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Big Blue Brew 11/17: SEC Champions x9 for Volleyball

The volleyball team secured its ninth-straight SEC Championship title.

🔵The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good Morning, Wildcats. What a weekend! The volleyball team won its ninth consecutive SEC Championship title, and the football team won its third-straight game!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew?

🏈 Cats beat Tennessee Tech
🏐 SEC CHAMPS!
🔵 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Win Streak! The football team won its third-straight game of the season against Tennessee Tech 42-10. Cutter Boley completed 18 of 21 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown. Kendrick Law caught a career-high 11 passes for a career-high 124 yards. Boley, Seth McGowan, Hardley Gilmore IV and Dante Dowdell made it to the end zone. The Cats had 207 total rushing yards and 261 total passing yards.

🔼 CHAMPIONS The volleyball team beat Oklahoma 3-2 after being down 2-0. Eva Hudson led the team with 19 kills. Brooklyn DeLeye had 16 kills. Kentucky won its final match of the season against Arkansas 3-0 to claim the Southeastern Conference Championship title for the ninth consecutive season. The Cats finished their season 15-0 in conference play and 22-2 overall.

🔼 Home Win. The men’s basketball team beat Eastern Illinois 99-52 on Friday. Mo Dioubate led the team with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. Denzel Aberdeen had 13 points, and Otega Oweh had 12. The Cats shot 60.9% from the field and 36% from behind the arc.

🔼 Away Game Victory. The women’s basketball team beat Marshall 76-44 on Saturday. Jordan Obi led the team with 17 points. Clara Strack recorded her fourth double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The team shot 39.1% from the field.

🔼 Season Finale. The women’s soccer team wrapped up the 2025 season in the first round of the NCAA Championships. The Cats fell to Louisville 5-4 in a shootout after tying the game 1-1. This marked the team’s 13th appearance in the tournament. Thalia Morisi scored the tying goal in regulation time.

🔼 Top Score. The rifle team competed in the 2025 WVU Fall Classic. On Saturday, the team posted a 2329 smallbore score. Sofia Ceccarello won the smallbore individual final. On Sunday, the team posted its highest air rifle team score of 2386. Liz Probst earned the top spot in the air rifle individual final.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Shooting Stars.

How many athletes did the rifle team sign for the 2026-27 season?

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🔵 ONE BIG THING

Top 10. The cross country team had top 10 finishes at the NCAA Southeast Regional. The women finished in ninth and the men finished in eighth. Doric Minsari Isoe led the women with a 24th-place finish. Collins Kiprop Kipngok led the men with a 12th-place finish.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Tuesday, November 18

🏊 Swim & Dive at OSU Invite
🎾 Men’s Tennis 2025 NCAA Singles Championship
🎾 Women’s Tennis 2025 NCAA Singles&Doubles Championship
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Michigan State @ 6:30pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Purdue @ 6:30pm ET | Tickets

Wednesday, November 19

🏊 Swim & Dive at OSU Invite

Thursday, November 20

🏊 Swim & Dive at OSU Invite

Friday, November 21

🏊 Swim & Dive at OSU Invite
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Loyola (Md.) @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Saturday, November 22

👟 Cross Country NCAA Championships
🎯 Rifle vs. Murray State @ 9am ET | NCAA Scorecard | Live Targets
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Louisville @ 2pm ET
🏈 Football at Vanderbilt @ 3:30pm ET

Sunday, November 23

🏐 Volleyball 2025 SEC Tournament vs. TBA @ 12pm ET

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🔵 Have a great Monday, y’all!