Thigpen’s Thunder Thwarts No. 7 Texas in 3-0 Sweep of Horns

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior Asia Thigpen’s 15 kills were the difference Sunday afternoon as the No. 3 Kentucky Volleyball team swept No. 7 Texas 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21) in three sets inside Historic Memorial Coliseum. The largest crowd of the season, 6,147, saw the Wildcats win a critical conference match without star opposite Morgan Gaerte, who missed the match with an eye injury and is considered day-to-day. Thigpen was one of two Wildcats who were in double figures scoring with Brooklyn DeLeye also adding in 11 kills on 28 swings for UK, who hit .269 as a team, some 100…