The NCAA volleyball Final Four tips off Thursday, Dec. 18, with two semifinal matches beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
No. 3 seed Texas A&M will face No. 1 seed Pitt, which is making its fifth consecutive Final Four appearance, in the first match (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). No. 3 seed Wisconsin, which won the championship in 2020, plays Kentucky in the nightcap (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).
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Three of the four programs have a player of the year finalist on their roster including Pitt's Olivia Babcock, the reigning player of the year, is looking to become the fifth player to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Mimi Colyer, a 6-3 outside hitter from Wisconsin, has 20 or more kills in nine matches this season. Eva Hudson, 6-1 outside hitter from Kentucky, was named the SEC Player of the Year.
Texas A&M's Ifenna Cos-Okpalla was named to the All-American first-team on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2 middle blocker all but shut down Andi Jackson in the Aggies' upset victory over previously undefeated Nebraska on Sunday in the Elite Eight.
