LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Somewhere between the lightning strike and the lights-out performance, the University of Louisville volleyball team found something Monday night.

Call it a spark. A reset. A reminder of who they are and where they’re trying to go.

Whatever it was, the lights came back on.

Three days after a gut-punch five-set loss to in-state rival Kentucky — and moments after a lightning strike briefly knocked out some power inside the KFC Yum! Center — the No. 6-ranked Cardinals flipped the switch and swept past Western Kentucky (25-15, 25-17, 25-20).

It was a wire-to-wire response. And, head coach Dan Meske hopes, a turning point.

“I think that’s the pivotal point we were looking for in our season,” Meske said, grinning postgame, taking omens wherever they present themselve

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