Temple womens volleyball

2016 Temple Vs UConn

Women's Volleyball

Temple | UC0nn The Temple volleyball team hit a season-best .346 in a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-22, 25-19) over visiting UConn on Wednesday night. "The win improves Temple to 8-3 in conference play, 15-6 overall, while the Huskies fall to 4-7 in the American, 13-9 overall," according to Temples Game Recap.

UConn led 7-5 in the f ir st set bef or e a pair of Over ton/Rapacz blocks spar ked a 5-0 Temple r un that gave the Owls a 12-7 advantage.

Later in the set, UConn cut the Temple lead to 14-13 but an Asci kill stopped the Huskies' point str eak. Fr om ther e, Temple used a 7-2 r un to go up 22-16, bef or e closing out the set on a solo block f r om junior Janine Simmons.

Temple | UConn Temple started fast in the second set, going up 7-4 before UConn tied things up at 8-8. The Owls held UConn run at bay, going up 14-10 on an Overton kill before the Huskies again battled back to tie, this time at 16-16.

"Temple responded with a 5-2 run to go up 21-18 and held off a late UConn charge, winning the set 25-22 on a Rapacz kill," according to the Game Recap.

Temple is back in action on Friday at 7:00 p.m. hosting Memphis in a "Hawaiian Night" themed match.

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