COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Freshman Anna Smrek tau sau nws qhov kev tua thib 20 ntawm qhov sib tw thiab No. 4 Wisconsin yeej cov noob saum toj kawg nkaus thiab yav dhau los tsis tau yeej Louisville 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-9 ntawm Hnub Thursday hmo ntuj hauv NCAA poj niam ntaus pob semifinals.
Wisconsin (30-3), ua si hauv nws qhov thib peb ncaj semifinal, nce mus rau nws qhov kev sib tw thib plaub rau hnub Saturday. Cov Badgers poob rau Nebraska hauv 2000, Penn State hauv 2013 thiab Stanford hauv 2019.
Qhov loj thiab kev paub ntawm Wisconsin yog ntau dhau rau Louisville (32-1) hauv nws thawj qhov kev tshwm sim semifinal.
Smrek, ntawm 6-ko taw-9, tshaj tawm lub caij-siab hauv kev tua ntawm .741 clip — nrog tsuas yog ib qho yuam kev. Cov phooj ywg loj, thiab Wisconsin lub hnub qub laus, Dana Rettke ntxiv 14 tua nrog yim thaiv thiab Grace Loberg muaj 13 tua.
Lauren Barnes coj kev tiv thaiv rau Wisconsin nrog 19 khawb. Nws nyob thoob plaws lub tsev hais plaub. Julia Orzol, Tus Loj Kaum Xyoo Tshiab, ntxiv cuaj tua thiab xya khawb.
Smrek tau hais tias "Hauv kev xyaum, txhua yam peb hais txog yog nyob siab thiab ua viav vias ntawm txhua qhov kev txhaj tshuaj uas koj pom qhib," Smrek tau hais. "Thaum koj muaj ib tus neeg nyob hauv Sydney Hilley, nws tau tso cov khoom zoo, muaj ntau yam ua haujlwm nrog rau ntawd."
Wisconsin yeej qhov kev sib tw qhib uas tsis yog ib pab neeg coj los ntawm ntau tshaj ob lub ntsiab lus thiab ob qho tib si ntaus ntawm .400 lossis siab dua. Louisville tsoo qhib qhov thib ob nrog 12-7 khiav, thiab txuas ntxiv mus rau 17-8 ua ntej muab Wisconsin nws thawj qhov kev sib tw poob.
Cov Badgers tau yeej 19 kev sib tw ncaj nraim tom qab kev sib tw sib tw ua yeeb ncuab Colgate, FGCU, UCLA, thiab Minnesota.
Smrek tau pab Wisconsin rau qhov kev yeej thib peb thaum nws mus txog lub caij nyoog siab hauv kev tua nrog 17 ntawm 19 lub viav vias.
Ceci Rush tau txais kev pabcuam ace los thov qhov thib plaub rau Louisville ua ntej tau txais los ntawm nws cov phooj ywg hauv tsev hais plaub hauv kev ua koob tsheej. Cov Cardinals yuav tsum tau kov yeej qhov kev ua txhaum cai lig los ntawm Anna Stevenson uas khi nws ntawm 23.
Cov Badgers tau mus rau 4-0 cov qhab nia hauv qhov thib tsib rau 9-6 tus thawj coj thiab Devyn Robinson tuaj nrog qhov thaiv loj kom nce mus txog 11-8.
Anna DeBeer, uas tsis ua haujlwm txhua lub lim tiam nrog lub nraub qaum nruj thiab muaj lus nug txog qhov kev sib tw, tau tshaj tawm lub caij nyoog siab 20 tua rau Louisville, rov qab-rau-rov qab ACC tus yeej. Stevenson tshaj tawm 14 tua ntawm .360 ntaus.
