WICHITA, Kan. – After two wins last season on the home court of the Shockers, the Memphis Tigers (13-19, 6-14) took an early 1-0 set lead Friday before Wichita State (18-11, 13-7) rallied and took the next three sets to close out the 2021 season. The first and third sets were tight battles, with a combined 27 ties and 16 lead changes, while the second and fourth sets were dominated by the Shockers with no lead changes and just one tie.
Memphis 1, Wichita State 3
29-27, 14-25, 24-26, 12-25
Set 1
- Three straight kills by Autumn Hamilton were part of a 5-0 Memphis run that put the Tigers in front 9-6
- The Shockers clawed back to take multiple one point leads but never extended it
- Memphis fought off two set points and scored three straight at 26-27 on kills by Hamilton, Miaya Smith, and Gigi Crescenzo to take the set
Set 2
- After Memphis leveled the set 3-3, the Shockers scored four straight and then never trailed
- A Wichita State 5-0 run pushed the lead to nine at 18-9
- The Shockers scored five of the final seven points to run away with the set
Set 3
- Neither team led by more than two throughout the entire set
- Memphis and Wichita State exchanged early 4-0 runs
- The Shockers fought off a set point and scored the final three points of the set
Set 4
- Wichita State opened the set on a 7-0 run and Memphis never got closer than four
- The Shockers led by as many as 11 before they closed the set with three straight points to win by 13
NOTABLES
- Tabytha Toelke (14 kills, 10 digs) notched her seventh double-double of the season
- In her second straight start, Loren Robertson (36 assists) finished the final weekend of the season with 83 assists across two matches
- Autumn Hamilton recorded a career-high seven blocks and added 14 kills for her 11th double-digit kill performance of the season
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