🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. How does it feel waking up and knowing Kentucky football is bowl-eligible?! Pretty fantastic way to start November, am I right?

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏈 Win over Mississippi State
🏐 Volleyball wins two matches
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP 

🔼 We’re So Back. The Wildcats had a huge game this past weekend as they beat Mississippi State 24-3. To start the night, Devin Leary hit Demie Sumo-Karngbaye from the four. D’Eryk Jackson intercepted a pass and took it 28 yards to the end zone untouched for Kentucky’s second score of the night. Dane Key caught a four-yard pass for a touchdown to end the first half. Just a field goal was added in the second half to finalize the win, and Leary ended with 156 passing yards and two touchdowns.

🏈 Read more about the game here.

🔼 Two More. Volleyball had two matches this past weekend, and two players stood out in each. Azhani Tealer got five blocks, and Emma Grome had 50 assists against South Carolina to lead the Wildcats to a 3-1 victory.

Kentucky had a repeat 3-1 win over No. 20 Florida for its 10th-straight win of the season. Brooklyn DeLeye had 15 kills, and Reagan Rutherford had 13 kills. The team is now 13-7 overall and 11-1 in conference play. They are the only team in the league with one loss.

🏐 Here’s more info about beating South Carolina.
🏐 Read more about the Florida match here. 

🔼 Sweet Start. The No. 5 men’s soccer team began its Sun Belt Conference Tournament journey with a win over No. 4 James Madison. The Wildcats scored first when Mason Visconti got one through to the bottom right of the goal. JMU tied it up just a minute later, and the game stayed at 1-1 until halftime. Kentucky began the second half with a goal by Ben Damge and stayed strong on defense to get the 2-1 win.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

On a roll. The rifle team has always been such an amazing program here at Kentucky. You’ll find out below that the Wildcats are on an undefeated streak. We hope to keep that going and match or beat our 2021-2022 win streak.

Today’s question—how many competitions did rife win in a row in 2021-2022?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Still undefeated. After a doubleheader weekend, Rifle came away with two wins against Akron and Ole Miss. Sophia Ceccarello and Braden Peiser were the top two finishers who led the team to a 4717-4696 win.

Next, the Wildcats defeated Ole Miss 4718-4707, with Ceccarello leading in individuals again with a total of 1188 points. Jaden Thompson was right behind Ceccarello in air rifle, getting second place with an aggregate score of 1176. The team is now 4-0 overall and looks to take on Memphis at home on Saturday.

🎯 Read more about beating Akron here.
🎯 Here’s more about the Ole Miss win.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday, November 6

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. New Mexico State @ 8pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Tuesday, November 7

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. ETSU @ 7pm ET | to be played at Transylvania / Clive M. Beck Center

Wednesday, November 8

🏐 Volleyball at Auburn @ 7:30pm ET

Friday, November 10

🏃 Cross Country NCAA Southeast Regional Women @ 11am ET Men @ 12pm ET | Live Results 
🎾 Women’s Tennis at University of North Florida Invite
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Texas A&M-Commerce @ 7pm ET

Saturday, November 11

🎯 Rifle vs. Memphis @ 8am ET | Scorecard | Live Targets
🏈 Football vs. Alabama @ 12pm ET | Reserve Tailgate
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. USC Upstate @ 6pm ET | Tickets

Sunday, November 12

🏐 Volleyball vs. Georgia @ 1pm ET | Tickets 

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 8!

🔵 Have a great Monday!