🔵The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics
Good Morning, Wildcats. The preseason rankings are in! The men’s basketball team is No. 23 in the Associated Press College Basketball Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew?
🏐 3 SEC honors, contract extension
🏈 4 honors for Castell
🔵 And much, much more!
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🔼 Double Honors. The volleyball team had three players earn SEC weekly honors. Brooklyn DeLeye was named the Offensive Player of the Week. She became the all-time aces leader at Kentucky and hit a .593 over the weekend. Kassie O’Brien earned Player of the Week. She averaged 13.00 assists per set and guided Kentucky to .344 hitting over two matches. She was also named the AVCA National Player of the Week. Morgan Gaerte was named the Defensive Player of the Week. She averaged two blocks per set, tallying a career-high nine blocks on Friday and then five on Sunday.
🔼 Staying at UK. Volleyball head coach Craig Skinner signed a contract extension that will keep him at Kentucky through 2031. Skinner has led the Cats to a national championship, nine consecutive SEC titles and 21 straight NCAA Tournament appearances. He is the winningest coach in program history!
🔼 Course Report. The men’s golf team finished in 12th place at the Williams Cup. Kentucky had a final score of 889 (+25). Gabriel Hull led the team with a score of (+4). He finished tied for 28th individually. Jacob Lang followed, tying for 34th.
DEFENSE! Women’s soccer goalkeeper Megan Holland was named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Holland has a total of ## saves this season, tying for the most total saves by a player in the SEC.
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🔼 Weekly Honor. Safety Jordan Castell was named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week, and the Thorpe Award National Defensive Back of the Week. He helped seal Kentucky’s first victory over Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma with an interception return for a touchdown in the final minutes of the game. Castell also had nine tackles and a pass breakup. He leads the SEC this season with four interceptions and ranks tied for 15th amongst all active FBS players for career interceptions with seven.
Wednesday, October 21
🏐 Volleyball at Tennessee @ 7 pm ET
⚽ Men's Soccer vs Coastal Carolina @ 7 pm ET | Watch
Friday, October 23
⛳ Women's Golf vs The Landfall Tradition
🏊 Men's Swimming & Diving at Indiana & South California @ 2 pm ET
⚽ Women's Soccer vs Ole Miss @ 7:30 pm ET | Watch
🏀 Men's Basketball vs Texas Tech (EXH) @ 7 pm ET
Saturday, October 24
⛳ Women's Golf vs The Landfall Tradition
🎯 Rifle at Nebraska @ 9 am ET
🏈 Football vs Vanderbilt @ 7:30 pm ET | Tickets
Sunday, October 25
⛳ Women's Golf vs The Landfall Tradition
⚾ Baseball vs Morehead State (EXH) @ 12:30 pm ET
🏐 Volleyball vs Texas A&M @ 1 pm ET | Tickets
⚽ Men's Soccer at James Madison @ 6 pm ET | Watch
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Answer: 50!
🔵 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!
