🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. Halloween is 14 days away, but you know what’s coming up even sooner? The Big Blue Boo softball game! Be at John Cropp Stadium on Friday, Oct. 20, at 6:30 p.m. for fall festivities and the game at 8 p.m. that’s free.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏃 Two top 10 finishes
🎯 First rifle event: W
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP 

🔼 Final Twins. Cross country was on the same page at the Crimson Classic, with both the men and the women taking sixth place. On the men’s side, Jake Allen finished in eighth place with a time of 23:55.0 in the 8k, which is his third consecutive top-10 finish this season. For the women, Ally Kruger was the top finisher for the Cats in eleventh place with her time of 20:31.6 in the 6k.

🏃 Look at the rest of the athlete’s scores here.

🔼 On Target. Rifle had its first event of the season and beat Morehead State. The Cats brought eight competitors and totaled 4727 points over Morehead States 4661. Five Kentucky riflers took the top five spots in individuals, with Sofia Ceccarello coming in first. Ceccarello shot 591 in smallbore with 38 centers and 599 in air rifle with 53 centers.

This was Ceccarello’s ninth time recording a 599 in air rifle. Jaden Thompson set a new career high in rifle with 596, and the team was so close to tying a school record in smallbore. They had 2352 points in smallbore, and the school record is 2360.

🎯 Read about more career bests and see the rest of the team’s scores here.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Champ Time. The cross country team is headed to the SEC Championships on Friday and looks to run a great race on the path to go to the NCAA Championships.

Today’s question—Since 2017, how many times has cross country made it to the NCAA Championships?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Run to Semi’s. The men’s tennis team had select athletes compete at the ITA Regional Championships, and freshman Jack Loutit had quite the run. Loutit, No. 9 seeded, won five singles matches to make it to the semifinals and took out three seeded players, including No. 2 overall seed Pablo Alemany from Memphis.

🎾 See how the other Wildcats did and the match scores here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday, October 18

⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Georgia State @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Thursday, October 19

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Georgia @ 6pm ET | Watch 
🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Regionals

Friday, October 20

🏐 Volleyball vs. Mississippi State @ 7pm ET | Tickets
🥎 Softball vs. Miami (OH) @ 8pm ET | Free Admission

Saturday, October 21

🏀 Men’s Basketball Blue-White Game (EXH) @ 6pm ET, Truist Arena at NKU, Highland Heights, Ky.

Sunday, October 22

🏐 Volleyball vs. Arkansas @ 1pm ET | Tickets
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Missouri @ 1pm ET | Tickets | Watch 
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Marshall @ 4:30pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2!

🔵 Have a great Tuesday!