"KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Logan Lednicky had 11 kills, Maddie Waak had 29 assists and Texas A&M won its first NCAA volleyball championship, sweeping Kentucky 3-0 on Sunday. The Aggies (29-4) accomplished the rare feat of defeating three No. 1 seeds. They defeated Nebraska and Pittsburgh earlier in the tournament. They did not drop a set in the Final Four. Set scores were 26-24, 25-15, 25-20."
"At 24-18 in the third set, Kentucky held off a couple of match points before the Aggies took advantage of a free ball and Ifenna Cos-Okpalla delivered the championship point, crushing a set from Waak out of the middle. Kyndal Stowers finished with 10 kills and hit .304. Cos-Okpalla added eight kills, hitting .235 and Lednicky hit .250. Eva Hudson had a match-high 13 kills for Kentucky and Kassie O'Brien had 34 assists."
"The Aggies hit .257 as a team, compared to Kentucky's .148. The Aggies trailed throughout the first set until they tied it at 20-all and also saved a set point to tie it at 24. The Aggies took their first lead at 25-24 on an attack error by Kentucky's Brooklyn DeLeye, her fifth of the set. Stowers finished off the 26-24 first-set win for the Aggies with a tip off the Kentucky block."
Texas A&M swept Kentucky 3-0 to claim its first NCAA volleyball championship, with set scores 26-24, 25-15, 25-20. Logan Lednicky had 11 kills and Maddie Waak recorded 29 assists. The Aggies defeated three No. 1 seeds—Nebraska, Pittsburgh and Kentucky—and did not drop a set in the Final Four. Ifenna Cos-Okpalla delivered the championship point after a free ball. Kyndal Stowers had 10 kills and hit .304. Texas A&M hit .257 as a team versus Kentucky's .148. Kentucky's Eva Hudson had a match-high 13 kills and Kassie O'Brien finished with 34 assists.
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