Kansas City, MO. — Kyndal Stowers and Logan Lednicki combined for 34 points to lead Texas A&M to a 29-27, 25-21, 25-20 win over Pittsburgh on Thursday, punching their ticket to the national championship game in women’s volleyball.
Stowers led the way with 18 points and 16 kills on a 53% kill rate, while Lednicki had 16 points and 14 kills on a 45% kill rate. It was Lednicki’s 22nd consecutive match with double-digit kills. Maddie Walk had 47 assists.
The No. 3 seed Aggies (28-4) reached the finals for the first time in program history after never advancing beyond the Elite Eight. En route to the finals, the Aggies defeated a previously undefeated Nebraska team featuring two No. 1 seeds and Pitt, as well as No. 2 seed Louisville.
Pitt had not been swept once this season before Thursday.
Olivia Babcock, a finalist for the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year, led the Panthers (30-5) with 25 points, finishing with 22 kills and a 54% kill rate. No other Panthers player had double figures in points. Brooke Mosher had 31 assists.
Texas A&M will play the winner of late Thursday night’s game between Wisconsin and Kentucky.
