Volleyball Falls To Tulsa, 3-1

Friday, September 20

Bowling Green, Ky.

1:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

6-2

Tulsa

7-4

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Samford	25	19	25	16	1
TULSA	27	25	23	25	3

9.20.19 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Samford volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-27, 19-25, 25-23, 16-25) decision to Tulsa in the first round of the Western Kentucky Invitational Friday afternoon. The loss ends a six-match win streak for Samford.

TULSA 3, SAMFORD 1

KEY MOMENTS

In the first set, Tulsa grabbed an early 7-5 lead over Samford.
Samford fought back to take a 15-12 advantage.
With Samford leading, 23-19, Tulsa fought back to tie the score at 24-24, and Tulsa took the first set, 27-25.
In the second set, Samford grabbed a 12-7 lead.
Tulsa, however, answered with an 8-0 run to take a 15-12 advantage.
Tulsa took the second set by a score of 25-19.
Samford built a 16-10 lead in the third set.
The Bulldogs led by as many as seven points at 20-13.
Tulsa fought back to make it a closer set, but the Bulldogs hung on to win, 25-23.
In the fourth set, Tulsa jumped out to a 13-7 lead.
Samford could get no closer than four points the rest of the way, and Tulsa took the set, 25-16, and the match, 3-1.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Lauren Deaton led Samford with 20 kills and seven digs.
Kelsi Hobbs tallied 17 kills and eight digs.
Grace Tiesman contributed 11 kills and 15 digs for Samford.
Corinne Meglic had 47 assists in the loss for the Bulldogs.

NEXT UP
Samford (6-2) will play a pair of matches Saturday to wrap up the WKU Invitational. The Bulldogs will take on Northern Kentucky at 10 a.m., and Western Kentucky at 5 p.m.