Behind a combined 30 kills from Avery Luoma and Taylor Davenport, the Temple Owls pulled out their second five-set win of the season on Wednesday against the Princeton Tigers, 25-23, 25-23, 14-25, 22-25, 15-10.
The Owls improved to 7-2 overall on the season while the Tigers dropped to 2-5.
Against her former team, the graduate transfer Luoma earned her ninth career double-double with season-high 15 kills and 14 digs. Davenport matched Luoma for the Temple-high of 15 kills. It was the sixth time in seven matches, the Columbia, S.C. native tallied a double-figure kill match. Fellow graduate transfer Olivia Vance had a breakout game with 11 kills. The Owls bookended the match with a team hitting percentage above .300. Temple hit .310 in the first set and exploded to hit .556 in the final set.
Monday, September 11, 2023 Women's Volleyball
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Memphis, Wichita State, North Texas, UTSA and Tulane will all be in action starting Thursday, while the rest of The American will resume tournament action on Friday. The full schedule can be found
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