University of Louisville
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Volleyball Sweeps TCU
November 09, 2002 | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 9, 2002
FT. WORTH, Texas -- Bing Sun had 16 kills and three digs to lead the University of Louisville to a 30-15, 30-23, 30-20 win over TCU in Conference USA volleyball action Saturday night.
The Cardinals improve their record to 21-4 and 10-1 in league play. TCU falls to 11-16 and 3-8 in the C-USA.
"TCU is a new opponent for us and we had to travel on a game day which can throw you out of your rhythm," said Leonid Yelin, U of L head coach. "I was glad to see us stay focused."
In the first game, U of L moved out to a 12-5 lead and then squelched a short three-point rally by the Horned Frogs that brought them within three at 12-9 on an ace by Carissa Mills. Louisville fashioned together a 9-2 run and TCU had no answer. The Cardinals hit .372 and had three blocks. Middle hitter Benny Flynn had five kills on five attacks, with Stacey Mercer hitting .833 with five kills on six swings and no errors.
"This weekend was a new lineup for us and freshman Jennifer Hoffman had a great match with eight kills and a team high six blocks," said Yelin.
In the second game, U of L used a five-point run to pull away from the Horned Frogs 14-8 after not leading by more than one. Flynn was the Cardinals' go-to hitter, with seven kills, U of L's hitting stayed effective with 22 kills on 52 attacks for a .289 percentage. Dominika Szabo had her thirteenth kill by the break to be TCU's chief weapon. TCU scrabbled back after trailing by as many as 12 to come within four at 27-23, leading to a Louisville timeout. A Jennifer Hoffman kill took U of L to game point and a Flynn ace ended the game at 30-23.
TCU took an early lead in the third game, going up 13-11 on a kill by Szabo. This sparked an 11-3 run by the Cardinals. Two straigth service errors added to TCU's woes. Hoffman took the Cardinals to game point again and then had a kill for match point.
The Cardianls hit .321 for the match and outblocked TCU 10.5-2. Flynn and Mercer each added 13 kills. Libero Sarah Drury had 13 digs with setter Jennifer Craven notching 46 assists and 13 digs.
TCU's Szabo led all hitters with 18 kills.
