Tulsa
Southern
Golden Hurricane Volleyball Splits at Econo Lodge Classic
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 1, 2006
Box Score
Shreveport, La. - The University of Tulsa volleyball team bounced back from its loss on Wednesday night, with a 3-0 (30-12, 30-16, 30-16) win over Southern at the 2006 Econo Lodge Centenary Volleyball Classic. However, TU could not ride that momentum into the nightcap falling 3-1 (30-22, 19-30, 31-29, 30-28) to Central Arkansas.
Tulsa's offense came out firing on all cylinders in the first game of its opening match, posted 15 kills in 17 attempts for a .882 opening hitting percentage. The 15 kills were also more than the Jaguars posted for the entire match. Junior Kassiana Urnau led a balanced Golden Hurricane attack with seven kills, as 11 TU players posted at least one kill during the match. Fellow junior Julia Silva recorded 34 assists, while sophomore Malorey Grove led TU with 10 digs.
The Hurricane recorded a season-best 12 service aces during the match. Grove had a match-high four aces, followed by junior Fabiola Nepomuceno's three aces.
Defensively, Tulsa held SU to a negative hitting percentage by forcing the Jaguars into 24 hitting errors for a -.139 percentage.
Against UCA, TU out hit the Sugar Bears 66-53 in kills and in hitting percentage .222-.164. However, Tulsa also committed more errors than UCA, 57-40, for a difference of 17 points. Urnau led a quartet of Hurricane hitters to post double-digits in kills with 16. Senior Germana Hilario finished with 14 kills, just ahead of fellow senior Amy Meyer's 12. Nepomuceno also finished with 11 kills.
Silva reached the 50-assist plateau for the second time in three matches, finishing with 51 for the match. She also posted a team-high 18 digs for her second double-double of the year. Urnau also finished with a double-double by recording 12 digs. Sophomores Kelsey Wood and Malorey Grove also posted 15 digs, apiece for the Hurricane.
The Golden Hurricane will conclude the classic with a pair of matches on Saturday, beginning with Jackson State at 9 a.m. A 3 o'clock match with Nicholls State will round out TU's matches for the weekend.
