LEXINGTON, Ky. — Claire Chaussee had 16 kills with teammate Anna DeBeer adding 15 to lead the No. 3-ranked University of Louisville to a 3-2 win over No. 13 Kentucky Wednesday night in Memorial Coliseum.
Louisville moves to 8-1 with the 20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 24-26, 15-11 win. UofL hit .299 with 11 blocks and eight aces. Freshman Cara Cresse had eight kills and seven blocks. Setter Raquel Lazaro had 46 assists, 14 digs, three aces and three blocks. Libero Elena Jones had 14 digs and two aces.
Kentucky hit .231 with 10 aces and six blocks. Adanna Rollins paced the Wildcat offense with 19 kills with Elise Goetzinger leading with four blocks, adding seven kills.
The Cardinals head to the West Coast to face Stanford on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET
Set by Set Recap
Set 1
The teams traded points in the early part of the first set. Tied at eight, UK gained some footage with a 4-0 run to go up 12-8. Louisville shaved a bit off the UK lead with kills by Claire Chaussee and Aiko Jones to pull within three at 14-11. Kentucky scored three straight coming out of the media timeout and Coach Busboom Kelly called timeout down 17-11. The Cats kept the pressure on, forcing another UofL timeout at 22-15. Louisville scored two straight to pull within five at 22-17 and the Wildcats used their first timeout. Coming out of the timeout, Louisville ran off three straight and when Elena Scott scored an ace, the Cats used their final timeout at 23-20. Kentucky recovered and scored two straight with the winning kill coming from Adanna Rollins.
Set 2
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