No. 10 Florida Sweeps No. 18 Kentucky – UK Athletics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 10 Florida Gators swept No. 18 Kentucky 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-21) on Saturday afternoon. The two-match Southeastern Conference collection concludes Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET stay on SEC Network and the ESPN app with Courtney Lyle and Missy Whittemore on the decision from Gainesville. Live stats can be found by way of UKathletics.com.

Kentucky was performed in by late-set points, as Kentucky had units two and three tied at 20-20, however received simply one of many remaining six factors in every of these units to drop the units, 25-21 in each cases. Also serving errors continued to be pricey for the Wildcats, who dedicated eight within the match.

Florida now takes management of the SEC standings because it sits 13-2 in league play and Kentucky falls to 12-3. If Florida had been to win Sunday, it could clinch at the very least a share of the SEC title.

Florida hit .310 for the match led by 13 kills from Sofia Victoria, as she hit .579 within the match with simply two errors on 19 swings. Kentucky’s offense struggled all match, hitting simply .135, the bottom SEC hitting proportion for Kentucky in any match since 2016 (vs. Florida).

Adanna Rollins had 13 kills to steer all Kentucky gamers with a .237 hitting proportion and 7 digs within the contest. She was the one UK participant to build up double-figure kills within the match, as all different UK gamers both hit beneath .190 or had been under even.

Emma Grome had 27 assists and Bella Bell had seven blocks to steer UK in these respective classes.

Set One

Kentucky led for a majority of the early going within the opening set, however a 6-1 Florida run put the Gators up 21-16 and Kentucky needed to name its last timeout making an attempt to cease a 3-0 Gators run. Kentucky was hitting simply .111 within the match to that time with 4 service errors and solely two gamers with two or extra kills. Florida went forward 22-16 because of a kill from Alexis Stucky and sided its means out to an opening-set win that pushed UF forward 1-0 within the match and taking its first set off of the Wildcats in nine-straight units spanning over three matches. UK hit solely .100 within the opening set with simply 9 kills and UF hit at a .233 clip with 12 assists on 14 kills.

Set Two

It was uneven waters within the early elements of the second set for Kentucky as effectively, because the Wildcats fell behind 8-6 because of a 5-0 Gator run that prompted an early timeout from UK. Out of the timeout, the UF lead elevated to 10-7 and the three-point lead was Florida’s largest of the set to that time. After UF took a 14-10 lead, Kentucky lastly obtained going offensively with kills from Bella Bell and Adanna Rollins on the pin to make issues 19-18 and Florida needed to name its first timeout of the match with UK climbing to inside some extent. Kentucky tied the set on a Bell kill, her third of the match, at 20-20, however back-to-back blocks by the Gators prompted a fast timeout by the Wildcats and so they rode that momentum to a 2-0 lead within the match as UK struggled to level rating down the stretch run of the set. Through two units, UK continued to wrestle offensively with only a .147 hitting proportion as a workforce, and solely 22 kills by way of two frames.

Set Three

For the primary time all match, Kentucky obtained a three-point lead beneath its belt to begin the third set, as Florida needed to name a timeout after an ace from Emma Grome as UK led 10-7. Out of the timeout, Florida received 4 of the following 5 factors to stymie the run and tied issues again up within the third because the UK lead was erased rapidly. Kentucky received a problem to get again on the frontfoot with an 18-14 lead, however Florida once more rapidly erased the lead and took the third set, 25-21. 

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