Volleyball Earns Road Sweep in Philadelphia

Sunday, October 5

Philadelphia, Pa.

12 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

12-5,3-1American

Temple

11-7,1-3American

Fla. Atlantic

Temple

10/5/2025 4:53:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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PHILADELPHIA – The Florida Atlantic Owls picked up their first road win of the season, earning a straight-set sweep against Temple on Sunday in Philadelphia.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Following a match-opening 3-0 run for the Owls, Temple went on a 9-2 run of its own to hold a four-point advantage, 9-5, as FAU called its first timeout of the match. Florida Atlantic battled back off a 6-2 run, capped off by a kill from Libby Ashline and a Temple hitting error, to tie things back up at 11-11. Temple retook a two-point lead at 13-11, but the Owls locked in over the remainder of the set, going on a 14-6 run to close out the first as Erin Morrissey registered the kill to take the 25-19 opening-set win.

A pair of aces and a kill from Morrissey capped off a 9-3 Owls' run to open the second. Following a Temple timeout, TU outscored Florida Atlantic 12-6 to tie things up at 15-15. The set remained tight through 19-19, but a Kayla Richardson kill and a block from Richardson and Ashline gave the Owls the two-point advantage, 21-19, sparking Temple to call its final timeout of the set. Florida Atlantic held set point at 24-20, but a late TU run cut the Owls' lead down to just two. However, Olivia Hart and Maggie Allred called set, registering a block to close out the third, 25-23, to give FAU the two-set advantage.

Temple had a strong start in the third, opening the set on an 8-4 run to force an early FAU timeout. The Owls scored five unanswered points out of the timeout to take the 9-8 advantage. Temple retook the lead at 10-9, but Florida Atlantic responded with a 7-2 run to take a four-point lead, 16-12, and force TU to call its first timeout of the third. Temple cut the Owls' lead to two at 19-17 as Florida Atlantic called its final timeout of the third. The Owls extended their lead to three at 23-20 following a kill from Allred, but Temple went on a 4-0 run to hold set point, 24-23. The squads battled through three ties, but a Morrissey kill and a block from Richardson and Ashline closed out the match as the Owls captured set three 28-26 to seal the straight-set sweep.

STATS & NOTES

The win marked the Owls first victory against Temple in Philadelphia.
Isabelle Northam moved into Florida Atlantic's career top-10 for digs, finishing the weekend with 1,039 career digs.
Hart recorded her fifth double-double of the season, recording a team-best 15 kills and adding 12 digs.
Four Owls registered double-figure digs in the win, led by libero Northam with 20. Morrissey, Hart, and Emsley Venard rounded out the group, recording 16, 12, and 10 digs, respectively.
Venard led the Owls in assists, dishing out 17, while Victoria Hensley finished second on the team with 16 assists in the win.
Allred and Ashline led the Owls' block, recording five blocks each in the win.
As a team, the Owls dominated in every statistical category, beating Temple in kills (43-35), hitting percentage (.131-.096), service aces (7-3), blocks (14.5-10), assists (42-32), and digs (71-61).

UP NEXT
The Owls continue their road trip next weekend as they head to Charlotte on Friday, Oct. 10 to face off against the Charlotte 49ers. First serve is set for 6 p.m. ET inside Halton Arena and on ESPN+.

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