TicketsCINCINNATI – The Cincinnati volleyball team lost 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-22) to UCF on Friday at Fifth Third Arena, evening the season series at one match apiece.
The Bearcats fell to 11-12 overall and 4-9 in the Big 12. The Knights improved to 15-9 and 7-7.
Sydney Nolan led Cincinnati with 11 kills and four blocks. Nina Scrucca added 10 kills while hitting .391. Lilian Entenmann had five blocks. Viktoria Ninova anchored the back row with 17 digs, and Andrea Simovski added 10.
UCF finished with 53 digs to Cincinnati’s 43, but the Bearcats outblocked the Knights 8-5. Avah Armour led UCF with 16 kills, and Kiki Horne added 14 while hitting .714.
Cincinnati jumped out to a 5-3 lead in the opening set, but UCF answered with a 10-1 run, fueled by two service aces, to go ahead 15-8. A Scrucca kill cut the deficit to 19-17, and kills from Simovski and Ligia Williams helped the Bearcats score three straight points to tie the set at 20. The teams tied three more times, at 21, 22 and 23, before UCF scored the final two points to take the set 25-23.
UCF opened the second set with four straight points for a 9-5 lead. A Nolan kill sparked a 4-0 Cincinnati run that put the Bearcats up 14-13. The Knights regained control with a Fallon Stewart kill that made it 18-14, and Scrucca answered with an ace to cut the deficit to 19-18. Cincinnati battled to the finish, and an Entenmann block pulled the Bearcats within 23-22, but UCF held on to win 25-22.
The Bearcats came out strong in the third set, building a 7-2 lead that forced a UCF timeout. The Knights cut the lead to 10-7, and Cincinnati called a timeout of its own. Kills from Nolan and Simovski fueled another Bearcats run to make it 16-12. UCF fought back to tie the set at 18 and 19, took a 21-19 lead and closed out the set 25-22.
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Cincinnati hits the road, opening the trip at Iowa State on Monday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET in Hilton Coliseum. The Bearcats then head to Salt Lake City to face Utah on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 9 p.m. ET in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
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