No. 6 Cardinals Sweep Cal 3-0

Friday, October 3

Berkeley, CA

10:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

11-2,3-0ACC

California

5-8,2-1ACC

Louisville

California

October 03, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Nancy Worley

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Outside hitter Chloe Chicoine had 12 kills and two blocks to lead the No. 6 University of Louisville volleyball team to a 25-16, 25-5, 25-16 win at California Friday night in Berkeley.

Louisville improves its record to 11-2 and 3-0 in ACC play. The Cardinals hit .371 for the match with four aces and eight blocks. Chloe Chicoine had 12 kills on 27 swings and no errors to hit .444 for the match adding eight digs and two blocks. Cara Cresse had nine kills, and four blocks. Libero Kamden Schrand had two aces and eight digs. Setter Nayelis Cabello had three kills, 28 assists and three blocks.

Cal, now 5-8 and 2-1 in ACC play, hit .000 for the match with two aces and five blocks. The Bears were led by Sawyer Thomsen's five kills and two blocks.

The Cardinals head to Stanford for a Sunday match in Palo Alto which will be televised on ESPN with first serve at 3 p.m. ET.

Set-by-Set Recap
After trailing 6-3, the Cardinals went on an 8-1 run that included five straight points served by Payton Petersen. After a Cal timeout with the Bears trailing 12-7, Louisville then called time out leading 14-10 after being called for being out of rotation. UofL regrouped and rolled to the 25-16 win. Chloe Chicoine had six kills on 14 swings and no errors and added five digs.

When Payton Petersen killed an overpass to give Louisville a 4-0 lead in the second set, Cal used its first timeout to try to sway the momentum. The break did little to slow the Cards' roll and when Cara Cresse killed another Cal overpass to go up 10-2, Cal had to burn its last timeout. Petersen served a 9-0 run to take UofL to a 20-3 lead. The Bears were able to score just twice more before falling 25-5 win. It was the fewest points allowed in a 25 point set since 2007 when the sets were changed from 30 to 25 points. UofL hit .481 to Cal's -.100. Chicoine added five more kills to her credit in the set.

A five-point run early in the third took the Cards up 17-6 and force California to use its second and final timeout. Later Cal's Dominique Phills landed two straight aces to pull the Bears to within eight at 20-12 and UofL head coach Dan Meske called timeout. The break worked as Louisville took the set 25-16 to complete the sweep.