No. 1 seed Kentucky women's volleyball is back in the national championship game.
After suffering their worst deficit since 2018 in the first set, Kentucky bounced back to defeat Wisconsin in five sets, 12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 26-24, 15-13, in the 2025 NCAA volleyball national semifinals on Thursday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kentucky will face Texas A&M in the championship, an all-SEC title game for the first time in tournament history. The Wildcats won the title in 2021. The Aggies are in their first Final Four.
Kentucky senior outside hitter Eva Hudson, a finalist for the 2025 AVCA Player of the Year award, finished with 29 kills on .455 hitting, none better than her final kill to win the fifth set and punch the Wildcats' ticket to the championship game.
"I just knew that I had to swing away. I wasn't going to go out, not swinging," Hudson said of her game-winning shot. "I knew my teammates were behind me to cover me, so I was just going to give it my all."
