No. 20 Kentucky Wins Tight Sets, Earns Sweep at Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 20 Kentucky Volleyball group received two tight units and ran away with the third because it picked up a 3-0 (27-25, 25-23, 25-17) sweep of Georgia in Athens on Wednesday night time inside Stegeman Coliseum.

Reagan Rutherford had 17 kills on 28 swings with Adanna Rollins additionally logging double-figure kills with 14 kills on 33 swings because the Wildcats hit .290 for the match to select up the win.

Kentucky’s protection advised the story with Eleanor Beavin logging 12 digs to steer all Wildcats and Adanna Rollins picked up one more double-double with 10 digs to go alongside her 14 aforementioned kills within the match.

With Wednesday night time’s end result, Kentucky improves to 15-6 on the season and holds regular in a tie for first place within the Southeastern Convention with Florida at 10-2 in SEC play.

Kentucky’s subsequent match in 9 days away because the Wildcats received’t play till Friday, Nov. 11 towards Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi. The match begins at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT and will likely be televised reside on the SEC Community and the ESPN app.

Set One

For the primary 21 factors of the primary set, there have been 18 sideouts and no group had greater than a one-point lead the whole time. After a Georgia service error, Kentucky took an 11-10 lead and a kill from Reagan Rutherford adopted by a fast from Azhani Tealer gave UK the 13-10 edge and the Bulldogs referred to as their first timeout of the set. The three-point was the primary time all set a group had even a two-point lead within the opening body of motion. Following Adanna Rollins’ fourth kill of the match and an Eleanor Beavin ace to deliver UK’s result in 17-13, the Bulldogs burned their ultimate timeout of the set down 4, its largest deficit of the match to that time. Georgia then received three-straight factors out of their timeout to tug inside one at 17-16 and Kentucky referred to as a halt to play with its first timeout of the set. Georgia made it six factors in a row on a frantic play that gave the Bulldogs a 19-17 lead, its largest lead of the match, and Kentucky referred to as its second timeout. Kentucky then obtained to 23-21 earlier than UGA received three factors in a row to have set level first. A sideout by Rutherford and an assault error gave UK set level at 25-24, however a service error evened issues again up at 25 all. Kentucky then after a sideout obtained a mammoth block from Azhani Tealer and Adanna Rollins to shut the set, 27-25 and take a 1-0 lead within the set. Kentucky hit over .300 for the set to take the body with seven kills from Reagan Rutherford, essentially the most of anybody for both group within the set.

Set Two

Kentucky received 5 of the primary six factors within the second set, but it surely was Georgia that took agency management of the second with a 6-0 run to own a 7-5 lead after which a 3-0 run later to make issues 12-9 within the Dawgs favor earlier than the Wildcats had been compelled into their first timeout. UK was hitting simply .125 within the set to that time with solely 5 kills on 16 swings and UGA was up over .250 as a group with a three-point edge on the Wildcats. Kentucky climbed again into the set slowly with Georgia burning its first timeout at 18-17 solely main by one after what was a four-point lead a couple of moments earlier at 15-11, the most important lead of the set for UGA. After Kentucky took its first lead since 5-4 at 19-18, the Bulldogs received three factors in a row and Kentucky stopped play for a ultimate allowable time, down 21-19 with UGA having received a trio of factors on a run. An Audrey Whitworth serve and a kill from Azhani Tealer introduced the Wildcats again in entrance late within the set, giving UK a 22-21 lead and Georgia burned its ultimate timeout to try to cease a 3-0 Kentucky point-scoring run. A Reagan Rutherford kill from the proper pin closed the set and Kentucky took a 2-0 lead with a 25-23 second-set win. UK rallied to hit .314 for the set with 17 kills on 35 swings and held UGA to a .238 share.

Set Three

Kentucky’s Haley Melby registered her third kill of the match to place the Wildcats up 8-4 and that noticed the Bulldogs name a timeout within the early going of the third. UK then much like the second set, dropped its stage and the Bulldogs rallied to win 5 factors in a row and took a 14-13 lead as Kentucky needed to name its first timeout of the set all the sudden down a degree. UGA pulled away to a 19-15 lead after four-straight Kentucky assault errors and the Wildcats once more needed to cease and discuss with a timeout down 4, its largest deficit of the set. Out of the timeout, a kill out of system by Rutherford and two aces introduced the Wildcats again to stage phrases at 19-19 and Georgia referred to as its ultimate timeout with UK seizing late momentum. The run closed at 5-0 on Rutherford’s serve after an error with Kentucky main 20-19, its first lead since 13-12 of the set. Kentucky closed the match successful 10 of the ultimate 12 factors and a service error by UGA closed out a sweep for Kentucky.

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