Wednesday, September 21
New Orleans
2:30 PM
Tulane University
5-7,0-1AAC
2
vs
3
University of Houston
10-2,1-0AAC
1
2
3
4
5
F
Houston
22
25
24
25
15
3
Tulane
25
9
26
18
8
2
Volleyball Drops First AAC Match in Epic Five - Set Battle
Sep 21, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Volleyball (5-7, 0-1 AAC) dropped a five-set nail bitter to Houston (10-2, 1-0 AAC) to open up American Athletic Conference play inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena Inside the Devlin Fieldhouse. Tulane put up a fair fight but couldn't pull through the tough Cougar defense.
The offense was led by middle blocker Kayla Kaiser. The graduate student had 17 kills, 18 points and hit .484. Senior Melissa Kolurbasi didn't deviate from her standard collecting 15 kills, 18 points and hit a modest .263.
Senior setter Kate Van Houten assisted in 44 kills and picked up 11 digs to complete her fourth double-double of the season.
Jillian Dits got the start at the Libero position. The senior claimed 23 digs off of Cougar hits.
Tulane took set one 25-22 with 15 kills and hit .225. Tulane started strong putting up four unanswered on the board. The Green Wave would stay in the driver's seat opening up the gap 21-11. The cougars rattled off seven straights to put them right back in the set 17-21. Tulane would ultimately come out on top 25-22.
The Wave dropped set two by way of 9-25.
Set three went to the Olive and Blue who outscored Houston 26-24. The set was within inches until the Green Wave scored four straight with two kills and two blocks to end the match.
Set four was taken by the Cougars by score of 25-18. Tulane trailed the entire set following a 11-11 knot up, despite their best efforts to keep it close the dropped the set and headed for a fifth.
The Wave started slow in the fifth and spent the rest of the set trying to crawl out. The set went final 15-8 in favor of the opponents.
The Green Wave posted 52 kills, 48 assists, four aces, 377 digs, 6 blocks and hit .190 as a team.
The Wave will be back in action at 6:30 p.m. inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena Inside the Devlin Fieldhouse to take on the Bearcats of Cincinnati (2-9, 0-0 AAC).
Additionally, fans can follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, all-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
The offense was led by middle blocker Kayla Kaiser. The graduate student had 17 kills, 18 points and hit .484. Senior Melissa Kolurbasi didn't deviate from her standard collecting 15 kills, 18 points and hit a modest .263.
Senior setter Kate Van Houten assisted in 44 kills and picked up 11 digs to complete her fourth double-double of the season.
Jillian Dits got the start at the Libero position. The senior claimed 23 digs off of Cougar hits.
Tulane took set one 25-22 with 15 kills and hit .225. Tulane started strong putting up four unanswered on the board. The Green Wave would stay in the driver's seat opening up the gap 21-11. The cougars rattled off seven straights to put them right back in the set 17-21. Tulane would ultimately come out on top 25-22.
The Wave dropped set two by way of 9-25.
Set three went to the Olive and Blue who outscored Houston 26-24. The set was within inches until the Green Wave scored four straight with two kills and two blocks to end the match.
Set four was taken by the Cougars by score of 25-18. Tulane trailed the entire set following a 11-11 knot up, despite their best efforts to keep it close the dropped the set and headed for a fifth.
The Wave started slow in the fifth and spent the rest of the set trying to crawl out. The set went final 15-8 in favor of the opponents.
The Green Wave posted 52 kills, 48 assists, four aces, 377 digs, 6 blocks and hit .190 as a team.
The Wave will be back in action at 6:30 p.m. inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena Inside the Devlin Fieldhouse to take on the Bearcats of Cincinnati (2-9, 0-0 AAC).
Additionally, fans can follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, all-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
Team Stats
UH
Tulane
Kills
68
52
Errors
15
22
Attempts
172
158
Hitting %
.308
.190
Points
78
62
Assists
61
48
Aces
5
4
Blocks
5
6
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Players Mentioned
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