Former UK volleyball player Jenni Casper died Sunday afternoon at UK Hospital of multiple blunt force traumas, the Lexington Coroner said. Casper, 24, was in a car accident early Saturday morning on Chinoe Road in Lexington, according to Lexington Police. Casper played volleyball for the Cats from 2003 to 2006 and graduated from UK in [...]
Continue reading …The UK volleyball team added another sweep to its results. The Cats defeated Auburn on Friday in straight sets to record their 26th victory of the season. The Cats had a balanced attack and sophomore Sarah Mendoza led the way with nine kills. Five players recorded at least seven kills in the match. Junior setter [...]
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The UK men’s basketball team needed a jump start to their season. After dropping their first two games, the Cats got that big step with a 71-42 victory over Delaware State on Saturday in Rupp Arena. Junior Jodie Meeks scored 22 points on five 3-pointers, and freshman Darius Miller broke out with 13 points and [...]
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Related Story: Eric Lindsey’s column about this game CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Billy Gilllispie said he was upset his team would not have the chance to play against Tyler Hansbrough. But with the play of junior forward Deon Thompson, the threat of Hansbrough was overshadowed. Thompson picked up the slack, scoring 20 points and grabbing [...]
Continue reading …By Clark Brooks Two times in the last three seasons the UK soccer team has finished the season in the top 25. Both times it has failed to make the NCAA Tournament. Despite making it the Conference USA Tournament championship game — a match they lost in penalty kicks to the No. 7 team in [...]
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It was a tale of two halves at Memorial Coliseum on Monday evening for the UK Hoops team as they pulled out a late victory over the visiting Cincinnati Bearcats 58-55. The Cats (1-1) entered the match against Cincinnati (1-1) trying to rebound from a season-opening loss to Michigan, where they made only 32 percent [...]
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The remnants of tears were still on sophomore middle blocker Lauren Rapp’s face. Only this time, the tears were of joy and happiness as No. 22 UK defeated No. 12 Florida for the first time since 1990. The Cats (25-4, 16-2 Southeastern Conference) defeated Florida on Sunday afternoon (25-23, 14-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-6) in front [...]
Continue reading …On Sunday, the men’s soccer team faced the final obstacle standing between the Cats and their first Conference USA Tournament title: No. 7 Tulsa. No. 23 UK (12-4-5, 6-1-1 C-USA) and the Golden Hurricane needed two overtimes and penalty kicks to decide the C-USA Championship and after an evenly matched match, Tulsa (15-3-3, 7-0-1 C-USA) [...]
Continue reading …The women’s basketball team dropped its season opener Saturday, shooting itself out of the game in a 70-60 loss against Michigan at Memorial Coliseum. The Cats, who shot just 32 percent from the field and were 2-of-16 from 3-point range, didn’t register a field goal until just over five minutes into the game. The Cats [...]
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All it took was one senior to make a difference on the field Saturday in Commonwealth Stadium. He was just wearing the wrong jersey. Led by senior quarterback Chris Nickson, the Commodores reversed years of agony by becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 1982. The last two seasons, UK stood in the Commodores [...]
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