Thursday, Feb. 25

Tulsa 3, Memphis 1 (25-17, 27-25, 19-25, 25-23)	Box Score
Houston 3, Texas Tech 0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-23)	Box Score

Tulsa 3, Memphis 1

Kylie Trefflich's career-high 16 kills propels the Hurricane to a 3-1 sets victory (25-17, 27-25, 19-25, 25-23) over the Memphis Tigers in the Larry O. Finch Center Thursday afternoon.

Trefflich ended the game with a .357 hitting percentage and only one attack error on 42 attempts, while adding three digs and two blocks.

In all, three Hurricane players put in double-digit kills as Kayley Cassaday and Maggie Hembree joined Trefflich in doing so. Cassaday ended the match with 12 kills, 3 digs and 3 blocks, as Hembree put in 10 kills, a .588 hitting percentage and a season-high 6 blocks.

Tulsa was effective offensively only having 11 attack errors on 150 attempts, finishing with a .280 hitting percentage compared to the Tigers 28 attack errors on 173 attempts for a .191 hitting percentage.

Roosa Rautio continued her strong season putting in 48 assists on 53 of Tulsa's kills; she also added 5 digs and 3 blocks.

In her second consecutive start at libero, Hannah Overmyer put in a team-high 23 digs and two assists. Lauren Isenberg (12) and Aysu Dalogullari (10) both put in double-digit digs as well as Tulsa ended the match with 75 digs.

TU fell behind early in the first set as the Tigers jumped out to a 10-6 lead. Tulsa battled back, going on a 4-0 run led by Cassaday and Cook who each had a kill and block during the run. The Hurricane did not stop there extending the run to 11-3 taking a 17-13 advantage as Memphis called timeout. The Hurricane ended the first with a 25-17 advantage, as Hembree led the way with 7 kills in the opening frame.

The Hurricane and Tigers went back and forth in the second set, as the Tigers used a 5-2 run to hold a 24-21 lead and match points. Three match points later Tulsa tied the set at 24 all with a Trefflich kill. Trefflich ended the set with another kill minutes later, giving the Hurricane a 27-25 set victory and a 2-0 advantage over the Tigers.

In the third set, TU fell behind 17-11 but continued to fight. The Hurricane battled back to 19-17; however, the Tigers outlasted the Tulsa push and took the set 25-19. During the third set, Trefflich shined for TU with 6 kills and a block assist.

In the final frame, Tulsa jumped out to a 6-2 advantage led by Callie Cook's two kills. Cassaday put an exclamation mark on the Hurricane's first win of the season with back-to-back kills to give Tulsa a 24-21 advantage, winning the match on a Tigers' service error.

Houston 3, Texas Tech 0

The University of Houston Volleyball team won its eighth consecutive match on Thursday afternoon, sweeping Texas Tech in straight sets (25-17, 25-23, 26-24).

With the win, the Cougars (8-1, 4-0 AAC) are now 6-0 on the year in its home matches and improve their all-time series record against the Red Raiders (5-12, 5-11 Big 12) to 29-16. Thursday's victory also marks the third year in a row Houston has posted a winning streak of at least eight games.

Houston continued its season-long trend of jumping out to early advantages, as the Cougars have held a 2-0 match lead eight of its nine contests. Additionally, the win improves Houston's record to 14-3 in the David Rehr era when leading after two sets.

Set 1

After both teams battled things out to start the match, the Cougars opened up a five-point lead at 13-8, thanks in large part to sophomore outside hitter Abbie Jackson. During that 5-0 run, Jackson contributed three points with a couple of kills and a service ace.
From there, Houston maintained its five-point edge until Texas Tech brought the score to within four at 16-12.
The Cougars responded right away though, as another 5-0 run put Houston in front 21-12, where the Cougars never looked back in route to the 25-17 set victory.

Set 2

Texas Tech opened the set with an early 5-2 lead, but the Cougars wasted no time finding a rebuttal and responded with a 5-1 run to take a one-point lead of their own at 7-6.
Neither team was able to gain more than at two-point edge on the other until a 4-0 run from Houston put the Cougars in front 23-19.
After the Red Raiders battled back with a 3-0 run of their own, Houston closed out the set scoring two of the final three points to win 25-23 and take a 2-0 match lead.

Set 3

The Cougars jumped out to an 8-4 lead, but five unanswered points from the Red Raiders gave them their first advantage of the set at 9-8, before Houston scored three of the next four to reclaim a 12-9 edge.
After the teams traded points through the middle part of the set, Texas Tech built a 20-18 lead, forcing a timeout from Houston.
The Cougars never backed down and after trailing late in the set, Houston rallied back to win 26-24 and win the match 3-0.