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Kentucky Volleyball falls to Illinois 3-1 in disappointing end to 2021 season

Alex Weber

UK Athletics

Well, no reason to waste any time here. The no. 7 seeded Kentucky Volleyball team just had their season snapped much shorter than they imagined. An older and superior Illinois team handled the ‘Cats Saturday night throughout to win in four sets and advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

I’ll keep the recap fairly brief. Kentucky and Illinois looked like even teams through two sets. The Illini took over early in the first set and led by small amounts for most of the set before winning 25-22. Then Kentucky earned an early lead in the second set and wound up winning 25-20.