Tampa, Fla. (November 4, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls (9-14, 3-8 AAC) took their second conference win in a row after a five-set battle against Memphis (17-9, 7-6 AAC) on Friday night at the Yuengling Center.
South Florida took the match against Memphis by set scores of 19-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-14, 17-15.
Kelsey O'Loughlin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) posted her third double-doubles of the season with 26 assists and 12 digs. Meanwhile, Maria Clara Andrade (São Paulo, Brazil) also posted her sixth double-doubles with 12 kills and 15 digs.
Amanda DeWitt (Jupiter, Fla.) paced the Bulls with a new career high of 18 kills on a .444 hitting percentage. Marta Cvitkovic (Rijeka, Croatia) contributed 14 kills.
Freshman Yasmin Shaw (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) also posted a new career high with two solo blocks and another five block assists, leading the Bulls in blocks. DeWitt contributed with another five total blocks.
The Bulls tallied an impressive 10 total service aces, led by Cvitkovic who claimed a new career high mark with five aces in the match. O'Loughlin claimed another two, along with Andrade, Alexis Williams (St. Louis, Mo.), and Emma Santi (Ocala, Fla.) with a single ace each.
O'Loughlin posted 36 assists throughout the match followed by Tatiana Johnson (Frederick, Md.) who added 14 assists. The Bulls combined for a total of 173 total attacks.
CC Clausen (The Woodlands, Texas) led the Bulls' back row with 18 digs, followed by Andrade and O'Loughlin. Santi also saw a new career high with eight total digs.
Up Next:
The Bulls return to the Yuengling Center on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. to battle SMU, followed by this season's second edition of the War on I4 on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. 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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