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12/21 16:57 CST Texas A&M volleyball wins national championship with sweep of
Kentucky
Texas A&M volleyball wins national championship with sweep of Kentucky
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Logan Lednicky had 11 kills, Maddie Waak had 29
assists and Texas A&M won its first NCAA volleyball championship, sweeping
Kentucky 3-0 on Sunday.
The Aggies (29-4) accomplished the rare feat of defeating three No. 1 seeds.
They defeated Nebraska and Pittsburgh earlier in the tournament. They did not
drop a set in the Final Four.
At 24-18 in the third set, Kentucky held off a couple of match points before
the Aggies took advantage of a free ball and Cos-Okpalla delivered the
championship point, crushing a set from Waak out of the middle.
Kyndal Stowers finished with 10 kills and hit .304. Cos-Okpalla added eight
kills, hitting .235 and Lednicky hit .250.
Eva Hudson had a match-high 13 kills for Kentucky and Kassie O'Brien had 34
assists.
The Aggies hit .257 as a team, compared to Kentucky's .148.
Set scores were 26-24, 25-15, 25-20.
The Aggies trailed throughout the first set until they tied it at 20-all and
also saved a set point to tie it at 24. The Aggies took their first lead at
25-24 on an attack error by Kentucky's Brooklyn DeLeye, her fifth of the set.
Stowers finished off the 26-24 first-set win for the Aggies with a tip off the
Kentucky block.
After taking that 25-24 lead, the Aggies did not trail at any point in the rest
of the match.
Kentucky (30-3) continued to struggle at the net in the second set. The
Wildcats had nine errors in the first set and six more while falling behind
19-9 in the second. The Aggies continued to dominate, winning 25-15 after
outhitting their SEC rival .253---.077.
Stowers and Lednicky had eight kills each in the first two sets, with Stowers
hitting .368 and Lednicky .240.
Texas A&M led 13-10 in the third set before a kill by Lednicky started a 6-1
scoring run for a commanding 19-11 lead, six points from the national
championship.
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