in a 3-0 rout of the Wildcats. With the win, Tulane wrapped up preseason tournament play, finishing the four-week stretch with an 8-4 record and hitting .262 as a team heading into conference play next weekend.

QUOTE

"We definitely ended the weekend the way we wanted to after a rough start. We had a lot of players contribute this game, and overall it was a great team effort. It feels really good to end on a high note going into conference play next weekend. Sarah Ray has been huge for us, moving her to the right side has really helped us out on offense. Dayna Kern was also awesome, she worked hard to be available all the time as a middle and did a great job of seeing the court. Overall, we did pretty well in these four tournament weekends. We have some things to work on, but we're in a good spot heading into conference play at Temple. We've learned quite a bit, and it's going to be a good journey ahead of us."

--Tulane assistant coach Meredith Schamun

HOW IT WAS WON

Set one featured a dominant Tulane squad pulling ahead early, closing in on a 25-13 win. Set two proved a closer ordeal with ACU hanging tight on Tulane's tail for the majority of the match, but the Green Wave fought to the finish and nabbed a 25-23 victory in the closest set of the day. Tulane closed in on the match sweep with a 25-15 final in the third set, moving to 8-4 on the year with their fourth sweep of the season.

Following the match, Tulane named two players to the all-tournament team. Junior right-side hitter Sarah Ray garnered tournament honors for the second consecutive week, leading Tulane in kills on the weekend with 35. Sophomore middle hitter Dayna Kern also earned all-tournament honors for the first time in her Tulane career, notching a career-high 15 against FAU on Friday night and leading the team with 9 in the morning's contest against Abilene Christian.

UP NEXT

The Green Wave open up American Conference play on the road next weekend with matches at Temple and UConn on Friday night and Sunday morning, respectively. Tulane will take on the Owls in Philadelphia at 6:00 p.m. CT.