Owls Sweep Temple

Sunday, November 3

Boca Raton, Fla.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

14-10,6-6AAC

Temple

11-15,3-9AAC

Temple

Fla. Atlantic

11/3/2024 2:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic volleyball picked up another AAC sweep on Sunday, defeating the Temple Owls in straight sets, 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-23)

The Owls improve to 14-10 overall and 6-6 in AAC play, while Temple falls to 11-15 on the season and 3-9 in conference play.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3 – TEMPLE 0

Florida Atlantic held a slight advantage early in the first, leading 7-5, before scoring four unanswered to hold an 11-5 advantage at the first timeout of the contest. The Owls maintained the momentum out of the timeout, going on a 5-1 run, capped off by an over-pass kill from Victoria Hensley to spark Temple's second timeout of the opening set, 16-6. The Owls didn't let off the gas, stacking kills with Temple errors to close out the set on a 9-5 run to take the opening frame, 25-11.

The Owls jumped out to a 5-3 lead to open the second, but Temple responded with a 7-2 run to take a 10-7 lead. The Owls responded with three-straight points, capped off by back-to-back kills from Katelynn Robine to even the set at 10-10. The Owls held a two-point advantage at the media timeout, 15-13, before producing a 3-1 run to take a four-point advantage and spark a Temple timeout, 18-14. Temple rallied to close the deficit to one, 21-20, however, the Owls capitalized on three Temple errors and a kill from Kaila Ru to capture the second, 25-21, and take the two-point lead, 2-0.

The two squads battled through a 9-9 tie to open up the third, but Temple then went on a 6-1 run to lead 15-10 at the third-set media timeout. Temple held a six-point advantage at 21-15, but the Owls were clutch down the stretch, scoring seven unanswered to retake the lead 22-21. Temple registered a kill to bring things even at 22 each, but the unrelenting Owls finished the rally, outscoring Temple 3-1 to close out the set, 25-23, and capture the sweep.

STATS & NOTES

Katelynn Robine led the Owls offensively, tying for a match-high 16 kills and turning in an impressive .359 hitting clip.
Victoria Hensley dished out a team-leading 32 assists and registered her 10^th double-double of the season with 10 digs.
Madison Dyer had an impressive all-around performance in the win, recording a match-leading seven blocks, tying her season high, and adding seven kills on a match-high .429 hitting clip.
Isabelle Northam finished with a match-leading 16 digs.

UP NEXT

The Owls will now prepare to head out on their final road trip of the regular season as they head to the Lone Star State for a pair of matchups against North Texas on Nov. 8 and UTSA on Nov. 10.

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