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Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:13 PM
(NEWS RELEASE) -- Lola Arslanbekova had a match-high 20 kills and 16 digs to lead the University of Louisville to a 3-1 upset win over instate rival #10 Kentucky Wednesday night before a record crowd of 5,007 in the KFC Yum! Center.
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?I helped beat Kentucky as a freshman and now I helped beat Kentucky as a senior. It feels so good,? said U of L senior Lola Arslanbekova. ?It felt like we gained intensity as the match went on.?
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The last Cardinal win against a ranked team was against #21 Cincinnati on Oct. 16, 2010 with the
last win against a top 10 team coming versus #9 Pepperdine Sept. 10, 2004. U of L improved to 3-1 with the 21-25, 25023, 25-15, 30-28 win. UK (3-1) suffered its first loss, despite outblocking the Cards but couldn?t overcome .156 hitting. U of L hit just .189 but outdug the Cats 80-76.?? U of L freshman setter Katie George came off the bench to notch 22 assists.
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?Katie George knows no fear. She doesn?t know that she is a freshman. When she looks in the mirror she sees herself as 6-4.? We need a general out there to help us stay loose and confident,? said U of L head coach Anne Kordes.
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The score was tied at 11 in the first set before UK went on a 7-2 run to go up 18-13 and force Kordes to call her second timeout.? The Cards battled back with a couple of runs to come within two at 23-21 and forced at Cat timeout. UK closed out the set with two straight for the 25-21 win.? Lola Arslanbekova had a set-high seven kills for the Cards and both teams notched three blocks apiece.
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In the second set, U of L put together a 5-0 run early to take a 7-3 lead and spark a Cat timeout.? U of L spread the margin to five at 14-9 before the Cats came back with six straight to take the lead for the first time at 15-14 and spark a Cardinal timeout.? U of L regrouped and tied at 20. Two straight kills by Lola Arslanbekova pushed the score to 23-22.? UK scored on a blocking error before a Cat miss and a kill by Brooke Mattingly tipped the set to the Cards.? Gwen Rucker had the slide going to the tune of five kills.
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The Cardinals carried their momentum into the third set, going up 6-1 early on.? The Cats had to call timeout when U of L pulled ahead by seven at 17-10.? UK was unable to regroup and U of L got to set point on a kill by Kaitlynn James. UK staved off set point twice but James connected on another for the 25-15 win.? U of L hitting warmed to .333 in the set, led by James? four kills.
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There were 22 ties and 12 lead changes in the fourth set as both teams. U of L slogged to set and match point the first time on a kill by Tanya Lukyanenko and then after the Cats countered, Lola Arslanbekova got to the second match point at 26-25, but the Cats countered.? Then the Cats tied at 28 before Gwen Rucker bounced two straight for the win.
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