Big Blue Brew 10/28: Get To Know Chip Trayanum

Here's 90 seconds with football player Chip Trayanum.

🔵The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good Morning Cats. Did you see former Kentucky track and field star and Olympic gold medalist Alexis Holmes at the football game?

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check It Out Below!

⚽️ Hat trick & undefeated at home
🎯 Rifle’s season-high win
🔵 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Hat Trick! The women’s soccer team beat Tennessee 4-0. Makala Woods treated herself to a career-first hat trick. Sophia Mattice also scored for the Cats. This is only the second time in program history the Cats have finished the regular season with an undefeated home record with a 9-0-3 standing. Head coach Troy Fabiano picked up his 350th career victory as head coach.

🔼 Season High. The rifle team beat Navy with a season-high score of 4727-4692. Braden Peiser and Sofia Ceccarello each scored 592 in smallbore. Sam Adkins led with a score of 598 in the rifle event.

🔼 High Five! The men’s soccer team shut out Coastal Carolina 5-0, the program’s largest margin victory since 2022. Logan Dorsey had a hat trick, with one goal being from a penalty kick. His hat trick was the first since 2022. Oliver Stavdal and Martin Soereide also scored.

🔼 Clear the Pool. The swim and dive team swept West Virginia in a dual meet on Friday. The men won 168-132, and the women won 222-77. This was the men’s first win of the season and the second for the women. Kentucky won 25 events, 15 from the women and 10 from the men.

🔼 Sweep. The volleyball team swept Ole Miss 3-0. This was the program’s third-straight win. Brooklyn DeLeye led the offense with 17 kills, four digs and an ace. She was the only player to reach double figures scoring. Asia Thigpen had her third-straight game with an ace.

🔼 Wildcats vs. Tigers.The football team fell to Auburn. Dane Key led the offense with 87 receiving yards and freshman Jamarion Wilcox scored his first collegiate touchdown. Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Jordan Lovett and Alex Afari led the defense in tackles with eight apiece. 

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

RANKED! Our Wildcat basketball teams are ranked! The women are in the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll, and the men are in the Associated Press Preseason Poll.

What are the men’s and women’s rankings?

Got a guess? Check below for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Fall Finale. The men’s golf team closed its fall season with an eighth-place finish at the Steelwood Collegiate. The Cats shot their best 54-hole team total of the fall, an even 864. Jansen Preston led Kentucky, tying for 18th with a score of 213 (-3).

📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, October 28

⛳️ Women’s Golf Charles Schwab Collegiate Invitational | Live Stats

Tuesday, October 29

⛳️ Women’s Golf Charles Schwab Collegiate Invitational | Live Stats
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Minnesota State @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Friday, November 1

👟 Cross Country SEC Championships @ 10am ET | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Volleyball at South Carolina @ 7pm ET
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Marshall @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Saturday, November 2

🎯 Rifle at Ole Miss @ TBA | NCAA Scorecard | Live Targets
🏈 Football at Tennessee @ 7:45pm ET

Sunday, November 3

🏐 Volleyball at Georgia @ 2pm ET

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Women: 22, Men: 23!

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