Key Highlights
- They defeated Nebraska and Pittsburgh earlier in the tournament.
- They did not drop a set in the final four. Texas A&M led 13-10 in the third set before a kill by Lednicky started a 6-1 scoring run for a commanding 19-11 lead, six points from the national championship. 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. Set scores were 26-24, 25-15, 25-20. The Aggies trailed throughout the first set until they tied the score at 20 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. After taking that 25-24 lead, the Aggies did not trail at any point in the rest of the match. Kentucky (30-3) continued to struggle at the net in the second set.