Todd' 24 Kills Paces Volleyball to 3-1 win

Golden Eagles defeat USF, 3-1

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TAMPA, Fla. ? Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd set a collegiate best with 24 kills as Marquette (12-5, 2-2 C-USA) defeated USF, 3-0 (27-30, 30-23, 30-27, 33-31), in Tampa, Fla.

Todd?s 24 kills bettered her previous collegiate best by 10 kills. She also had a match high attack percentage of 51.4. Her lofty percentage came on 35 attempts, with just six errors.

?Kim Todd was a god tonight,? head coach Pati Rolf said. ?It was her coming out party. She had a heck of a game.?

She started the offensive onslaught with six of her 24 kills in the first game. Marquette struggled with accuracy in the frame, however, hitting -5.3 percent as it committed 13 errors with just 11 kills. Six blocks in the first game, four each by freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown and Todd kept the Golden Eagles close, losing the frame by three points.

Marquette rebounded in game two, taking a seven point advantage. Eight kills with one error by Todd in the game led Marquette to a 38.3 attack percentage. While Marquette?s block numbers were down, its dig numbers increased helping to preserve the win. Marquette dug 23 USF attacks, a game high seven coming from junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin.

After jumping out to a 17-12 lead in game three, Marquette cruised to a three-point win. Todd posted a team best five kills, joined by Coughlin who also had five. Marquette hit a robust 30.0 percent for the game.

Both teams played hard in the fourth game as it went to extra points, with Marquette winning the decisive frame. Todd and Coughlin again each had five kills in the game. Flavia Silveria had 11 of her team high 19 kills for USF (3-12, 1-4 C-USA) to keep the Bulls chances alive. The largest lead either team had in the game was three, when Marquette held a 15-12 advantage.

Coughlin added 17 kills for the match as the Golden Eagles out-killed USF 72-67. Senior setter Sarah Vernon, C-USA?s reigning Setter-of-the-Week, had 56 assists with 10 digs. Coughlin added 16 digs. Three players, Brown, Todd and senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, contributed five blocks as Marquette held an 11-6 advantage in blocks. The match lasted 2 hours and five minutes.

?This was a long match for four games,? Rolf added. ?But we played a very good all-around game. We didn?t have many areas where we struggled.?

Marquette returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 16 against UAB at 7 p.m.
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