Lizzie Carr’s Five Blocks Book Sunday Senior Day Sweep

LEXINGTON, Ky.  – Lizzie Carr’s five blocks and seven kills led the way on Senior Day Sunday, as the No. 6 Kentucky Volleyball team swept Mississippi State 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-21) to close out the 2026 home slate of matches and run the Wildcats win streak to three matches in a row.

With Sunday’s win, No. 6 Kentucky runs its winning streak to three matches and now sits 18-5 on the season and 10-3 in the Southeastern Conference with two matches remaining before the SEC Tournament begins on Nov. 20. Mississippi State with the loss is now 17-7 and 7-6 in the SEC.

Molly Berezowitz and Lizzie Carr were the two seniors honored prior to the match with Carr delivering seven kills and five blocks and Berezowitz logging three kills and nailed 15 of 16 serves in the match.

Kassie O’Brien ran the UK offense to the tune of .369 efficiency in the match as she had 36 assists on 49 kills for Kentucky with a kill thrown in and a block, as well. Molly Tuozzo led the floor defense with 12 digs and six assists.

Kentucky will conclude the regular season next weekend on the road with a Friday match at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app at South Carolina before the regular season finale Sunday afternoon in Athens against the Georgia Bulldogs at 2 pm. ET from Stegeman Coliseum.

UK closes the 2026 regular season with an 11-1 record inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Set One

Kentucky took a one set to none lead with a 25-17 opening-set victory as the Wildcats hit .441 for the set and had 17 kills to only two aces. Morgan Gaerte’s six kills led the way for Kentucky with her half dozen kills coming from 11 terminations and a block in the set. Mississippi State led by three in the earlygoing of the set at 9-6 before the Wildcats rebounded to make a 4-0 run into their first lead of the day at 10-9. The Wildcats got the second kill of the match from Gracison Saylors to make things 15-11 in UK’s favor at the media timeout and that lead grew by two as the Wildcats stood on a 17-11 lead to make things a six-point edge and force the Bulldogs into a timeout. Kentucky got a kill by Morgan Gaerte at set point to close out the opener and hand UK the 1-0 lead in the match. Mississippi State hit under .300 for the set and Kassie O’Brien had 12 assists on 17 of Kentucky’s kills with Molly Tuozzo adding four digs and three assists in the first stanza.

Set Two

Kentucky closed the second set on an 8-0 scoring run and took the frame 25-14 to make the second set tilt the match 2-0 in the Wildcats favor. Kentucky hit. 433 in the set with 15 kills to only two errors in the set and held Mississippi State to .094. MSU again won the opening pair of points and the Wildcats fought back to take a 10-6 lead by slowly chipping away and then things became 15-10 at the media timeout after Morgan Gaerte’s third back-row kill of the match. The Wildcats then sided out at 100 percent down the stretch of the set after MSU closed the gap to 17-14 and Kentucky won the final eight points in a row to make things 2-0 in UK’s favor. After the second set, UK held a 10-kill performance from Gaerte on 22 swings and Kassie O’Brien had 24 assists on 32 of Kentucky’s kills and Molly Tuozzo’s eight digs led the floor defense for the Wildcats as Lizzie Carr on her Senior Day bolstered the Kentucky blocking with a match-high four after the opening pair of sets.

Set Three

Kentucky was the aggressor in set three, racing out to a 4-0 lead before the Bulldogs were able to get on the scoreboard. The lead was up to a set-high five points a few points later as UK led 8-3 and after an attacking error by MSU on the succeeding point, the Bulldogs called for their first timeout trailing 9-3. Mississippi State would slowly get back into the set and made it a one-point UK lead at 10-9 following a 6-1 run and the media timeout was reached with Kentucky leading 15-13. Mississippi State again made it a one-point margin with a 3-0 run at 19-18 and UK called its first and only timeout of the match. Kentucky won the first three points out of the timeout to re-instate its lead and at 22-18, the Wildcats sided out to the finish line to close the match.

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