U of L volleyball was making a fifth consecutive region semifinal appearance and was in good shape to advance to an 8th Elite Eight after scoring the last eight points of the second set to go up two sets to none on Texas A&M.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville volleyball had a lot of experience with five set matches. But most of it wasn't very good.
It has been pretty steady climb for Cresse from redshirting as a Freshman behind some All-American middle blockers to now being an All-American herself and a veteran leader for 5th-ranked Louisville.
Louisville took out No. 4 Stanford on its home court, 3-1, ending a 20-match home win streak.
Somewhere between the lightning strike and the lights-out performance, the University of Louisville volleyball team found something Monday night.
They call it a Bluegrass rivalry, but in the decisive sets, it was a blue tsunami.
Somewhere between Kentucky's 2020 NCAA title and Louisville's three Final Four trips in the past four years, this became a volleyball state.
Coming off its first loss of the season — a gut-punch five-setter after reaching match point at No. 2 Texas just two nights before — Louisville might’ve showed a touch of a hangover in its opening frame Friday night in a hostile environment at Creighton.
In a match where the scoreboard showed a loss, Louisville volleyball delivered something just as valuable as a win: validation.
Friday night was new territory — not just for Meske, but for Louisville volleyball. And while it wasn’t perfect, it was plenty good.