Grome’s 49 Assists Help Kentucky Win at Missouri in Four

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 Middle 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 elements of the match off to a quick begin. The junior reverse additionally had six blocks, a brand new season finest whole, 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 guide all Kentucky gamers and Whitworth had a career-high 9 digs, as properly. All 9 gamers for UK who performed within the match recorded a dig.

Kentucky performs Saturday at 4 p.m. ET in opposition to Alabama in Memorial Coliseum. The match will likely be broadcasted dwell on SEC Community+, ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

Set One

Kentucky took a 9-4 lead off a thunderous kill from Reagan Rutherford on the best aspect and elevated it to a 10-4 lead on Eleanor Beavin’s second ace of the service run to immediate Mizzou right into a timeout. The run was 7-0 in favor of the Wildcats and UK was hitting .417 within the match to that time with only one error as a workforce. Erin Lamb’s second termination of the night time put a doubling whole to the Wildcats within the body with a 16-8 lead and a roll shot by Rutherford on the succeeding level made it 17-8 because the Tigers took their last timeout of the set. Kentucky closed out the set with a solo block from Elise Goetzinger, her third of the match, to win set one, 25-12. Reagan Rutherford had a match-high six kills as Kentucky hit .519 for the body with Bella Bell killing 5 balls on 5 swings and 11 assists from sophomore setter, Emma Grome.

Set Two

The second set was considerably tighter within the early going of the body. Mizzou received the opening level and had the lead by one level for a majority of the primary half of the set. Kentucky then went on its first 3-0 run of the set because of a Rutherford kill and two blocks from Goetzinger and Grome to make it 13-11 Wildcats. One other Goetzinger block compelled the media timeout as UK took a 15-13 lead on the halt in play. One other 3-0 run after the Tigers tied up the rating made it an 18-15 lead for the Wildcats and Mizzou known as its first timeout of the set down by a trio of factors. A 4-0 Mizzou run out of the timeout brought on UK issues in serve obtain and an ace put the Tigers on prime 19-18 because the Wildcats known as their first timeout. Kentucky fell additional behind after back-to-back assault errors on the UK pins that made it 22-19 and UK known as its last timeout down three. Missouri arrived at set level with three factors to spare however kills by Kelly Franxman and Rutherford put stress on the Tigers to make it 24-23 and a timeout was known as. Mizzou clinched the set out of the timeout to even the match, 1-1.

Set Three

Kentucky trailed within the third set early however utilizing a 5-0 run and a profitable problem by Craig Skinner, rallied to take a 15-11 lead on the media timeout and a block by Bella Bell gave UK a 16-11 lead, its largest of the set our of the timeout. After a miscommunication within the Tiger frontline, the Kentucky lead ballooned to 17-11 and Missouri known as its first timeout, down six. The Emma Grome service run took a 7-0 house of factors for UK and brough Kentucky from down one to up half a dozen. A Bella Bell kill on the slide pushed Kentucky nearer to the end line of the set and a 23-16 lead was within the possession of the Wildcats as MU known as its last timeout. A kill from Erin Lamb, her seventh of the night time, ended the third set and Kentucky took a 2-1 lead within the match with a 25-19 third-set victory.

Set 4

Emma Grome paced a terrific offense to start out the fourth set as Kentucky raced out to a 7-1 lead and pushed the Tigers right into a timeout to try to catch up. Throughout the 7-1 run, Kentucky had a pair of blocks, trio of kills and acquired assist from MU with two attacking errors within the course of. The Tigers slowly lower into the lead and made it a 14-12 scoreline as UK burned its first timeout after an prolonged rally that went the best way of the Tigers. Out of the timeout, a kill by Lamb from the center and Bella Bell’s eighth block of the match propelled the UK lead again as much as 5 at 18-13 and the Tigers would halt play for the ultimate time within the set down by 5. Kelly Franxman made enormous performs down the stretch as UK closed out the win, 3-1.

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