VolleyCARDS WIN vs UK 3-1 --THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Good morning readers, welcome back to Cardinal Couple!  

It's Daryl checking in a day early because of some scheduling conflicts.  Jared made it down I-64 to catch the Cardinals top the Cats in Lexington and got to bring home a W for the good guys!!!! 

Photos: Jared Anderson

Final from Lexington, Cardinals 3 - Wildcats 1 

Louisville secures its 4th consecutive win vs UK to move to 8-1 on the season with a Top 15 and rivalry win on the national stage. 

Reese Robins hit .556 and had 11 kills while Anna Debeer led with 13 kills and hitting .300.  Defensively, Cara Cresse and Phekran Kong had 9 and 7 blocks respectively.

Set 1

Cards win 25-21

Cards went up 6-2 before Cats able to storm back and tie it up 6-6 and the two went back and forth.  Cara Cresse had two big jumps for the kill to put Cards ahead 13-12.  

At the media timeout and the Cards with the 15-13 lead, the two squads tied it up 16 out of the timeout. Anna DeBeer with the kill not long before Kentucky called a timeout and a 23-20 Louisville lead.  

Cardinals defense was able to provide the support from Cresse and Reese Robins block to score and UK was unable to get the ball over the net after a long volley, so the first set ended finally ended at 7:31 pm.  

After starting .087 In the first set the Cards finished with  225 hitting  while holding the Cats to  .133.  5 team blocks for UofL while none for UK.  

Set 2 

Cards win 25-18

To start the second set a Cardinal net error put the Cats on the board first before the Cards were able to secure the block and a long attack put Cards up 4-1 before giving up a couple kills and aces allowed UK to tie it up 4 all.   The Cardinals then went on a 3-0 run.  

DeBeer placed one right in the middle to make it 12-8 --  She had 5 kills at that point and was hitting .400 to help pace the squad in the match. 

Louisville went 18-10 and was cruising in control when UK took a timeout.   The Cards were able to extend the lead 23-16 before putting another set away. 

Set 3

UK wins   25-20

Charitie Luper fell when she twisted her ankle on the 15th point in the third set with UK up 14-12 lead, the refs call a redo of the point which was ultimately won by the Cats before the media timeout.   Luper breifly came out of match.  

With UK up 17-12 and hitting .400 and 3 blocks, the Cards had 0 blocks and 6 errors in the set, DBK called another timeout to reel the team back in.  

DeBeer sneaks in a kill in for her 9th on the evening leading the Cards and making it 17-14 with UK ahead.  

3 consecutive miss serves from UK keeps the Cards in it 19-17.  

After DBK calls a timeout Kentucky scores and ends the set with a couple more kills, aces and a ultimately set point and block. 

Set 4

Cardinals win  25-16

All 3 points for UK are Louisville errors to start the set

As a team, 10 kills to put Cards up 5-4 before another service error by Cards ties it up again 

Cresse and DeBeer step up on defense and DeBeer threads it in the back corner of the court in front of the UK bench to put Cards up 8-5.

Cards up 13-6 and on a 7-1 run. Reese Robins drops the 9th kill to make it 14-7.  Phekran Kong with the block... the teams 14th. 

There were a lot of reviews in this match and challenges used.  Head coach Dani Busboom Kelly went 2-3 in challenges. 

Coach Dani Busboom Kelly post game vs Kentucky

UP NEXT 

Louisville vs Nebraska
Sunday 12:30pm on ABC

As Always,
Go Cards!
~Daryl