The No. 11 Kentucky Volleyball team got 12 kills from middle blocker Elise Goetzinger and 11 kills from Reagan Rutherford on Sunday afternoon as it picked up its first win of the 2022 season thanks to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-20) sweep of Ohio inside Memorial Coliseum.
The Wildcats hit .386 as a team and held the Bobcats to .099 hitting on the night with five Wildcat players registering at least five kills in a balanced offensive effort. On defense, Kentucky shined with five blocks from Rutherford and four from senior middle blocker Azhani Tealer to lead the defensive charge.
Kentucky is now 1-1 on the season and will turn its attention to the 2022 Bluejay Invitational hosted by Creighton in Omaha next weekend where UK will play Northern Iowa, Southern California and Creighton. All three games of the tournament will be streamed live on FLOsports.
Sunday afternoon, the Wildcats also had an impressive 31 assists from sophomore setter Emma Grome who had an ace and six digs in the match. Eleanor Beavin had 12 digs to lead all players for the Wildcats on Sunday as the leading force of holding the Bobcats offense to a negative hitting percentage in the second set.
Ohio with the loss falls to 0-2 on the year.