Sept. 8, 2012 – Neutral – Fifth Third Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 25 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 15 |
| Illinois | 18 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 9 |
| # | Player | SP | K | E | TA | Pct | A | SA | SE | RE | DIG | BS | BA | BE | BHE | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Caitlin Welch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Brooke Mattingly | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 3 | Hannah Kvitle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Emily Juhl | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | .118 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Katie George | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Gwen Rucker | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | .421 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 8 | Allie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lola Arslanbekova | 5 | 22 | 13 | 55 | .164 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 |
| 10 | Haley Pouliezos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tanya Lukyanenko | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 14 | Kaitlynn James | 5 | 12 | 3 | 38 | .237 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 35 | Carly Sahagian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 27 | 154 | .253 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 82 | ||
| Illinois | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 23 | 159 | .208 | 53 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 73 | ||
| Officials | C.J. McAbee-Reher, Bill Thornburgh 4 17 2 35 .429 17-22 77% 5 3 4 11 -.091 7-15 46% 1 2 3 4 5 Total |
| Duration | 2:16 |