Thursday, December 7
Pittsburgh, PA
12:00 p.m.
University of Louisville
vs
Creighton
Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics
No. 2 seeded Cardinals Set to Play Creighton in Sweet Sixteen
December 06, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
Louisville will play the Blue Jays at Noon ET on Thursday
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. --Â The No. 7 University of Louisville will head to Pittsburgh to face No. 17 Creighton in the Sweet Sixteen at noon on Thursday, Dec. 7 in Fitzgerald Field House.
The winner of the match will face the winner of the No. 4-seed Washington State versus No. 1-seed Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 9 with the time to be announced.
The No. 7-ranked and No. 2-seeded Cardinals advanced to their Sweet Sixteen with a sweep of Western Michigan on Friday night. UofL moves to 26-4 overall this season as Louisville hit .342, hitting .300+ in every set, with five aces and 10 blocks. Middle blocker Cara Cresse showed out again with nine kills and three blocks while hitting .538, outside hitter Anna DeBeer recorded nine kills, nine digs, and two blocks, and middle blocker Phekran Kong added seven kills and five blocks. Middle blocker Reese Robbins provided a crucial spark off the bench as she hit .462 with a career-high eight kills and a block. Libero Elena Scott was exceptional as she again totaled 20+ digs with 22 along with seven assists and two aces, and setter Elle Glock had 26 assists, 11 digs, and an ace. Louisville holds a 1-0 series record lead on the Blue Jays with the last meeting in 2015 at the Illini Classic when the Cards prevailed 3-2.
No.3-seeded  Creighton swept Minnesota in the second round to extend its winning streak to 17 straight matches and advanced to Sweet 16 for the third time in program history and first since 2016. The Bluejays beat the Gophers 25-21, 25-20, 29-27 to improve to 29-4 on the season, advancing to the regional round of the tournament.
CU's Norah Sis led all-players with 16 kills, while Ava Martin pitched in 15 kills and Ellie Bichelmeyer contributed 12 kills. Kendra Wait recorded her 17th double-double of the season, finishing with 44 assists and a match-high 17 digs. Creighton had 56 kills, four aces, 53 digs and seven blocks on .255 hitting.Â
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Televised Match Information
Louisville alumna Jennifer Hoffman and Paul Sunderland will provide color commentary and play by play for Thursday's Regional Semifinal on ESPN2.  Card Nation can also watch the match on http://watchespn.com.  Â
Live Stats
All matches of the NCAA Tournament will have free live stats at http://www.ncaa/mediastats.
The Latest on the Cards
University of Louisville outside hitter Anna DeBeer was voted East Region Player of the Year as the AVCA announced its 2023 Division I Women's Volleyball All-Region teams and award winners. The Cardinals placed six players on the First Team All-East Region: Cara Cresse, Anna DeBeer, Elle Glock, Aiko Jones, Charitie Luper and Elena Scott. Phekran Kong was named to the Honorable Mention All-East Region squad.
 There are 14 All-Region team members and additional honorable mention selections for each of the 10 regions. The regions also selected a Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year for 2023. The more than 200 student-athletes who made All-Region represent 103 different schools, led by the University of Louisville and the University of Pittsburgh with seven selections each.
A Quick Peek at the Cards
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. --Â The No. 7 University of Louisville will head to Pittsburgh to face No. 17 Creighton in the Sweet Sixteen at noon on Thursday, Dec. 7 in Fitzgerald Field House.
The winner of the match will face the winner of the No. 4-seed Washington State versus No. 1-seed Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 9 with the time to be announced.
The No. 7-ranked and No. 2-seeded Cardinals advanced to their Sweet Sixteen with a sweep of Western Michigan on Friday night. UofL moves to 26-4 overall this season as Louisville hit .342, hitting .300+ in every set, with five aces and 10 blocks. Middle blocker Cara Cresse showed out again with nine kills and three blocks while hitting .538, outside hitter Anna DeBeer recorded nine kills, nine digs, and two blocks, and middle blocker Phekran Kong added seven kills and five blocks. Middle blocker Reese Robbins provided a crucial spark off the bench as she hit .462 with a career-high eight kills and a block. Libero Elena Scott was exceptional as she again totaled 20+ digs with 22 along with seven assists and two aces, and setter Elle Glock had 26 assists, 11 digs, and an ace. Louisville holds a 1-0 series record lead on the Blue Jays with the last meeting in 2015 at the Illini Classic when the Cards prevailed 3-2.
No.3-seeded  Creighton swept Minnesota in the second round to extend its winning streak to 17 straight matches and advanced to Sweet 16 for the third time in program history and first since 2016. The Bluejays beat the Gophers 25-21, 25-20, 29-27 to improve to 29-4 on the season, advancing to the regional round of the tournament.
CU's Norah Sis led all-players with 16 kills, while Ava Martin pitched in 15 kills and Ellie Bichelmeyer contributed 12 kills. Kendra Wait recorded her 17th double-double of the season, finishing with 44 assists and a match-high 17 digs. Creighton had 56 kills, four aces, 53 digs and seven blocks on .255 hitting.Â
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Televised Match Information
Louisville alumna Jennifer Hoffman and Paul Sunderland will provide color commentary and play by play for Thursday's Regional Semifinal on ESPN2.  Card Nation can also watch the match on http://watchespn.com.  Â
Live Stats
All matches of the NCAA Tournament will have free live stats at http://www.ncaa/mediastats.
The Latest on the Cards
University of Louisville outside hitter Anna DeBeer was voted East Region Player of the Year as the AVCA announced its 2023 Division I Women's Volleyball All-Region teams and award winners. The Cardinals placed six players on the First Team All-East Region: Cara Cresse, Anna DeBeer, Elle Glock, Aiko Jones, Charitie Luper and Elena Scott. Phekran Kong was named to the Honorable Mention All-East Region squad.
 There are 14 All-Region team members and additional honorable mention selections for each of the 10 regions. The regions also selected a Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year for 2023. The more than 200 student-athletes who made All-Region represent 103 different schools, led by the University of Louisville and the University of Pittsburgh with seven selections each.
A Quick Peek at the Cards
- This is the Cards' ninth trip to the Sweet Sixteen and 32nd NCAA appearance.
- Anna DeBeer was named AVCA East Region Player of the Year. Elle Glock, Charitie Luper, Aiko Jones, Cara Cresse and Elena Scott were voted to the First Team and Phekran Kong was voted HM All-East Region.
- Anna DeBeer was named ACC Player of the Year. Elena Scott was ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Charitie Luper joined those two on the First Team All-ACC.
- Elle Glock (Setter), Elena Scott (Defensive) and Anna DeBeer (Offensive) all earned Weekly ACC Honors on the final week of the regular season
- Aiko Jones, Elle Glock and Cara Cresse were voted Second Team All-ACC
- Anna DeBeer had a career high versus Pitt with 29 kills. Charitie Luper had a career high 24 kills and Elle Glock had a career high against Pitt with 60.Â
- Cara Cresse was voted ACC Defensive Player of the Week after Duke and UNC and Offensive Player of the Week after Pitt/UVA.
- Phekran Kong had a career-high 13 kills at Georgia Tech
- Elle Glock has been voted ACC Setter of the Week four times.
- Elena Scott has been named Defensive Player of the Week three times.
- The Cards are ranked seventh in the nation in attendance at 3,608 per match.
- Aiko Jones is at 1,314 career kills. Her season-high was 13 against Florida State.
- Elena Scott hit the 1,000 Career Dig Club as the 11th Card to do so. She is at 1,293 after setting a career-high 29 at NC State. She is in sixth place overall.
- The Cards got their 5th win of the season over a ranked team with the sweep of No. 12 Georgia Tech
- Anna DeBeer has been voted the ACC Offensive Player of the Week three this year.
- The win over GT was Coach DBK's 31st over a Top 25 team at UofL
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- Two Tickets to the Regional
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