🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. BIG NEWS! The men’s soccer team clinched a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Championships after beating Georgia Southern. Check the schedule below to see when the first postseason game is.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 Women get first W
🏈 Offensive strategies
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP 

🔼 Feeling it Out. The women’s basketball team played its first exhibition game of the season against Kentucky State and came out with an 88-71 win. Even though it’s a dub in the books, head coach Kyra Elzy says there is still a lot she wants to clean up. The team shot 54.2% on field goals with 56 points in the paint, and made three three-pointers. Ajae Petty stood out on the court with 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds.

🏀 Read more about the game here.

🔼 Stick To It. The football team is preparing to face Mississippi State this weekend, and even though it’s a different team, the offense is sticking to the same process. Offensive coordinator Liam Coen likes what the team has been able to do but wants to see more balance between the run and pass game. He acknowledges how tough and unusual the Bulldog defense is going to be this week and hopes the team will play hard.

🏈 See what else Coen had to say here.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Road Ready. Speaking of the Wildcats game against Mississippi State, we’ve got some stats that are interesting. Kentucky just beat the Bulldogs last season at home 27-17. However, the Cats are looking for a road win, which hasn’t happened in a hot minute.  

Today’s question— when was the last time the Cats beat the Bulldogs at Mississippi State?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Weekly Honors. The men’s soccer team racked up three weekly honors as they finished up the regular season. Marqes Muir was named Defensive Player of the Week by the Sun Belt Conference. Head Coach Johan Cedergren likes his quick decision-making and aggressiveness. Casper Mols was named to College Soccer News Team of the Week and Max Miller to TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week. Mols had eight saves against No. 2 West Virginia, and Miller leads the Wildcats with six assists in the season.

⚽️ Read more about Muir here.
⚽️ Read about Mols and Miller here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, November 2

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs Kentucky State (EXH) @ 7pm ET

Friday, November 3

🎯 Rifle vs. Akron @ 8am ET | NCAA Scoreboard | Live Targets
🏊 Swim and Dive vs. Tennessee/Florida @ 11am ET
🏐 Volleyball at South Carolina @ 7pm ET

Saturday, November 4

🏈 Football at Mississippi State @ 7:30pm ET

Sunday, November 5

🎯 Rifle vs. Ole Miss @ 8am ET | NCAA Scoreboard | Live Targets
🏐 Volleyball at Florida @ 3pm ET
⚽️ No. 5 seed Men’s Soccer at No. 4 seed James Madison (Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Huntington W. Va.) @ 7pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2008!

🔵 Have a great Thursday!