Kentucky-Duquesne Postgame Notes

Dec. 8, 2013

Kentucky moves to 22-8 on the season and advances to the Lexington Sub-Regional final against No. 20 Michigan State on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Duquesne finishes the season at 20-10 overall.
Kentucky is now 18-1 when winning the first set of the match, and 20-1 when winning the first two sets.
This is Kentucky’s third-straight season advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In 2011 and 2012, UK advanced out of the regional to the Sweet 16.
This is Kentucky’s fourth-straight sweep when winning a match.
Duquesne was appearing in its first NCAA Tournament in program history.

It took 18 points in the opening set for a two-point lead to surface from either side before Duquesne took the 10-8 lead.
At the media timeout, Duquesne led Kentucky 15-14.
Kentucky went on a 4-0 run to take an 18-16, which forced Duquesne to call its first timeout of the match.
The Dukes responded with a 3-0 run out of the timeout to close the Kentucky lead to 20-19 and force the Wildcats to call a timeout.
Duquesne saved off four set points, from down 24-19 to make it 24-23.
Kentucky won five of the last nine points to close the set and take the 1-0 lead, 25-23.
Whitney Billings, Alexandra Morgan and Anni Thomasson each had four kills in the first set, with Billings also adding four assists.
Morgan Bergen had 15 assists and Jackie Napper had a team-high five digs.
Madelynn Burnham collected a team-high five kills in 12 attacks, with two digs.

Kentucky raced out to a 9-5 lead in the second set, capped off by a 4-0 run to force a DU timeout.
The Wildcats stretched their lead to 11-5 at one point and never looked back in the set, as Duquesne did not get closer than three points the rest of the way.
Duquesne called a timeout trailing 22-15 after the Wildcats went on a 4-0 run to stretch its lead to seven.
Kentucky closed out the set winning the final three points to win the set, 25-17.
The Wildcats had six different players record a kill in the set, with Whitney Billings (5) and Anni Thomasson (4) each recording more than two.
Jackie Napper led Kentucky with five digs.
Mary Henry led DU with three kills in the set, while also leading the Dukes with four digs.

Kentucky again got off to a strong start, leading 8-4.
A quick 5-0 run by the Wildcats forced a DU timeout with Kentucky nursing a 19-12 lead.
Whitney Billings had three consecutive kills to give Kentucky its 17th, 18th, and 19th points.
UK had a match-high eight-point lead at 21-13, which they held onto to take the match in the third set, 25-17.

Whitney Billings (UK) had 18 kills in the match, just two off of her season high. The senior from Helena, Ala., also chipped in with eight assists and a block.
Anni Thomasson (UK) collected 12 kills and three blocks.
Morgan Bergren (UK) had 43 assists in match, leading all players in that category.
Jackie Napper (UK) tallied up a match-high 11 digs on Saturday.
Marah Farage (DU) led the Dukes with eight kills in the match. She also added in one block and one dig to her scoreline.
Mary Henry (DU) had a team-high 24 assists and six digs.
Allison Foschia (DU) and Patti Abshire (DU) each led Duquense with nine digs in the match. The duo combined for 18 of the Dukes’ 35 digs.

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