TicketsLEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Cincinnati volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to #23 Utah in the season opener for both teams at the Bluegrass Battle in Lexington, Ky., Friday afternoon. The set scores were 25-10, 25-18, 25-17 in the first of three contests being played at Memorial Coliseum on the University of Kentucky campus.
// NOTES
• Cincinnati fell to 0-1 on the year while the Utes moved to 1-0
• The Bearcats slipped to 0-2 in the all-time series with Utah after dropping a 3-2 decision to the #17 Utes in 2009
• The Utes entered the match ranked #23 in the AVCA Preseason Top 25 rankings
• Carly Nolan led all Bearcats with nine kills in the match while junior transfer Jasmine Jones added six
• Jade Tingelhoff recorded a double-double as she led the team in both assists (22) and digs (10)
• Elly Ogle recorded a career-high four kills in the match, surpassing her previous best of three, which she recorded three times previously, the most recent coming last year in the opening weekend against Louisiana-Monroe
• Four players made their UC debuts, including true freshmen Chrysanthi Stamatiou and Maya Eller, redshirt freshman Erica Kostalec and junior transfer Jasmine Jones. Both Jones and Stamatiou earned a starting spot as well
// SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: Utah, 25-10
• The Utes opened the match with serve and built a lead of 4-0 before clawing back into the set at 7-5 with a Maya Muldrow kill and forcing UU into several attack errors.
• The Bearcats fell behind, 12-6, before UU took seven of the next eight points to jump ahead, 19-8.
• Jones and Nolan recorded on kill each, but the Bearcats were unable to climb back further with the Utes taking the first set, 25-10
• Nolan led the way with a team-high three kills while adding a team-best two digs
• Jade Tingelhoff had six assists in the opening set as well
Set 2: Utah, 25-19
• UC came out the aggressor in the second set and built a small lead before UU reclaimed the lead to 10-6 before a Muldrow block halted the Utes' run at 10-7.
• Muldrow had another big block to get UC to within one point (11-10) before Nolan slammed home a kill to tie the match at 11-11.
• Jones sent one straight down to take a 12-11 lead before the Utes ran off three points
• Ogles' center attack ended the UU rally and started a streak of back-and-forth scoring before UU began to pull away
• With the score at 24-19 in favor of the Utes, the Bearcats looked to have a kill to keep the set going, but a video review challenge by the Utes overturned the call (UC was whistled for a net infraction) to take the set, 25-19.
• Nolan (4), Jones (3) and Kostalec (2) each recorded multiple kills in the set with Tinglehoff posting 10 assists
Set 3: Utah, 25-17
• The Utes jumped out to a 4-1 lead before Nolan once again stopped the run as she sent a kill straight down between blockers
• Both teams continues to score in a back-and-forth fashion before the Utes scored four points in a row and built a 10-6 lead before Ogle halted the run with a huge kill of her own
• The Bearcats hung around and closed to within three points (12-9) with Stamatiou sending a kill off the Utah blockers
• UC received a kill on a cross-court shot from Ogle to make it 16-12 in favor of the Utes, but that was as close as the Bearcats would get as Utah ran off four points to take a 20-15 lead before closing out the match, 25-17
• The third set saw six different Bearcats record at least two kills, including Stamatiou, who led the way with three in the frame
// NEXT MATCH
UC returns to the court at 6 p.m. tonight and will face Arkansas State. The match with the Red Wolves will be the second of three matches the Bearcats will play this weekend in Kentucky.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all of the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up to the minute updates, follow Cincinnati Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) and Coach Alvey (@CoachAlveyUC) on twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook (GoBearcatsVB) and Instagram (GoBearcatsVB).
// EXPERIENCE UC
The University of Cincinnati department of athletics announced an initiative entitled Experience UC, geared toward inviting the community to campus to see firsthand the great things about and surrounding the university. Experience UC includes complimentary admission for patrons attending women's basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, swimming and diving and track and field home events.
// NOTES
• Cincinnati fell to 0-1 on the year while the Utes moved to 1-0
• The Bearcats slipped to 0-2 in the all-time series with Utah after dropping a 3-2 decision to the #17 Utes in 2009
• The Utes entered the match ranked #23 in the AVCA Preseason Top 25 rankings
• Carly Nolan led all Bearcats with nine kills in the match while junior transfer Jasmine Jones added six
• Jade Tingelhoff recorded a double-double as she led the team in both assists (22) and digs (10)
• Elly Ogle recorded a career-high four kills in the match, surpassing her previous best of three, which she recorded three times previously, the most recent coming last year in the opening weekend against Louisiana-Monroe
• Four players made their UC debuts, including true freshmen Chrysanthi Stamatiou and Maya Eller, redshirt freshman Erica Kostalec and junior transfer Jasmine Jones. Both Jones and Stamatiou earned a starting spot as well
// SET BREAKDOWN
Set 1: Utah, 25-10
• The Utes opened the match with serve and built a lead of 4-0 before clawing back into the set at 7-5 with a Maya Muldrow kill and forcing UU into several attack errors.
• The Bearcats fell behind, 12-6, before UU took seven of the next eight points to jump ahead, 19-8.
• Jones and Nolan recorded on kill each, but the Bearcats were unable to climb back further with the Utes taking the first set, 25-10
• Nolan led the way with a team-high three kills while adding a team-best two digs
• Jade Tingelhoff had six assists in the opening set as well
Set 2: Utah, 25-19
• UC came out the aggressor in the second set and built a small lead before UU reclaimed the lead to 10-6 before a Muldrow block halted the Utes' run at 10-7.
• Muldrow had another big block to get UC to within one point (11-10) before Nolan slammed home a kill to tie the match at 11-11.
• Jones sent one straight down to take a 12-11 lead before the Utes ran off three points
• Ogles' center attack ended the UU rally and started a streak of back-and-forth scoring before UU began to pull away
• With the score at 24-19 in favor of the Utes, the Bearcats looked to have a kill to keep the set going, but a video review challenge by the Utes overturned the call (UC was whistled for a net infraction) to take the set, 25-19.
• Nolan (4), Jones (3) and Kostalec (2) each recorded multiple kills in the set with Tinglehoff posting 10 assists
Set 3: Utah, 25-17
• The Utes jumped out to a 4-1 lead before Nolan once again stopped the run as she sent a kill straight down between blockers
• Both teams continues to score in a back-and-forth fashion before the Utes scored four points in a row and built a 10-6 lead before Ogle halted the run with a huge kill of her own
• The Bearcats hung around and closed to within three points (12-9) with Stamatiou sending a kill off the Utah blockers
• UC received a kill on a cross-court shot from Ogle to make it 16-12 in favor of the Utes, but that was as close as the Bearcats would get as Utah ran off four points to take a 20-15 lead before closing out the match, 25-17
• The third set saw six different Bearcats record at least two kills, including Stamatiou, who led the way with three in the frame
// NEXT MATCH
UC returns to the court at 6 p.m. tonight and will face Arkansas State. The match with the Red Wolves will be the second of three matches the Bearcats will play this weekend in Kentucky.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all of the latest information on Cincinnati volleyball, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up to the minute updates, follow Cincinnati Volleyball (@GoBearcatsVB) and Coach Alvey (@CoachAlveyUC) on twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Facebook (GoBearcatsVB) and Instagram (GoBearcatsVB).
// EXPERIENCE UC
The University of Cincinnati department of athletics announced an initiative entitled Experience UC, geared toward inviting the community to campus to see firsthand the great things about and surrounding the university. Experience UC includes complimentary admission for patrons attending women's basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, swimming and diving and track and field home events.