PHILADELPHIA – On Sunday afternoon, UTSA Volleyball visited Temple in its farthest road trip of the regular season. The Roadrunners suffered a four-set defeat (17-25, 12-25, 25-20, 21-25), moving to 12-9 overall with a 3-7 mark in American Conference play. The Owls (13-9, 5-5 AMER) improved to 7-2 at home with the win.
FIRST SET
Three different Roadrunners landed kills, but they fell behind by three in the early stages as Temple’s offense found its rhythm. A trio of missed serves kept UTSA in the fight, but the hosts’ 11th termination put them up 15-10 at the match’s first stoppage. From there, the deficit was never cut any closer than four as the Owls combined for a .630 hitting percentage. Despite 12 efficient kills split evenly between four ‘Runners, they suffered an opening-set defeat by a 25-17 margin.
SECOND SET
After the Owls sent the first ball of the set long, they responded with two aces and as many blocks amid a 10-0 run. Four of the Roadrunners’ ensuing five points came courtesy of miscues, but they faced a 15-7 hole at the technical break. Ally Tribe notched two more kills to take her team’s lead, but the junior’s efforts fell short as Temple cruised to a 25-12 victory in the frame.
THIRD SET
Another 6-0 burst from Temple saw an ace hit the floor, but two kills and a block from Caroline Tredwell got her side to 10 first. Isabella Arroyave then found the hardwood three times in short order, keeping her side up one at the media timeout. Coming out of the break, Tribe notched her side’s first ace of the afternoon before landing her eighth and ninth terminations. Tredwell tallied two more kills and another block down the stretch as UTSA cut the deficit in half with a 25-20 set win.
FOURTH SET
The fourth frame saw more ties and lead changes than the first three frames combined as neither side created much separation early on. Errors both at the net and from the service line kept UTSA up ahead at the stanza’s first stoppage (15-14). However, serving woes struck the ‘Runners as five misses in six attempts from the line pushed Temple back ahead 21-18. Megan Hawkins came through with a timeout-forcing ace, but the hosts closed the affair on a 25-21 kill.
NUMBERS OF NOTE
- Alyssa Manitzas led both sides with 23 digs on Sunday, besting her previous career high of 19 (Sept. 19 versus Texas State).
- The redshirt junior libero recorded her 14th outing with at least 10 digs on the campaign, doing so in each of UTSA’s past dozen matches.
- Manitzas has paced UTSA in digs 15 times this season, including 12 straight contests.
- Caroline Tredwell tallied a team-best 11 kills, leading UTSA for the second straight match and third time overall in 2026.
- The third-year Roadrunner entered the week with a season high of 10 kills, but surpassed that tally in both contests, including 12 on Friday against UAB.
- Tredwell added four digs and paced the ‘Runners with five blocks, leading the group in rejections for the sixth time this fall.
- Ally Tribe and Isabella Arroyave joined Tredwell in double-digit kill territory with 10 apiece.
- The former posted the third double-double of her junior campaign, adding 11 digs against the Owls.
- Sophomore Sydney Black entered the box score for the first time since Oct. 4, appearing in three sets and notching as many digs.
- Setter Megan Hawkins earned her ninth start of the season, logging 20 assists to pace her squad for the sixth time while adding six digs and an ace.
- Valeria Ortiz partnered with Hawkins in Price-Tork’s 6-2 system, tallying 18 assists and two digs.
- The ‘Runners are now 4-4 in navy jerseys on the campaign.
- UTSA moved to 1-1 in four-set American Conference matchups this season.
UP NEXT
For the second time in American play, UTSA is set for two road matches next week. The ‘Runners are slated to visit Memphis (7-14, 2-8 AMER) on Friday at 6 p.m. from Elma Roane Fieldhouse on ESPN+. Less than 48 hours later, the group will head to UAB (9-12, 3-6 AMER) for their second matchup against the Blazers in a 10-day span. All the action in both matchups will be available to follow via utsa.statbroadcast.com.
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