Number one texas longhorns Securing the program’s first national championship since 2012, they won 25-22, 25-14, 26-24 against No. 4 for the third time in school history. Louisville Cardinals It will be held Saturday at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.
Outside hitter Logan Eggleston got off to a good start, finishing with a game-high 19 kills, a .341 batting average, seven digs and three blocks. Outside his hitter Madison Skinner scored his 12 kills in the second half to win his second domestic title. .407 accuracy on 3 blocks. Texas batted .371 overall, and Louisville held it to .189 thanks to nine blocks. Libero Zoe Fleck adds 14 digs and 2 service aces.
Louisville got the first three points as Louisville’s out hitter Anna Devere started the game on the service line, but Texas scored a kill by opposing hitter Molly Phillips, a kill by Eggleston, and a kill by Eggleston and middle blocker Aszia. I responded with a block by O’Neill. And lead with Fleck’s ace. Another ace by O’Neill this time put him up 8-6 before kills by Skinner and Eggleston, and his violation in the net at Louisville pushed the margin up to his 12-9, with opposing hitter Aiko. He was the first to reach 15 points on his error served by Jones. 500 or better early on, with Eggleston recording six kills.
Texas extended it to 17–13, but two back-row kills by outside Louisville hitter Claire Chaucey narrowed the margin. To end his 3–0 run for the Cardinals, middle his blocker Kayla Caffey beat De Beers down the line, but Texas’s three serve his errors gave Louisville a big boost. At 20-18, Fleck and libero Emma Halter’s Big Dig set up O’Neal and Phillips’ blocks, forcing Louisville to force a timeout.
The Cardinals bounced back with a kill from Jones. Eggleston shoved the ball into the left-back corner as Dani Basboom-Kelly called another timeout on the next point out of the system. Chaussey’s seventh kill preceded a ninth kill from Eggleston, sending the National Player of the Year to the service line and ultimately giving the Horns a net violation. Critical service in Louisville His error put Texas on the brink of winning the first set, but the Cardinals defended his points in the set by sliding his kill from the longhorns’ defensive seams. rice field. However, Texas took advantage of their second chance with a good kill by Eggleston from the back row.
Fleck’s serve, which included an ace, helped Texas take a 3-0 lead in the second set, but service errors continued to be a problem for the Horns, who had two early in the match, seven in total. Recorded. Skinner’s kill and ace put him 9-5, and he was 11-6 when the Cardinals called for a stoppage of play.
With an offensive error from Chosé and a kill from Eggleston, the lead was now up to 15-7 thanks to a 4-0 run, and the Cardinals were in danger of losing contact with the Longhorns and had a serious fighting chance. participate in the game.
Four straight points by Louisville were so necessary for the Cardinals that they quickly changed the set and tenor of the game, prompting a timeout by Texas head coach Jerrit Elliott.
The Longhorns responded with a kill from Eggleston, ending long rallies with both teams almost out of the system. His two offensive errors for Louisville further weakened the Cardinals’ momentum and pushed the Horns’ lead to his 18–11. After O’Neal slides his kills and a great dig his kills to push the margin to his 20-12, Louisville’s net his violation allows Bassboom his Kelly to bench the setter. It only worked briefly as the Cardinals struggled to effectively pass the field serve and the ball, and the Longhorns set point and another offensive error ended the set 25–14.
Concerned about Texas losing focus, Phillips opened the set with two kills sandwiched by an offensive error in Louisville that was overruled in the review. The Cardinals took their first lead early in the first set, but after O’Neal scored a kill and Eggleston scored a kill from the back row in transition, Louisville came back in front with volleyball’s best stretch of the evening. . Both teams scored back and forth with the Cardinals maintaining a small margin until the Horns tied at 12–12.
Louisville had 15 points in the first, but was called out of rotation before a block by Texas and back-to-back kills by Skinner as Basboom Kelly wanted a timeout, leading 18-16 . A block and another kill from Skinner made it 20-16 and prompted another timeout by the Cardinals with the Longhorns on a 10-4 run. Elliott chose his own timeout, allowing Louisville to score two straight points from the break to tie the set.
Chaussey continued his surge from the Cardinals by planting a block from the back row, but Skinner’s blockoff kill, albeit momentarily, when Eggleston pushed the ball over the end line before the controversial play. was blocked, but it was ruled that the ball touched her shoulder after the block. Louisville then took a 22-21 lead thanks to a 6-1 run slowed down by Eggleston’s kill. Chaussey’s out-of-system kill marked a big point for the Cardinals, followed by a backrow kill from Devere that became the set point.
After a Texas timeout, O’Neal defended the first set point with a kill from midfield, libero Keonirei Akana’s good serve put Louisville out of the system, and Chaussey missed a long mistake in the second, 24 after review. They tied the score at -24. supported the call. Eggleston’s swing called the Cardinals for a net violation and Akana served an ace to end the game and win the national title.
