The women's volleyball teams for Louisville , Kentucky , Wisconsin and Nebraska played on Tuesday at the KFC! Yum Center for the AVCA First Serve Showcase .
The UofL roster includes ACC Player of the Year #14 Anna DeBeer , an Assumption graduate, and Defensive Player of the Year #19 Elena Scott , a Mercy Academy graduate, and #18 Alanna Bankston .
DeBeer and Scott are eager to lead Louisville to its first NCAA championship in their hometown. The Final Four is set for Dec. 19.
The Cardinals' journey began Tuesday night. Cara Cresse and Charitie Luper , who joined Scott and DeBeer on the preseason All-ACC team, helped set the tone against the Badgers.
As for the Wildcats, the roster includes #5 Jordyn Dailey , #12 Molly Tuozzo and #13 Erin Lamb .
Here are the results:
Louisville Volleyball scores AVCA First Serve showcase
No. 6 Louisville volleyball defeated No. 3 Wisconsin, 18-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-20, in the AVCA First Serve Showcase for its first win of the 2024 season.
Nebraska vs Kentucky volleyball results
Nebraska won its match against Kentucky for its first victory of the 2024 season in four sets: 25-21, 22-25, 25-15, 25-20.
Dani Busboom Kelly is the UofL women's volleyball coach. This is her eighth season with the Cardinals.
Under her direction, the Cardinals have advanced to two Final Fours and four Elite Eights, winning four ACC titles.
"I think it just continues to cement that we're a great program, and, you know, we might not be a sweatshirt school or a team that can look back 25 years ago and say we were playing for national championships, but we're here now, and we attract players that fit our style and that want to be great," Busboom Kelly said. "It's pretty amazing what we've done in the last eight years, and I think we just keep setting the bar higher and higher. It's pretty awesome."
Who is Craig Skinner?
Wildcats coach Craig Skinner is entering his 20th season with a record of 445-147.
He is the Wildcats' all-time winningest coach and the first SEC volleyball coach to lead their team to an NCAA title.
With 19 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and a 2020 NCAA championship, Skinner has turned the Wildcats into one of the nation's premier programs. One loss — especially to Nebraska — won't define the Wildcats.
"As a program, we're competing for SEC championships and national championships," Skinner said. "This year, you know, fortunately, we get the opportunity to play here the first match, and we all know that the national championship is in Louisville at the end of the year. ... So when you're in a program like Kentucky, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Louisville, those are expectations to be able to compete and to give yourself a chance to do that."
The teams that played on Tuesday are in the top 10 AVCA preseason rankings :
- Nebraska (2)
- Wisconsin (3)
- Louisville (6)
- Kentucky (9)
2024 AVCA First Serve all-star team selections
Best opposite: Brooklyn DeLeye, Kentucky
Best middle blocker: Rebekah Allick, Nebraska
Best setter: Bergen Reilly, Nebraska
Best libero : Elena Scott, Louisville
Best outside hitter: Charitie Luper, Louisville
AVCA First Serve MVP: Rebekah Allick, Nebraska
The UofL women's volleyball team plays its next match against #15 University of Tennessee at 4 p.m., Sunday, at the KFC Yum! Center.
When does Kentucky volleyball play next?
The Kentucky Wildcats Women's Volleyball team plays against Northern Kentucky at 6:30 a.m., Friday, at the Memorial Coliseum, 201 Avenue of Champions, in Lexington. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster .
Read in-depth coverage of Tuesday's games
For a deeper look at the matches, The Courier Journal has live updates from Tuesday evening's games .
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: UofL v. Wisconsin, UK v. Nebraska volleyball: Winners, points, next game. What to know
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