Philadelphia, Pa. (November 18, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls (10-17, 4-11 AAC) opened their weekend slate with a comeback win at Temple (10-18,4-13 AAC) after a five-set battle on Friday night.
South Florida took the match against Temple by set scores of 19-25, 29-31, 25-23, 25-23, 15-9.
Freshman Yasmin Shaw (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) paced the Bulls with her first double digits of the season and new career high of 16 kills on an impressive .609 hitting percentage. Shaw and Amanda DeWitt (Jupiter, Fla.) also led the team with four total blocks apiece.
Maria Clara Andrade (São Paulo, Brazil), Ally Barnhart (Lenexa, Kan.) and DeWitt also posted double digit kills for the Bulls. Barnhart posted a new career high on a .643 hitting percentage while DeWitt claimed her 400th career kill.
Tatiana Johnson (Frederick, Md.) posted her first double-doubles of the season with 20 assists and 10 digs. Kelsey O'Loughlin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) contributed with another 31 assists for the Bulls.
CC Clausen (The Woodlands, Texas) led the Bulls' back row with 29 digs, followed by Johnson. Marta Cvitkovic (Rijeka, Croatia) and Andrade posted nine digs apiece. Cvitkovic also claimed her 500th career dig.
Clausen finished the night with 1,995 total career digs and approaches her 2,000th mark after breaking USF's all-time dig record earlier in the season.
Up Next:
The Bulls head North Carolina to play ECU on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 12:00 p.m. to wrap up their last road game of the season before returning to The Corral on Nov. 23 to play No. 23 Houston and Tulane on Nov. 25. Follow along on social media @USFVolleyball and ESPN+.
About USF Volleyball
Head coach Jolene Shepardson enters her third season at the helm of her alma mater in 2022. Named head coach on Jan. 8, 2020, Shepardson led the Bulls' program to its last conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance as a student-athlete in 2002. USF made its last postseason appearance in 2018, posting 20 wins and appearing in the NIVC. USF Volleyball has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances and won 12 conference titles since its inception in 1972 and is entering its 50th campaign in 2021-22. The Bulls play in The Corral (1,000), adjacent to the Yuengling Center on the USF campus.
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