For the first time in a quarter-century, the Arkansas volleyball team is headed to the Sweet 16.
The Razorbacks beat Texas Christian on Saturday night in Barnhill Arena, 3-1, to advance. Arkansas, the region’s No. 3-seed will next play No. 2-seed Kentucky, an SEC rival for a trip to the Elite Eight. That match will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska, home to the top-seed, UNL.
Taylor Head, Maggie Cartwright, Jill Gillen and Hannah Hogue each had double-doubles against TCU. Head led the team with 19 kills and Hogue had 11 digs to go along with her 43 assists.
Arkansas rolled in the opening match by seven before the teams traded games two and three, with each team winning by just two points. The Hogs put TCU away in the fourth set, 25-20, clinching their spot in the next round on a kill from Head.
The Sweet 16 matchup against Kentucky will be the third meeting between the two teams this season. The Wildcats won both matches, most recently sweeping Arkansas at Barnhill in the penultimate SEC match of the year.