Tulane Grabs First Win of the Season

Saturday, August 27

BEAUMONT, TX

10 AM

Tulane University

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Prairie View A&M University

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Tulane

Prairie View

Aug 27, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Samantha Larsen

BEAUMONT, Texas - The Tulane volleyball team swept past a scrappy Prairie View A&M Saturday morning, as the Green Wave won by scores of 25-11, 25-20, 25-23 to start day two of the Katrinka Crawford Invitational on the campus of Lamar University in Beaumont.

Tulane (1-1) produced a strong offensive showing, hitting .360 as a team over the course of the three sets to power past the Panthers (0-2) on its way into the final game of the tournament.

Senior Kayla Kaiser was one of four Tulane players to finish the day with seven or more kills, hitting .462 on the match with three blocks and four aces. Melissa Kolurbasi, the kill leader with 11, hit at a .350 clip with one block.

The setting game was soild between Kate Van Houten with 27 assists and Ava Derbes with 7 over the three-set-match.

Junior libero Sophia Ervanian did her part on the back line. She finished with 11 digs and two service aces.

The Panthers never got a handle on the Green Wave's explosive offense. Tulane drove a quick wedge going up 10-1 in the first set with a seven-point run from Jillian Dits behind the line. The Green Wave never let the score get within seven, ending the set with a 25-11 final score.

Tulane was able to start strong in the second set and never lost the lead after jumping out 13-7 early. Slowly, PVAM began to find pockets of offense to pull closer to Tulane throughout, eventually cutting the deficit to one. The set went final at 25-20.

The final set was a carbon copy of the second. Tulane managed to grab the lead and hold it until the Panthers beat the Green Wave to 20. Tulane went on to capitalize on a couple of errors from their opponents and added a few good swings for the two-point victory in the third set.

Tulane continues its opening tournament this afternoon at 4 p.m. facing the hosts inside McDonald Gym on the campus of Lamar University.

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