Temple stays undefeated in conference play

Temple defeated Memphis 3-0 Friday at McGonigle Hall.

Temple (12-3, 3-0 American Athletic Conference) earned 52 total kills and 7.5 blocks on the night compared to Memphis’ 36 kills and four blocks.

“I think we did a really good job of controlling the game,” junior outside hitter Caroline Grattan said. “[senior libero] Alyssa [Drachslin] and [senior setter] Sandra [Sydlik] did a really great job being able to control of the pass in the set, which I don’t think they did a very good job at. It was easy for them to get scrambled in serve receive, but stayed really confident tonight.”

After trailing 8-6 in the first set, the Owls rallied back to take their first lead of the game, 9-8. Junior…