ORLANDO— The No. 24 UCF volleyball team (21-1, 13-1) completed a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 25-20, 25-12) over Memphis (17-10, 7-7) on Sunday in The Venue.
"The beginning started out like a playground fight because both teams just kept slugging, scoring left and right," said UCF head coach Todd Dagenais. "I thought our team did a great job at running our script and following our plans. A couple of missed serves are what really kept it close in the first set. All in all I'm really happy with the way that we closed out the match."
UCF and Memphis started off trading points back and forth in the first set. The Knights were able to break away as they went on a 3-0 scoring run to take the lead 11-8. UCF ran with the lead to end the set 25-23. The Black and Gold recorded an astounding 20 kills in set one.
The Knights went on a 4-0 scoring run early in the set to take the lead 7-3. UCF rallied through another 4-0 scoring run with back-to-back kills from Heidi Bonde. A kill from Abby Hansen followed by a block with Amber Olson put an end to set two as the Knights won 25-20.
After a few back-and-forth ties to start off set three, the Knights took off on a 6-0 scoring running with Olson and Hansen igniting the run with a block. McKenna Melville delivered back-to-back-to-back kills for the Knights starting at 21-11. Hansen polished off the match with back-to-back kills to take the sweep 25-12.
Bonde and Melville each recorded 13 kills on the day. Hansen followed shortly behind by adding in 10 kills and five blocks.
Olson tallied up 15 digs and 38 assists while Chloe Scheer added in 13 digs and two aces.
UCF will wrap up the War on I-4 as they travel to South Florida on Wednesday with first serve slated for 7 p.m.
