AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Minnesota volleyball team punched their ticket to the NCAA Championship with a 3-0 sweep over Louisville on Saturday in Austin, Texas. The Golden Gophers (27-5) are making their third Final Four appearance in five years and sixth in program history.

Adanna Rollins was named the Most Outstanding Player, while Alexis Hart and Kylie Miller each were named to the all-tournament team. Rollins had 12 kills tonight, hit .379, had nine digs, three blocks and an ace. Hart and Stephanie Samedy each had nine kills in the match, while Taylor Morgan had five kills, hit .417 and six blocks. Regan Pittman also had six blocks and an ace. Miller posted 28 assists, eight digs and four blocks. Rachel Kilkelly added a team-best 13 digs

Minnesota hit .284 to Louisville’s .067. The Gophers also established nine aces, 12.5 blocks. In the third and deciding set, Minnesota hit .321 and added four aces.

Notable

The Golden Gophers are making their third Final Four appearance under head coach Hugh McCutcheon. Minnesota also went to the Final Four in 2015 and 2016. Taylor Morgan is making her third appearance at the NCAA Championships, while Alexis Hart and Lauren Litzau are making their second Final Four appearance.

Quotable

“Obviously very happy with the win tonight, with the performance, and obviously extremely happy to be moving on in the tournament,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “So just very proud of our team and excited for the next match.

On how the team played overall: “I thought it felt for the most part pretty good,” McCutcheon said. “I thought offensively and defensively, we were feeling balanced. We got a fair share of blocks tonight, and we were digging at a pretty good rate. I thought our serve was really the key to the game, and that seemed to be a strengths of ours all weekend, and offensively we got production from a lot of different people, and that’s also been something that’s been fairly consistent for us.”

Up next

Minnesota will play Stanford on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the PPG Paints Arena. Wisconsin and Baylor round out the rest of the Final Four teams.

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