Women's Volleyball

Women’s Volleyball: UCF, Houston, Temple and No. 21 Wichita State earn wins on Sunday


STATISTICS
Sunday, October 29 Results:
 
Houston 3, UConn 2 BOXSCORE
Memphis 0, UCF 3 RECAP BOXSCORE
Wichita State21 3, USF 0 RECAP BOXSCORE
Tulane 0, Temple 3 BOXSCORE
 
Highlights
 
- Wichita State21 has now tabbed at least 20 wins in 15 consecutive seasons after hitting .420 en route to a 3-0 win over USF. The Shockers are unbeaten in The American with a 12-0 league record. Abbie Lehman connected on 11 kills and hit .625, while Mikaela Raudsepp added 10 kills with a .500 hitting percentage in the win.
 
- Kia Bright earned her league-leading 16th double-double to guide UCF to a sweep over Memphis in Orlando. The Knights hit .281, holding the Tigers to a .143 hitting percentage in the three-set win. UCF improves to 5-7 in league action and is locked in a three-way tie for sixth place. Memphis led 12-10 in blocks with Brianna Kadiku accounting for seven of the team's stuffs.
 
- Houston traveled to UConn and defeated the Huskies for the second time this season—this time in five sets. The Cougars join UCF in sixthplace in conference standings. Houston leads the conference in service aces and had eight this afternoon with Brianna Gardner notching three to lead the team. Sarah Afflerbaugh and Megan Duncan had 16 and 15 kills, respectively, to pace Houston’s offense.
 
- Temple won its seventh match in a row to improve to 10-2 and remains tied in second place with SMU. The Owls handed Tulane a three-set loss, as Temple held the Green Wave to hitting .118, while enjoying a .297 hitting percentage. Dana Westfield hit .444 with 13 kills, while Izzy Rapacz earned her ninth double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs for Temple. She also hit .346 and added five blocks to the box score.