Houston Falls to USF

Sunday, October 28

Tampa, Fla.

11 a.m. CT

University of Houston

14-12, 1-10

USF

17-7, 6-5

HOU

USF

Photo by: Stephen Pinchback

10/28/2018 1:19:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Three Cougars record double-digit digs

By: Ryan Levine

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Houston Volleyball team completed its weekend on Sunday afternoon, dropping its contest with USF by a score of 3-1 (17-25, 27-29, 25-19, 19-25).

When the Cougars return home on Friday, Nov. 2 to host Tulane, Houston will sit at 14-12 on the year and 1-10 in conference play. Following Sunday's match, USF moves to 17-7 and 6-5 in The American.

HOUSTON 1, USF 3

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1
A slow start from the Cougar offense gave USF the opportunity to quickly find themselves ahead 7-1. Houston managed to pull within five points at the 16-11 mark, but the deficit proved to be too much to overcome, as the Bulls came out on top of the first set 25-17.

Set 2
Houston battled with USF all the way to very end, as it took extra points to decide the second frame. After the Cougars crept up on the Bulls' advantage, Houston managed to tie the score at 12, thanks to a kill from sophomore outside hitter Silvia Pertens. From there, neither team found itself ahead by more than three points, as the Cougars strung together a 6-3 run to tie the score again at 24. Houston found itself in a pair of set-point opportunities, but was unable to seal the victory, with USF winning the set 29-27.

Set 3
After the Cougars grabbed an early two-point lead, Houston stretched the advantage to four, courtesy of a service ace from junior libero Katie Karbo, forcing a USF timeout. The Cougars never looked back from that point, riding that momentum all the way to their 25-19 set victory and forcing a fourth set.

Set 4
The final set began with the two teams neck and neck with each other, as the score was tied at five after the first 10 points. Once the Bulls went on a 7-3 run to claim a four-point advantage, the Cougars were forced to call a timeout. After the timeout, the Bulls compiled another 4-1 run, where they cruised to the 25-19 set victory to claim the 3-1 match win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Sunday's match marked the ninth time this season that three Cougars have recorded 10 or more digs in the same contest.
All but one player recorded a dig for the Cougars.
Houston has had at least one player record a double-double in 12 of its past 14 matches.
Junior outside hitter Megan Duncan tallied her 10^th double-double of the year, finishing the match with 14 kills and 13 digs.
Sophomore setter Abby Irvine has now reached the 30-assist plateau on five occasions.
Junior libero Katie Karbo posted a match-high four service aces, falling one short of her career-best.
With her 15 kills, sophomore outside hitter Silvia Pertens led the Cougars in kills for the fifth time this year.
Freshman middle blocker Kendall Haywood led all players with a pair of solo blocks.

UP NEXT
Houston returns home on Friday, Nov. 2, when the Cougars host Tulane at 7 p.m. CT inside the Athletics/Alumni Center.

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