The Kentucky Volleyball team capped off a 3-0 weekend Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-8) sweep of Morehead State inside Historic Memorial Coliseum to close out the 2024 Bluegrass Battle in Lexington.
Eleven different Wildcats found the scoresheet Sunday afternoon in the kills department as Haley Melby led the way with six kills and no errors on 17 swings. The Wildcats had seven service aces Sunday afternoon and only nine attack errors the entire afternoon with five of those coming inside the first 17 points of the match in the first set.
Molly Tuozzo again dawned the libero jersey Sunday afternoon, digging up a team-high 16 balls to go along with six set assists and an ace. Eleanor Beavin recorded a kill in addition to a pair of aces, assists and a dig to go along with it.
Emma Grome was named to the Bluegrass Battle All-Tournament Team and was also named the MVP with 27 assists, nine digs and two blocks.
With Kentucky sweeping the weekend, the Wildcats are now 3-1 on the season and are winners of the 2024 Bluegrass Battle. Morehead State falls to 0-3 with the result and finishes the weekend in fourth place of the four teams. Western Kentucky, who went 2-1, finished second with Northern Kentucky’s 1-3 record good for third place in the season-opening weekend event hosted by the Wildcats.
Kentucky will next play No. 6 Penn State inside Historic Memorial Coliseum on Friday evening at 7 p.m. ET live on SEC Network and the ESPN app. Tickets for the match are available at UKathletics.com/tickets.
Credit: UK Athletics & Kentucky Kernel
