Louisville earns second NCAA volleyball championship berth in 3 years, beating top-seeded Pitt 3-1
Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Anna DeBeer recorded 14 kills before leaving with a right ankle injury, Payton Peterson recorded consecutive aces in her place and top-seeded Louisville beat No. 1 overall seed and played in their fourth consecutive national semifinal, but couldn’t follow their strong opening set in which they hit.373 with nine kills from Babcock. And then you guys all saw what happened in the second, third set, and it was hard for us to swallow.” Louisville overcame a 25-21 opening-set loss to beat Pitt 25-23, 29-27 and 25-17, taking control after DeBeer went down early in the fourth set, with what a university official after the match called a right ankle injury. The teams went back and forth in the opening set before Pitt broke a 14-all tie with the first of several small spurts taking control with six straight points, Louisville avoided four set points before Babcock’s kill sealed it with a Rachel Fairbanks assist.
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