No. 7 Cardinals Reverse Sweep Miami

Sunday, November 16

LOUISVILLE, KY

1:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

22-4,14-2ACC

Miami

22-5,12-4ACC

Miami (FL)

Louisville

November 16, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

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Cards celebrate Senior Day with 3-2 win

By: Erin Hughes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Outside hitter Payton Petersen logged a career high 24 kills as the No. 7-ranked University of Louisville volleyball team defeated No. 14 Miami inside L&N Federal Credit Union Arena on Sunday afternoon.

Louisville (22-4, 14-2 ACC) won 22-25, 27-29, 25-23, 25-19, 15-12 to complete the reverse sweep and log its first five-set win this season. UofL had 55 kills, three aces, hit .301 with 15 blocks.

Petersen grabbed her eighth double-double of the year with the 10 digs she added on defense and she finished the match with a .354 hitting percentage. The UofL blockers totaled 15 blocks in the match, with middle blocker Cara Cresse leading the way with eight and middle blocker Hannah Sherman stuffing six. Cresse added 13 kills to the win, and outside hitter Chloe Chicoine knocked down 10 kills to round out the group with double-digit kills. Setter Nayelis Cabello tabbed 48 assists, adding eight digs and four blocks. Defensive specialist Molly Urban served two aces and libero Kamden Schrand added an ace of her own.

Miami (22-5, 12-4 ACC) was led by outside hitter Flormarie Heredia Colon, who logged 40 kills for the second time this season and marked her fifth straight match with 30 or more kills. Heredia Colon served three aces in the match and setter Ariana Rodriguez added the other three aces. Rodriguez and libero Naylani Feliciano each posted 15 digs to lead the match.

Set 1: Miami 25, Louisville 22
Miami started the set on a 6-1 run that had Louisville taking an early timeout. The Cards started battling back, getting within one at 12-11. UM pulled ahead again, 18-13, but a kill from Cresse and another ace by Urban had the Canes burning their first timeout. After trading points, two straight kills by Petersen tied the score at 21. The Canes got to set point on a kill and won the set 25-22 on a block.

Set 2: Miami 29, Louisville 27
Scoring started tight, but UofL led 15-14 at the official timeout after kills from Blackshear and Sherman. After the score tied again at 17, the teams traded points until blocks from Sherman and Blackshear knotted the set at 23-all. A kill and an attack error by the Canes sent it to a deuce set at 24-24. The teams went through the 25th, 26th and 27th points with both coaches calling their last timeouts as Miami led 28-27. The Canes knocked down a kill to seal the set 29-27.

Set 3: Miami 23, Louisville 25
Louisville had a 12-8 lead at UM's first timeout after forcing six Hurricane errors through the opening 16 points. The Cards and the Canes continued to trade blows, ending up tied at 20 as UofL burned its first timeout of the set. UofL got to set point on a Miami service error, and an attacking error from the Canes gave Louisville the set win, 25-23.

Set 4: Miami 19, Louisville 25
The Cards opened the fourth set with an 8-2 scoring run that featured four blocks from the combination of Cresse, Cabello and Blackshear along with kills from Blackshear and Petersen. The block party continued as Sherman grabbed two solo stuffs and a connection with Petersen to keep UofL ahead 15-10. Reese Robins and Cresse teamed up for a block before a kill by Cresse forced Miami's second timeout with the Canes down 20-16. Louisville extended its scoring run to 6-0 after a kill by Cresse, a solo stuff from Cabello and another block connection between Robins and Cresse, now leading 23-16. A service error from the Canes put the Cards at set point 24-18. UM held off the end of the set by a point, but Chicoine hammered home a kill to clinch the set win 25-19.

Set 5: Miami 12, Louisville 15
Petersen opened the set with her 21st kill, and UofL led 8-3 at the changeover following a kill by Robins. Petersen and Cresse each added kills to force Miami's first timeout of the set with the Canes down 10-3. UM answered with a 3-0 run to get back within four and cause UofL to call its first timeout. Back-to-back kills from Chicoine saw the Cards lead 13-9 and have the Canes call their second timeout. Chicoine's 10th kill secured match point at 14-11, and Petersen's 24th kill ended the match 15-12.