Grome’s 49 assists help Kentucky volleyball win at Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Sophomore setter Emma Grome had 49 assists and helped No. 18 Kentucky to a .288 hitting proportion Wednesday night time as they knocked off the Missouri Tigers 3-1 (25-12, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22) in 4 units on the Hearnes Heart in Columbia.

With the win, Kentucky improves to 7-5 on the season and is now 2-1 in Southeastern Convention play. Missouri falls to 7-5 and the Tigers are 0-2 in league motion this season.

Reagan Rutherford led the Kentucky assault with 19 kills on 41 swings, hitting .293 and serving to lead UK within the early components of the match off to a quick begin. The junior reverse additionally had six blocks, a brand new season finest complete, and 4 digs within the match.

Additionally reaching double figures was Bella Bell, who had 13 kills and just one error on 19 swings to hit .632 for the match and eight blocks to associate with it, together with a solo stuff.

Missouri hit simply .104 on the night time with Eleanor Beavin enjoying shut-down protection together with Riah Walker and Audrey Whitworth. Beavin had 17 digs within the match to steer all Kentucky gamers and Whitworth had a career-high 9 digs, as effectively. All 9 gamers for UK who performed within the match recorded a dig.

Kentucky performs Saturday at 4 p.m. ET towards Alabama in Memorial Coliseum. The match will probably be broadcasted reside on SEC Community+, ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

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