Volleyball - The Temple News

The Owls defeated Connecticut at Gampel Pavilion to win their first five-set match of the season to improve to 2-1 in conference play.

Iva Deak and Kyra Coundourides are contributing for the Owls.

Junior outside hitter Irem Asci led all players with 26 kills in the Owls’ four-set victory against Houston on Sunday at McGonigle Hall.

The Owls could not complete a comeback victory, falling to Tulane in five sets in their first conference match of the season.

The team was picked to finish second behind Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference.

Temple’s nine service aces helped propel the team to a straight sets win against Villanova at The Palestra on Friday in the Big 5 tournament.

The medal has given the junior outside hitter a boost of confidence.

The Owls held Rutgers University to 1.1 percent hitting to defeat the Scarlet Knights in straight sets Saturday evening at McGonigle Hall.

The Owls beat the University of New Hampshire 3-1 in the morning and Rutgers University 3-0 to end their weekend tournament at McGonigle Hall.

The Owls committed 26 errors and several other mental mistakes in Friday’s loss to Cleveland State.