{"id":4738,"date":"2025-12-20T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/texas-am-kentucky-book-spots-in-volleyball-final\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:36:12","slug":"texas-am-kentucky-book-spots-in-volleyball-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/texas-am-kentucky-book-spots-in-volleyball-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M, Kentucky book spots in volleyball final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 18, 2025, 09:07 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Kyndal Stowers and Logan Lednicky combined for 34 points to lead Texas A&amp;M to a 29-27, 25-21, 25-20 sweep of Pittsburgh on Thursday, punching its ticket to the national championship game in women&#8217;s volleyball.<\/p>\n<p>Stowers led the way with 18 points and 16 kills on a 53% kill rate, and Lednicky had 16 points and 14 kills on a 45% kill rate. It was Lednicky&#8217;s 22nd consecutive match with double-digit kills. Maddie Waak had 47 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 3-seeded Aggies (28-4) reached the final for the first time in program history after never having advanced beyond the final eight. It&#8217;s the second No. 1 seed the Aggies have defeated in the tournament after stunning previously undefeated Nebraska in a regional final. Texas A&amp;M also knocked off No. 2 seed Louisville.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pitt had not been swept this season before Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Babcock, a finalist for American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year, led the Panthers (30-5) with 25 points, finishing with 22 kills and a 54% kill rate. No other Panthers player had double-digit points. Brooke Mosher had 31 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M will play Kentucky, a five-set winner over Wisconsin in the late semifinal, in Sunday&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kentucky outlasts Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eva Hudson had 31 points, leading Kentucky to a 12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 26-24, 15-13 win over Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson, a finalist for the AVCA National Player of the Year, carried the No. 1-seed Wildcats (30-2) with 29 kills on a 53% kill rate, including the final kill of the game. Brooklyn Delaye added 18 points and a team-high five blocks. Kassie O&#8217;Brien had 54 assists, and Molly Tuozzo had 17 digs.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 3-seeded Badgers (28-5) dominated the first set with a 68% hitting rate, but the following sets were tightly contested.<\/p>\n<p>The Badgers were led by Mimi Colyer, a fellow finalist for player of the year, who tallied 32 kills on a 46% kill rate. Carter Booth had 21 at a 70% kill rate to go with a game-high six blocks. Charlie Fuerbringer led all players with 63 assists, and Grace Egan had a team-high 15 digs.<\/p>\n<p>It was the 27th consecutive win for the Wildcats, who won a ninth consecutive SEC title this season.<\/p>\n<p><i>Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/47351717\/texas-sweeps-pittsburgh-ncaa-volleyball-semifinal\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 18, 2025, 09:07 PM ET Kyndal Stowers and Logan Lednicky combined for 34 points to lead Texas A&amp;M to a 29-27, 25-21, 25-20 sweep of Pittsburgh on Thursday, punching its ticket to the national championship game in women&#8217;s volleyball. 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