it is a Scenic September Saturday morning in Louisville Kentucky at the KFC Yum Center on the banks of the Ohio River day two of the 2024 Cardinal classic number nine Katon fresh off a victory over Northern Iowa yesterday faces the rice owls the preseason pick in the American Athletic Conference Carter again and that'll do it perhaps fittingly on a day where mistakes really cost the owls it's a service error to end it kraton sprinting away in the third set LED all day by the noris sis and AA Martin dynamic duo 28 combined kills between those two and it is yet another sweep for CR yet but I'm excited to follow them through their season what is tough stretch for them before they begin Pig East play it's another Ace goodness gracious on that 235 hitting percentage that after she led the way yesterday with 13 kills and on Q sis with an ace on a day where she has now a double double 14 kills 10 digs to go along with two Aces and three blocks now for nor assist just a terrific day leading the way for these Blue Jays [Music] make it back to [Music] back the quality of number nine kraton rising to the top in set three and perhaps these Jays now with maybe in the back of their mind that top 10 match up tomorrow looking to Sprint toward Number Four Louisville a third straight Ace sck as well looking forward to that one Penn State giving that Louisville team their only loss of the year there's an ace out of the timeout for kraton to extend their lead now to five there's a block from [Applause] Reinhardt and that's exactly what the rice offense wanted they wanted to be able to go back outside and have a little opening but with reard discipline in the middle blocking she was so low on that play and got the solo swing from Kenobi and CIS out of the back row just eight up rice defensively there's Johnson for kraton can kraton finally put this set away they can through who else Ava Martin her 12th kill of the match set for them in the past very successfully so being able to switch have a little bit bigger block up there in the front row with John and just show it here's chunga again banovic hits it high into the [Music] air that's off of Hill and out of play and it's going to be another point to the Blue Jays Johnson and Reinhardt up for the block Matty banovic serves for the Blue Jays and it's the block of crat that gives them another point today if she continues at this pace Martin played a great game down the stretch against Nebraska on Tuesday as well just past the outstretched arms of Hill as she can instead of being so aggressive on the serve scopo with multiple service errors in every match of this season for the true freshman where the hitters want them to be over the last few moments oh it's off the tape and down for an Ace from [Applause] [Music] noris touch over there by Hill Martin again feeding the hot hand and overpass and it's Martin once again three straight for AA [Music] Martin Mansfield with a good dig defensively but it went right back overpass and AA Martin all over it to make it two nothing kraton and set swing from Caleb pel and it's blocked by kraton to end the first set a little more difficult than they found the opening set in yesterday's victory [Music] [Applause] over great slide there from Ginger low airs in their h their low airs and their serving but that's just not what we've seen here tonight so any to get runs and an overpass maybe we'll give kraton another opportunity here speaking of shooting yourself in the foot it's j Johnson who takes advantage for kraton with for this rice team this year there's the block of CR made such a difference in the sweep against Northern Iowa yesterday another block for the blue jams this time it was sis tournaments and I think as a coach there you just want your players to stay aggressive that was not a great first Contact as you see another not great first Contact Katrina Jensen with the swing from the left side there for rice and kraton answers immediately effort tonight from both sides third straight point this morning and this morning this morning we got to get our times right third straight point there to