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UofL head coach Justine Sowry expressed her excitement about the win, saying, “Obviously, we’re very excited to be having another opportunity. It was an absolutely phenomenal contest against a really incredible side, I’ve always admired Iowa and their head coach [Lisa Cellucci]. They have a great team, a great culture, and to be matched up against them, I knew it was going to be a tough contest. They certainly have an absolute lethal weapon. I thought we took great care of her today, but I knew that it was going to take a monumental team effort and that’s what we did today. I’m just really proud of the players and happy we have another opportunity on Sunday, so we’re pretty excited about that.”

Louisville enters the tournament with a solid 14-6 overall record, despite recently falling 1-0 to third-ranked Duke in the semifinals of the ACC Championship. The team secured the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament with a 3-3 record against ACC opponents.