TAMPA, FL., November 1, 2024 – The University of South Florida volleyball team (14-9, 10-2 AAC) continued to lead the AAC with a 3-0 sweep over the Temple Owls (11-14, 3-8 AAC) on Friday night.
 
The Bulls won with scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-15.
 
Maria Clara Andrade continued her double-digit kill streak with a match-leading 15 kills. She has finished the last 17 matches with 10+ kills. Naiya Sawtelle's double-digit kill streak stretched to nine matches with 13 kills tonight.
 
Caroline Dykes dished out 41 assists, bringing her career total to 3,975. She is 25 assists away from reaching 4,000. She would be the 15^th active setter to reach the milestone. Dykes and Imani Hartfield led the Bulls with two block assists.
 
Tizi Puljiz and Andrade each had a solo block.
 
Lia Schneider led the Bulls in service aces and digs. She finished the match with three service aces, including the game-winner and 14 digs. Her double-digit dig streak is now nine matches.
 
The Bulls jumped out to a 10-4 lead. Temple fought back to within one, but South Florida took the first set. The Bulls hit .354 in the opening set, with 21 of their 25 points being kills. South Florida held Temple to 13 kills and a .303 hitting percentage.
 
Just like the first set, South Florida took the early 13-5 lead. The Owl's last point came at 22-18. South Florida closed out set two with a 3-0 run. The Bulls served three aces in the second set, while the Owls served none.
 
The Bulls coasted to a dominant 25-15 win to complete the season sweep over Temple. While South Florida hit for a .481, Temple was held to a .087 hitting percentage.
 
NOTABLES

• The Bulls stay on top of the American Athletic Conference.
• The Bulls need three more conference wins to match last season's win total. 
• Andrade stretched her double-digit kill streak to 17 matches, Sawtelle to nine, and Schneider stretched her double-digit dig streak to nine.
• Dykes need 25 assists to reach 4,000 in her career.
• As a team, the Bulls set a season-high hitting percentage of .406.

 
UP NEXT
South Florida travels to North Carolina for a pair of matches against the Charlotte 49ers and the East Carolina Pirates. The Bulls and 49ers will battle on Friday, November 8. South Florida and East Carolina will close out the weekend on November 10.
 
About USF Volleyball
Head coach Jolene Shepardson enters her fifth season at the helm of her alma mater in 2024. 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. Earning the AAC East Division title in 2023, South Florida made a postseason appearance in the NIVC, winning three games and advancing to the Fab Four to mark the longest postseason run in program history. South Florida Volleyball has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances and won 12 conference titles since its inception in 1972. The Bulls play in The Corral (1,000), located adjacent to the Yuengling Center on the USF campus.
 
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