🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. Name more loyal fanbase than Big Blue Nation. Didn’t think you could. Men’s soccer loves our city and fans so much that they compared it to Drake’s fans in Toronto, but Lexington is way better.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏌️ History made in round one
⚽️ Tryouts coming up
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 History Made. The women’s golf team started its season out with a bang. In the first round of the season, the Wildcats hit 270 (-14), which marks the second-best 18-hole round in program history. Not to mention, three athletes— Laney Frye, María Villanueva Aperribay, and Jensen Castle— are sitting in the top 10 on the individual leaderboard.

⛳️ Read more about the amazing round here.

🔼 Best of the Best. Think you’ve got skill like the women’s soccer players do? Then your time to shine is now. The team’s having an open tryout on Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. at Nutter Soccer Field. Any full-time, academically eligible UK students are welcome to try out. If you are interested, email Coach Jelena Sever at [email protected].

⚽️ Read this for instructions on emailing and trying out.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Guess Who. Now that we’re on the topic of women’s golf, we will see if you can guess this athlete based on their stats. The senior from Nicholasville, Kentucky, hit a 64 (-7) in round one this season, which is the second-best 18-hole round of her college career. She took No.2 on the individual leaderboard after round one.

Can you name the athlete?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Hall of Fame. As a former athlete and assistant coach for Kentucky women’s basketball, Leslie Nichols will be inducted into the Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame later this month. She also made the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. Nichols set a school record when she had 11 steals in one game and led UK in scoring and steals for three seasons.

🏀 Read more about Nichols here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday, September 13

🏐 Volleyball at Louisville @ 8pm | Listen Here

Friday, September 15

🏃 Cross Country Southern Showcase @ 7:30am | Live Results
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs South Carolina @ 7:30pm | Tickets
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Texas A&M @ 8pm

Saturday, September 16

🏈 Football vs Akron @ 7:30pm | Reserve Tailgate

Sunday, September 17

🥎 Softball vs Eastern Kentucky @ 1pm
🏐 Volleyball at Nebraska @ 7:30pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Laney Frye!

🔵 Have a great Wednesday!