No. 16 Kentucky Swept in SEC Play for First Time Since 2017

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Regardless of 13 kills from Reagan Rutherford, the No. 12 Kentucky Volleyball workforce was swept for the primary time in Southeastern Convention play since 2017 on Saturday afternoon, struggling a 3-0 loss (25-23, 27-25, 25-20) to Texas A&M inside Reed Enviornment.

Rutherford led the Wildcats with 13 kill on the afternoon, the one UK participant to eclipse the double-digit win plateau on the afternoon. Azhani Tealer had 9 kills on 20 swings and UK hit .203 for the match, a brand new season low for a convention match.

Texas A&M by no means led by greater than 5 factors in a set till the third, however Kentucky solely led for a complete of 13 factors in your entire match because it misplaced simply its second SEC street match since 2017.

The collection concludes Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

Set One

Set one was shut all through as Kentucky and Texas A&M performed your entire body inside a five-point window as no workforce garnered greater than a three-point lead the entire means. The most important lead for Kentucky got here at 16-14, however the Aggies used the subsequent stanza of factors to take an 18-16 lead and UK referred to as its first timeout. Texas A&M took a 24-22 lead and after UK sided out, a kill by Elena Karakasi ended the set as Texas A&M hit .275 to take a 1-0 lead with 5 kills from Madison Bowser to prepared the ground. Kentucky hit .200 within the body with 4 kills from Adanna Rollins and 12 assists from Emma Grome. UK by no means trailed by greater than three factors your entire set, however by no means led by greater than two.

Set Two

Set two once more got here all the way down to the wire, as a problem evaluation that was upheld ended up deciding the ultimate level of the body with Texas A&M profitable, 27-25. It was the sixth time this season in a set that Kentucky has had a set level, and in the end ended up shedding the set. The Wildcats trailed 8-3 however rallied to take the lead at 17-16 and gained three-straight factors to make it 19-16 and drive the Aggies right into a timeout. Kentucky allowed Texas A&M to creep again into the set with crucial kills from the pins and after UK took a 22-20 lead, TAMU gained 5 of the subsequent eight factors to arrange its first set level at 25-24. After Kentucky sided out, the Aggies transformed on an ace to win the set and took a 2-0 lead within the match on the Wildcats – the primary SEC workforce to take action this season.

Set Three

Kentucky fell behind early within the third set and was unable to make up the deficit all night. The Aggies arrived at set level with a 24-18 lead and regardless of two factors from the Wildcats, a kill from Texas A&M’s Logan Lednicky ended the match, her ninth of the match.

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