Texas leading Louisville 21-18 in Game 1. The Cardinals got off to a 3-0 lead, but ever since, the Longhorns have led consistently by anywhere from 1 to 4 points... Now 22-19 Texas... Logan Eggleston pacing the Horns with .538 hitting (8 kills and 1 error on 13 attempts)... Claire Chaussee leading Louisville with .429 hitting (7-1-14)... Anna DeBeer with only three swings thus far for the Cards... 24-21 Texas... Eggleston with her 10th kill (10-1-16, .563) to give Texas the opening game 25-22... Eggleston ends up with more attack attempts (16) than her teammates combined (14)... Longhorns, as a team, hit .533 with only two hitting errors (18-2-30)... Cardinals not bad offensively, either, hitting .400 (15-3-30)...
Longhorns open up 3-0 lead in Game 2... Now 7-4 UT... Louisville only has one block for a point, which occurred early in Game 1... Only thing Horns struggling with is serving, with 7 errors on the night... Longhorn lead now 9-6... 11-6... Game 2 on the verge of getting out of hand for Louisville (if it hasn't already), with Texas leading 15-7... Cards with four straight points, closing to 15-11 on team's second block... Horns end Louisville rally, 16-11... Texas takes Game 2, 25-14, to put itself one game away from a national championship...
Louisville leading 7-5 in Game 3... 9-6 Cards on kill by DeBeer, who is now hitting .364 (6-2-11)... Another De Beer kill to make it 10-8 for UL... Texas with mini-rally to tie it 10-10... Chaussee kill (9-5-32, .125) makes it 12-10 Cards... Horns with three straight for 13-12 lead... Louisville hanging in, 16-all... UT with next two points, 18-16... Big roof for Texas (its 9th block on the night) to increase lead to 19-16... Now 20-16... UL still not going away, closes within 20-18... 20-19... 21-all... 22-21 Louisville... Texas not getting good swings lately, but ties it 22-22... Chaussee kill for 23-22 Cardinal lead... DeBeer kill for 24-22, an 8-2 Louisville run from down 20-16... DeBeer hitting .316 (9-3-19) on the night, matched closely by teammate Aiko Jones, .318 (8-1-22)... Texas stays alive in Game 3, 24-23 Cards... Chaussee hits long, letting UT tie the game 24-all. UL challenging call of no-touch... Challenge denied, so 24-24... Net violation Louisville (otherwise would have been Cardinal point as Eggleston hit ball long), match point 25-24 for Texas... Longhorn ace closes it out, 26-24, for three-game sweep and national title...
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