The UK volleyball team traveled to Bloomington, Ind., over the weekend for their second tournament of the season. And for the second time, the Cats were crowned champions.

UK defeated Murray State and Indiana on Friday, before knocking off Tennessee-Martin on Saturday to win the Indiana Adidas Classic.

In the first match of the tournament the Cats faced an upset-minded Murray State Racers team. After a close first set, UK took control and dispatched Murray State 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-20).

In the second match, after winning the first set, the Cats dropped the second set to the home-standing Hoosiers of Indiana. It was only the second set the Cats had dropped all year. UK responded to the lost set by winning the next two to take the match (25-23, 19-25, 25-19, 25-18).

The Indiana match was highlighted by the play of sophomore outside hitter Ann Armes. Armes had a career-night, leading the Cats with 15 kills in the victory.

In the third match of the tournament, the Cats didn’t see the adversity they saw in the first two matches. Tennessee-Martin got their first lead of the entire match at the beginning of the third set, 1-0. UK responded quickly however, and finished off the tournament with another 3-0 victory (25-12, 25-16, 25-14).

The Cats (6-0) are off to their best start to a season since 1993 when they began 17-0.

Leading the Cats over the weekend was senior setter Sarah Rumely. Rumely had 151 kills for the weekend, and dished out 127 assists while also recording a team-high nine aces in earning Tournament MVP honors.

Rumely is now in second place all-time for UK volleyball with 151 service aces, only eight away from

tying the record.

Armes and sophomore middle blocker Becky Pavan joined Rumely on the All-Tournament team.

The Cats will take on Cincinnati Tuesday night in Memorial Coliseum. It’s the first time the two teams

have met in three years. Cincinnati has won the last two

meetings.