MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On Senior Day and in their final home match of the season, the Memphis Tigers (12-18, 5-13) fell in straight sets to the Tulane Green Wave (17-13, 10-8). The visitors hit .274 as a team in a match that featured 12 ties and eight lead changes, though none of either in the final set.
Memphis 0, Tulane 3
22-25, 18-25, 21-25
Set 1
- The set featured eight ties and five lead changes
- Neither side led by more than two until Tulane went on a 6-0 run to lead 16-12
- The Tigers got as close as two (16-14), and then fought off three set points, but the Green Wave scored immediately out of a timeout to take the set
Set 2
- The Green Wave used a 7-0 run to turn a one point deficit into a 12-7 lead
- Memphis pulled within three on five different occasions, but never got closer
- Tulane's 4-0 run put the Green Wave in front 22-15
Set 3
- Tulane led wire-to-wire after the Green Wave started the set on a 3-0 run
- The Tigers cut the deficit to two multiple times but couldn't get within one
- Memphis got within two on serve at 21-19 and 22-20, but both times, the Green Wave answered immediately
NOTABLES
- Tabytha Toelke led the Tigers with nine kills and a .