Tulsa Volleyball Earns 3-0 Sweep Over UAB

Sunday, October 8

Birmingham, Ala.

1:00 p.m.

Tulsa

11-7,4-3AAC

UAB

2-17,0-7AAC

Tulsa

UAB

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

Tulsa Volleyball Earns 3-0 Sweep Over UAB

10/8/2023 4:11:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF) | SEASON STATS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Tulsa volleyball team's four-match road stretch ended with a three-set sweep (25-23, 25-21, 25-17) Sunday over the UAB Blazers at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham. The win improves the Golden Hurricane to 11-7 overall and 4-3 in American Athletic Conference action, while the Blazers drop to 2-17 overall and 0-7 in league play.

"Our girls did a nice job at the service line, continuing to keep pressure on [UAB]," said Head Coach Lauren Ramatowski. "We were able to push them out of their system quite a bit which helped us defensively. It wasn't our cleanest match, and we need to improve our ability to kill more balls, but I am proud of our team for being resilient and finding ways to win after a long travel weekend."

Tulsa had seven service aces on the day, while cleanly fielding 100% of UAB's serves. Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Eitler led TU with three aces to finish out the win.

The Hurricane offense was led by senior setter Avery Kalsu in conjunction with graduate outside hitter Kayley Cassaday. Kalsu's 29 assists Sunday allowed Cassaday to slam down 16 kills at a rate of 5.33 kills per set.

Leading Tulsa's defense was middle blocker Camryn Lingenbrink, who continues her impressive sophomore season for the Hurricane. Lingenbrink stuffed eight balls for Tulsa, comprised of a solo block and seven block assists.

Cassaday and junior libero Marta Pecalli also fueled the Hurricane's defensive effort as each athlete kept the ball alive with nine digs.

Tulsa's four-game road stretch comes to an end as the Hurricane returns home to the Donald W. Reynolds Center to host a two-match home series against SMU (12-6, 6-1 AAC) on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14.

Game Notes
» Kayley Cassaday led the court with 16 kills.
» Avery Kalsu led the floor with 29 assists.
» Camryn Lingenbrink had a gym-leading eight blocks (1 solo/7 assists).
» Tulsa had seven aces while holding UAB to none.
» TU landed 41 kills compared to the Blazers' 35.
» Both teams had 19 attack errors.

How It Happened

SET 1 | Set one featured seven tie scores and three lead changes. Tulsa pulled away and led by as many as eight points at 18-10 before UAB was able to close the gap and knot it up at 20-20. The Hurricane refused to let the Blazers tie it up again, narrowly escaping 25-23 to score the first point of the match. Arianna Mongare and Kayley Cassaday each had four kills, while Avery Kalsu put up 12 assists.

SET 2 | The second set was even more competitive than the first as the score was tied ten times and the lead was exchanged on five occasions. Tulsa trailed 18-15 but took advantage of a 10-3 scoring run to put away set two 25-21 to go up 2-0. Both teams rejected five blocks in the stanza.

SET 3 | Tulsa completed the three-set sweep with a 25-17 performance in the third and final set of the day. The Hurricane grabbed the lead at 5-4 and never looked back, using five different 3-0 scoring runs to pull away from the Blazers. Camryn Lingenbrink and Kayley Cassaday stepped up to seal the win as Lingenbrink recorded four blocks and Cassaday slammed down eight kills, including the match-sealing kill for the final score of the game.

Tulsa 25     25     25
UAB 23     21     17