BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The top two seeds in the 2026 Mid-South Conference Women's Volleyball Tournament advanced tonight to Friday's championship match after winning their home semifinals.

No. 1 seed Cumberlands (Ky.) and No. 2 seed Campbellsville (Ky.) meet in the title match. First serve is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET in Williamsburg, Ky.

 

1) Cumberlands def. 4) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) - 3-0

Cumberlands (Ky.) punched its ticket to the Mid-South Conference Women's Volleyball Tournament championship match with a 3-0 sweep of No. 4 seed Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) on Wednesday night.

The Patriots (29-4) outhit the Blue Raiders (19-17) .240 to .147 to secure the 25-14, 25-23, 25-20 win. Cumberlands finished with 16 blocks in the match to force Lindsey Wilson into 21 attacking errors.

Sara Zampedri led the Patriots with eight kills, while Brynnley Bryant added seven kills. Martina Frangella, Alana Shiery and Elaina Fischer each contributed six kills to highlight the balanced Cumberlands attack.

Savanah Jolly directed the Cumberlands offense with 33 assists and added 10 digs for the double-double. Shiery paced the defensive effort at the net with five block assists.

Lindsey Wilson's Gabi Zuquelo recorded a match-high 14 kills.

Cumberlands advances to the Mid-South Conference Tournament championship match for the fourth straight season.

 

2) Campbellsville (Ky.) def. 6) Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) - 3-2

Campbellsville (Ky.) fended off upset-minded and sixth-seeded Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) in five sets on Wednesday night in Campbellsville.

The Tigers (28-9) earned the hard-fought 3-2 (26-24, 25-21, 17-25, 23-25, and 15-7) victory to advance to Friday's championship match.

Campbellsville jumped out to a 2-0 lead after taking the first two sets, but Freed-Hardeman (14-20) responded by winning the next two sets to force a decisive fifth set. The Tigers scored nine of the final 11 points in the fifth set to secure the 15-7 victory.

Elif Akcivi led Campbellsville with 14 kills, while Sophie Hill added 11 kills without committing an error, hitting .579 for the match. Brooke Hager contributed eight kills and a team-high seven blocks.

Kati Vest directed the Campbellsville offense with 37 assists, while Olivia Hellman recorded six service aces.

Freed-Hardeman's Olivia Saint led all players with 20 kills. Becca Heineman added 13 kills and 26 assists, while Marija Cabadaj also finished with 13 kills.

Campbellsville and Cumberlands meet for the second straight year in the tournament finals. Cumberlands won 3-1 in last season's championship.

The tournament winner earns the conference’s automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships later this month.