With the win Friday night, Kentucky will now host the NCAA Regional round next weekend for the right to go to the NCAA Final Four. The matches will either be Thursday/Saturday or Friday/Sunday with the announcement coming from the NCAA after the completion of other second round matches Saturday night. Additionally, TV assignments will be announced Saturday night. For those fans interested in acquiring tickets to the NCAA Lexington Regional, all-session tickets will be on sale Monday at 10 a.m. ET with single-session tickets on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET on UKathletics.com. Fans can also check the Kentucky Volleyball social media page for more information on tickets.
DeLeye tied her career high with 30 kills Friday night, as she equaled her career best that was set against Georgia in her freshman campaign back in 2023. Eva Hudson had 27 kills in the match tonight hitting .463 on the evening with 10 digs for a double-double. DeLeye was only two digs short of a double-double as she had eight digs in the match. Those two were the only two Wildcats in the match with 10-plus kills as UK hit .400 on the night with Asia Thigpen logging an errorless night on 13 swings with eight kills to hit .615, a new career high for the sophomore.
Kassie O’Brien set a new career high with 60 assists on the night as she led the UK offense to a .400 night offensively with 13 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. On defense, it was Molly Tuozzo who had 15 digs, the most of any player in the white Friday night and both Lizzie Carr and Asia Thigpen had four blocks to lead the Wildcats. UK was outblocked by one at 7-6 for the match as a team.
Kentucky is now 27-2 on its season. UCLA closes its year with a 19-13 record, earning a seed at the NCAA Tournament for the first time under third-year head coach Alfee Reft.