Volleyball wins third straight tournament

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Photo by Adam Wolffbrandt

For the third consecutive weekend, the UK volleyball team took home a tournament crown after going 3-0 at the Kansas State Invitational. The No. 17 Cats improved to 10-0 and lost only two sets in the three matches.

UK opened the tournament with a 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 25-15) win over  No. 21 Kansas State on Friday evening,  playing to a crowd of over 2,000. It was the Cats’ first win over a top 25 opponent this season.

On Saturday morning, the Cats rode a career-high 14 kills from junior outside hitter Blaire Hiler to a 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 17-25, 25-23) victory over Purdue despite a late rally by the Boilermakers. They finished the day by sweeping Portland 3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-17) to finish the tournament on Saturday night.

In previous matches, the Cats had won the Indiana Adidas Classic and the Kentucky Classic. The team returns to action Wednesday at 7 p.m. when it hits the road for a match against archrival Louisville.