In the Final Four, Kentucky will play the winner of Sunday’s match between (1) Texas and (3) Wisconsin. The 2025 NCAA Volleyball Final Four will be contested in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. The match will be played Thursday night at a time to be announced on ESPN. The match time will be announced by the NCAA and ESPN on Sunday night at the conclusion of regional play in Austin.
UK never trailed by more than two points in any set at any point all evening long, and the Wildcats never allowed the Bluejays to get to 20 points in any of the sets, either. Kentucky held Creighton to a .066 hitting percentage for the match with eight blocks and a .000 hitting percentage in the second set alone. UK as a team hit .263 for the match, with 47 kills on 118 swings and only 16 errors. The Wildcats pegged the Bluejays for a pair of aces in the match and outdug Creighton, 62-47. Kentucky sided out at a mountainous 75 percent for the match, while holding the Bluejays to a 50.7% sideout ratio.
Kentucky’s two-headed monster of Brooklyn DeLeye and Eva Hudson were elite Saturday, accounting for 32 of the team’s 47 kills as DeLeye hit .326 with 18 kills on 43 swings and Hudson hammered home 13 kills on 33 swings with 15 digs for yet another double-double on the season. Asia Thigpen had eight kills for UK with a .429 hitting percentage and only two errors.
Defensively, Kentucky had three players with 10-plus digs led by Molly Tuozzo’s 17, who also led all players in the match. Tuozzo was joined in the 10-plus digs category with Brooklyn DeLeye and Eva Hudson who had 12 and 15 digs respectfully. Lizzie Carr led Kentucky’s net defense with five blocks as she was one of four UK players with multiple blocks.
Kentucky placed four players on the NCAA Lexington Regional All-Region Team with Brooklyn DeLeye named the most outstanding player. DeLeye was joined by Lizzie Carr, Eva Hudson and Molly Tuouzzo on the all-region team. Ava Martin and Sydney Breissinger from Creighton made the team along with Arizona State’s Noemie Glover.