No. 1 Louisville's historic season continues as the Cardinals improved to 32-0 Saturday to advance to the national semifinals with a 3-1 win (25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 25-20) over Georgia Tech in Louisville.
Louisville is just the third ACC team to advance to the Final Four. Florida State was the first to make it and Pittsburgh is the second team after advancing earlier Saturday.
Claire Chausse led the Cardinals with 18 kills on .348 hitting, while Anna DeBeer added 14 kills and Anna Stevenson tallied 13 kills on .391 hitting and 10 blocks. Louisville outblocked Georgia Tech 17-7. Mariana Brambilla powered Georgia Tech (26-6) with 27 kills and 16 digs.
Louisville will face Wisconsin in the Final Four.
Pittsburgh 3, Purdue 1: For the first time in program history, No. 3 Pittsburgh (30-3) advanced to the Final Four following a 25-20, 28-30, 25-20, 25-15 win over No. 6 Purdue (26-7).
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Leketor Member-Meneh powered the Pittsburgh offense with 21 kills on .383 hitting and picked up nine digs. Serena Gray had 14 kills and zero errors on 24 swings for a hitting percentage of .583. Freshman setter Rachel Fairbanks provided a spark with career highs of 10 kills and 28 assists to go along with eight digs.
Pittsburgh will face No. 10 Nebraska.