With the win, Kentucky advances to the championship match against (3) Texas on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET live on SEC Network with Eric Frede, Emily Ehman and Michella Chester on the call from Savannah.
In a similar script to the regular season meeting in Historic Memorial Coliseum, the Lady Vols jumped out to a one set to none lead over the Wildcats before UK then won the next three successive sets to make things 3-1 in favor of UK.
Brooklyn DeLeye had 22 kills on 46 swings Monday night as she hit .370 for the match and her cohort on the pin, Eva Hudson, hit .220 with 18 kills on 59 swings as the Wildcats hit .253 as a team. Kassie O’Brien had 46 assists in the match with Molly Tuozzo logging a career-high tying eight assists for UK to go alongside her new career-high 25 digs in the match as Kentucky held Tennessee to .208 hitting for the match and under .250 for the final two set, including a .022 hitting set in the third.
Lizzie Carr had nine kills in the match as she hit .364 on the night with an assist, three digs and a team-leading five blocks.