Louisville Volleyball v Pittsburgh
Sunday afternoon, Louisville hosted arch-rival Pittsburgh in L&N Arena. It was a scrappy match with Pitt taking the first and fourth sets, while Louisville took the second and third. In the fifth set, the teams traded points until Pitt pulled ahead to take the match 3-2.
It was a rough weekend for the Cardinals as they also fell to the Mustangs of SMU 3-2 on Friday night.
Kalyssa Blackshear (24) and Cara Cresse (13) block
Kalyssa Blackshear powers past the solo block attempt
Nayelis Cabello (8) with a solo block covered by Cara Cresse (13) and backed by Hannah Kenny (6)
Chloe Chicoine attacks
Kalyssa Blackshear attacks
Celebrating a point
Kamden Schrand on serve-receive
Chloe Chicoine powers through a block
Payton Petersen (21) and Cara Cresse for the block
Chloe Chicoine attacks past a block attempt
Another Chloe Chicoine attack past a block
Chloe Chicoine from the three meter line still gets through the block attempt
Kalyssa Blackshear goes over the block
Cara Cresse over the block
Four hands aren't enough to stop a Chloe Chicoine attack
Hannah Sherman with a solo block backed by Kalyssa Blackshear
Cara Cresse (13) and Kalyssa Blackshear send on back across the net
Payton Petersen attacks
Chloe Chicoine on serve-receive
Cara Cresse sends the ball over one-handed
Nayelis Cabello with the save
Anatomy of a dump. Setter Nayelis Cabello switches to one hand on the second contact to send the ball over the net rather than set to another hitter
The dumped ball falls inside the block attempt
And ricochets off the net
That's how it's done
Another dump. The ball hasn't hit the floor yet but there's no one to stop it and the celebration is on
Crowd favorite Reese Robins (25) enters the match