{"id":1046076,"date":"2026-09-06T02:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046076\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T02:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:22:28","slug":"warhawks-fall-to-temple-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046076\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhawks Fall to Temple in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/San_Francisco_Dons.png\" alt=\"San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>vs. San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>9\/6\/2026 | 1 p.m. CT \/ 11 a.m. MT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 06 (Sun) \/ 1 p.m. CT \/ 11 a.m. MT&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/San_Francisco_Dons.png\" alt=\"San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        vs.\u00a0San Francisco&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{96f727bb-25d7-4658-86e8-080c72aa08fa}{3}\" paraid=\"738692707\">PHOENIX, Ariz.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The ULM volleyball team\u00a0(2-4)\u00a0fell\u00a00-3\u00a0(21-25, 19-25, 22-25)\u00a0to Temple\u00a0(4-1)\u00a0on the second day of the GCU Invitational (Sept. 5).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{e81bd1a9-7df4-426b-b87b-c48998467da2}{21}\" paraid=\"811792218\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/abby-cunningham\/8618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8618\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Cunningham<\/a> led the Warhawk offense once again, making a team-high nine kills. She added seven digs and two blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kenzie-behl\/8622\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8622\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Behl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/grace-troxell\/8616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8616\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Troxell<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/tatum-clay\/8653\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8653\" target=\"_blank\">Tatum Clay<\/a> each made\u00a0five\u00a0kills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{2399bac7-8685-4a34-9d58-86e3db0c776d}{245}\" paraid=\"1508744385\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/olivia-anderson\/8615\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8615\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Anderson<\/a> had a career-high 10 digs and eight assists\u00a0on\u00a0the match.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/morgan-howard\/8623\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8623\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Howard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/eden-pietrzak\/8526\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8526\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Pietrzak<\/a> each made 10 digs as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{e2516ecc-6c97-40c0-9423-73423f5715be}{166}\" paraid=\"2142187853\">The Owls made an early 5-0 run to lead 7-2, but <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/olivia-anderson\/8615\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8615\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Anderson<\/a> broke up the run with her first career kill. <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/abby-cunningham\/8618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8618\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Cunningham<\/a>\u00a0hit back-to-back kills on two assists from\u00a0Anderson, to close the gap to 7-5, but Temple rebuilt a five-point lead.\u00a0The Warhawks responded with an <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/eden-pietrzak\/8526\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8526\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Pietrzak<\/a>\u00a0kill\u00a0and an ace from\u00a0Anderson\u00a0steadily getting\u00a0ULM back into the set. A 4-0 run made the score 14-all just before the media timeout.\u00a0The Owls reset with a timeout when their lead was cut to just one at\u00a019-18 and\u00a0went on to take the set 25-21.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{47c41001-6a3d-43e9-98eb-8d3eed99495f}{12}\" paraid=\"1546731088\">The second set saw\u00a0nine ties, with each team taking multiple 3-0 runs to catch up to the other. The\u00a0Warhawks opened with a\u00a03-0\u00a0lead, then trailed\u00a0Temple\u00a010-6. ULM took a 4-0 ride on blocks from <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/abby-cunningham\/8618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8618\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Cunningham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/marissa-kobelski\/8620\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8620\" target=\"_blank\">Marissa Kobelski<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/grace-troxell\/8616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8616\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Troxell<\/a> to reach 10-all.\u00a0The set remained evenly matched when two kills from <a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kenzie-behl\/8622\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8622\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Behl<\/a> made the score 15-15, and\u00a0the Warhawks and Owls\u00a0remained locked through 18 points. Temple broke out a 7-1 run to seal the set 25-19.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{f80eba3e-c515-45cf-bc0f-cad74c0efeeb}{207}\" paraid=\"805722184\">The first half of the third set was\u00a0similar to\u00a0the second, with six ties and five lead changes between the two teams before the media timeout.\u00a0The Owls took a 15-13 lead into the break, and the Warhawks got it back to a one-point deficit on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ulmwarhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/grace-troxell\/8616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8616\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Troxell&#8217;s<\/a> kill\u00a0(16-17). ULM\u00a0attempted\u00a0to capitalize on Temple&#8217;s four service errors in the last few points, but the Owls clinched the match at 25-22.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Warhawks will finish the weekend against San Francisco tomorrow,\u00a0Sept. 6. First serve is set for 1 p.m. CT (11 a.m. MT).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: vs. San Francisco 9\/6\/2026 | 1 p.m. CT \/ 11 a.m. MT &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1046077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1046076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-phoenix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117221716370084351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}