#22 Volleyball Downs UCF in Four Sets

HOUSTON – The #22 University of Houston Volleyball group overcame a gradual get started in stellar style to earn a four-set win over UCF in the back of double-doubles from graduates Kenna Sauer and Abbie Jackson in addition to season-high 14 group blocks on Saturday afternoon in Fertitta Center. 
 
Houston (14-7, 7-5 Big 12) performed smartly on each offense and protection. The Cougars hit .297 in the tournament whilst proscribing UCF (17-7, 8-5 Big 12) to a .104 share. Houston has now restricted its opponent to a sub-.200 potency in every of the closing 5 fits and strikes to 14-0 this season when conserving the opposition to below a .200 hitting share. 
 
Jackson and Sauer led the best way offensively, tallying 17 and 13 kills, respectively. Jackson earned her 6th double-double of the season by means of posting 10 digs whilst Sauer notched her 8th in the back of a match-best 15 digs. Junior Katie Corelli tallied seven kills and junior Kellen Morin completed with a 6-0-8 line for a .750 hitting share. 
 
Senior Kate Georgiades prolonged her streak of fits with double-digit digs to 5 by means of incomes 14 in the tournament whilst graduate Rachel Tullos boasted a season-high 8 blocks with Morin including six of her personal. Graduate Morgan Janda shined in the provider sport, tallying 4 aces, whilst additionally including 22 assists at the afternoon.
 
SET ONE
UCF took the lead early in the primary, the use of a 5-0 run to earn an 11-4 merit. While Houston restricted additional runs from the Knights and at one level shrank the deficit to a few at 18-15 and 19-16, UCF in the long run snapped Houston’s 12 set profitable streak by means of taking the body, 25-20.
 
SET TWO
The Cougars flipped the script in the second one and after splitting the primary six issues with UCF, used a 6-1 run to earn a 9-4 lead. Another 5-0 run later in the set put Houston forward 14-6 and the Cougars cruised to a 25-18 set win to even the rating at 1-1. 
 
Sauer tallied 4 kills in the second one and hit .375 whilst senior Annie Cooke added six assists and Morin tallied 3 blocks.
 
SET THREE
Houston stored its momentum into the 3rd, the use of a 3-0 run to earn a 4-1 lead that they by no means surrendered. A 5-0 run driven the rating to 13-6 and compelled a UCF timeout and some other 3-0 run in a while after led to some other Knights timeout at 18-11. Houston posted some other long 4-0 streak to near the set, 25-15, and take the lead, 2-1. 
 
Jackson used 5 kills to hit .400 in the body. Janda led the group with seven assists and 4 Houston blocks stifled UCF’s offense, proscribing the Knights to a .027 hitting share in the 3rd. 
 
SET FOUR
Closing in on its 5th consecutive win, Houston battled UCF early in the overall set, dealing with 4 tied rankings ahead of a 5-0 run driven the Cougars forward, 11-6. Another 5-0 run higher Houston’s result in 16-7 and the Cougars in the long run took a 25-11 set win on a 4-0 run capped by means of a Nena Mbonu kill, clinching the tournament, 3-1. 
 

NOTABLES

• The win strikes Head Coach David Rehr‘s report at Houston to 98-41, together with a 60-18 mark in convention fits. 
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• With Jackson and Sauer’s double-doubles lately, Houston now has 5 fits this season with more than one double-doubles. 
• The Cougars now cling a 16-14 edge in opposition to the Knights in the best-ever collection, together with a 9-6 lead in Houston. 
• The win used to be Houston’s first this season after shedding the primary set. 
• After the pair of wins this weekend, the Cougars are 52-22 as a ranked group.
• At 7-2 inside of Fertitta Center and with 3 house fits last, Houston is now assured to have its fourth directly season with a profitable report at house. 

UP NEXT
Houston head again at the street for its closing collection fits of the season. The group heads to Norman, Okla., for a couple of battles in opposition to Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Thursday and six p.m. Friday. Both fits shall be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. 
 
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