Big Blue Brew 4/8: Baseball Sweeps Alabama

Kentucky baseball sweeps No. 11 Alabama.

🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good Morning. Things like this don’t happen often. Jensen Castle made a hole-in-one at the Par 3 course at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur!

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

⚾️ Baseball sweeps No. 11 Alabama
🎾 Men defeat No. 19 South Carolina
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Upset! The No. 12 Wildcat baseball team won its series over No. 11 Alabama 6-2, 7-0 and 10-1. Trey Pooser stunned the Crimson Tide as he dealt seven innings and only allowed six hits and two runs in game one.

Dominic Niman threw a complete game shutout on Saturday. That was the third time that’s been done in the Nick Mingione era. He threw 100 pitches, struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. Ryan Nicholson hit his team-leading fifth and sixth home runs in game three.

🔼 Top-25 Takedown. The men’s tennis team beat No. 19 South Carolina 4-3 in its last road match of the regular season. The Cats won the doubles point for the fifth match in a row and earned singles wins from Joshua Lapadat, Jaden Weekes, and Christophe Clement. The men are now 19-2 overall and 10-0 in conference play.

🔼 Top 20. The men’s golf team competed in the Mason Rudolph Championships, and Jansen Preston got his first collegiate top-20 finish. Preston tied for 19th place with a score of 215. Overall, the team finished in ninth place out of 14 teams.

Read about tomorrow:
 🎾 Women’s tennis vs. South Carolina and Florida
 🥎 Softball vs. Texas A&M

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

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🔵 ONE BIG THING

Sweep! The stunt team swept its doubleheader this past weekend against Mercyhurst and Ashland. The Cats beat Mercyhurst 23-1 and Ashland 22-5. The team is now 17-6 overall and will compete in the 2024 Division I Stunt National Championships this weekend.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD 

Tuesday, April 9

⚾️ Baseball at Samford @ 7:30pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Wednesday, April 10

🥎 Softball at Louisville @ 7pm ET

Thursday, April 11

⛳️ Women’s Golf SEC Championship
⚾️ Baseball at Auburn @ 7:30pm ET

Friday, April 12

👟 Men’s Track and Field Tom Jones Memorial Invite | Info | Schedule
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Tennessee @ 4pm ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Georgia @ 5pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Crosscourt Cast
🥎 Softball vs. Georgia @ 6:30pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at Auburn @ 7pm ET

Saturday, April 13

👟 Men’s Track and Field Tom Jones Memorial Invite | Info | Schedule
📣 Stunt 2024 Division I Stunt National Championship @ TBA
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. TBA
🥎 Softball vs. Georgia @ 2pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at Auburn @ 3pm ET

Sunday, April 14

📣 Stunt 2024 Division I Stunt National Championship @ TBA
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Tennessee @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Crosscourt Cast
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Georgia @ 1pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. Georgia @ 2pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 7th!

🔵 Have a great Monday!