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Big Blue Brew 4/22: Message from Coach Pope
See what Coach Pope has to say to BBN here.
🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics
Good Morning. The women’s basketball team is still growing! Kenny Brooks named Kendall Dillard as an assistant coach and director of play development. Read about Dillard here.
What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?
📝 Pope’s Message
🎾 SEC Champions
🔵 And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
One week ago the Pope girls and I came HOME to UK to start the greatest adventure of our lives. It has been a whirlwind of awesomeness—that’s what Kentucky basketball IS! It’s the pinnacle of basketball. And BBN has gone straight next level in redefining southern hospitality!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Mark Pope (@CoachMarkPope)
1:00 PM • Apr 21, 2024
🔼 He’s Home. See what men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope has to say about coming to Kentucky.
🔼 Champions! The men’s tennis team competed in the SEC Tennis Tournament and won the championships! The Cats beat Arkansas 4-0 on Friday, LSU 4-0 on Saturday and South Carolina 4-2 on Sunday. The men are back-to-back SEC Champions!
🔼 Two Wins. The softball team faced Auburn in just two games this past weekend and will play game three tonight. The Cats won game one 5-2. Peyton Plotts hit a three-run home run for the team’s first runs of the night to lead the game. Sydney Langdon carried a perfect game for six innings to help the team win game two 2-1. It was her first career SEC win. The Cats play game three of the series tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA
Big Fans. The baseball team played against one of its biggest competitors this past weekend, and you guys packed the stadium!
How many people were at Saturday's game?
Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!
🔵 ONE BIG THING
Records Set. The track and field team competed at the Jim Green Invitational this past weekend and Ed Bird and Kate Powers set new freshman records. Powers launched a 64.05m hammer throw and Bird ran a 3:43.38 in the 1500m. The Cats won seven events on day two. Clinton Muunga and Oneika McAnnuff earned their first career event wins as a Wildcat.
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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday, April 22
🥎 Softball at Auburn @ 7pm ET
Wednesday, April 24
Thursday, April 25
Friday, April 26
⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 6:30pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 7pm ET
Saturday, April 27
⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
👟 Track and Field Drake Relays | Meet Info | Schedule
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 2pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 6pm ET
Sunday, April 28
⛳️ Men’s Golf SEC Championship
🥎 Softball vs. South Carolina @ 1pm ET | Designated Players Club | Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at South Carolina @ 3pm ET
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 7,304!
🔵 Have a great Monday!