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  23. <title>Kentucky women’s basketball announces SEC opponents for the 2024-25 season</title>
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  27. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jenna Lifshen, Women's Basketball Beat Reporter]]></dc:creator>
  28. <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 07:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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  36. <description><![CDATA[Kentucky women’s basketball revealed its SEC opponents for the upcoming season on Tuesday. First-year head coach Kenny Brooks will lead the Wildcats in 16 regular-season games, facing each conference team at least once.  Eight games will be played at Memorial Coliseum, the new old home of Kentucky women’s basketball after an $82 million renovation, with...]]></description>
  37. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky women’s basketball revealed its SEC opponents for the upcoming season on Tuesday.</span></p>
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  64. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First-year head coach Kenny Brooks will lead the Wildcats in 16 regular-season games, facing each conference team at least once. </span></p>
  65. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eight games will be played at Memorial Coliseum, the new old home of Kentucky women’s basketball after an $82 million renovation, with eight away games.</span></p>
  66. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The home schedule has UK hosting Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee and SEC newcomer Texas. </span></p>
  67. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats will face Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&amp;M and Oklahoma on the road.</span></p>
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  69. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 16-team super conference will now only have one rotating opponent instead of the traditional three due to the addition of Texas and Oklahoma, with the rotating opponent set to change annually.</span></p>
  70. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking more specifically at individual matchups, Kentucky will compete against Georgia twice in the 2024-25 season. Last year, the Cats lost to the Bulldogs in Athens during their only meeting.</span></p>
  71. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arkansas travels to Lexington on the home slate. The teams split the series last season, with both teams taking a win at home. </span></p>
  72. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mississippi State granted Kentucky its only road win during the 2023-24 season, but the Wildcats were unable to beat the Bulldogs at home. </span></p>
  73. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky traveled to Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Tennessee last year, all of which ended in a loss for UK.</span></p>
  74. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cats have only ever faced the Longhorns &#8212; coming from the Big 12 &#8212; twice in history and Texas won both matchups. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their first matchup was in 1978 in Austin and the most recent was in 2007 at the Jack in the Box Wahine Classic in Honolulu. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, Kentucky and Texas will compete in Lexington for the first time ever this season. </span></p>
  75. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at the road opponents, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky faced eventual undefeated national champion South Carolina twice last season (0-2), however the new format has ended the Cats and Gamecocks’ two-game 30-year rivalry as </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky and South Carolina have played home-and-away for every season since 1995-96.</span></p>
  76. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky will also be traveling to Florida, Ole Miss, Missouri and Texas A&amp;M. The Cats defeated Florida and Missouri in close games at home last season, beating the Tigers by five and the Gators by four. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky was not as lucky against Ole Miss and Texas A&amp;M, falling to the Rebels in a blowout and to the Aggies in a dominant second-half comeback. </span></p>
  77. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Oklahoma Sooners will host Kentucky for their first season in the SEC. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two most recently met in round two of the 2015-16 NCAA Tournament, with the Wildcats winning at Memorial Coliseum. </span></p>
  78. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SEC has not announced the dates and times of any of its conference matchups. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The remainder of the 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule is set to be released later this fall. </span></p>
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  87. <title>No. 2 Kentucky baseball takes game one over Vanderbilt in final SEC series</title>
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  91. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathon Bruner, Baseball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  92. <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 06:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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  100. <description><![CDATA[No. 2 Kentucky baseball (38-11 21-7 SEC) showcased its offensive versatility in a 10-5 game one defeat over Vanderbilt (34-19 12-16 SEC).  The win marked the Bat Cats&#8217; 21st conference win, which is a program record. “I&#8217;m happy for em’ because they’ve obviously done something that&#8217;s never been done before,” Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione...]]></description>
  101. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No. 2 Kentucky baseball (38-11 21-7 SEC) showcased its offensive versatility in a 10-5 game one defeat over Vanderbilt (34-19 12-16 SEC). </span></p>
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  128. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The win marked the Bat Cats&#8217; 21st conference win, which is a program record.</span></p>
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  130. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I&#8217;m happy for em’ because they’ve obviously done something that&#8217;s never been done before,” Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione said. “They&#8217;ll have that for the rest of their life, and they should be proud of it.”</span></p>
  131. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats found themselves down 1-0 after Jonathan Vastine took the first pitch from Trey Pooser and hit it off the batter&#8217;s eye for a home run.</span></p>
  132. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pooser settled in and retired the side, allowing his offense a chance to respond. </span></p>
  133. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cats&#8217; leadoff hitter Ryan Waldschmidt stepped up and hit a double. Émilen Pitre then drew a walk and Devin Burkes laid down a bunt for a hit to load the bases. </span></p>
  134. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think that&#8217;s a big thing for us is just having trust in the coaching staff and ourselves to just execute when the play gets called,” Waldschmidt said.</span></p>
  135. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick Lopez showed off one way the Cats can score by hitting a sacrifice fly to bring home Waldschmidt and tie the game at 1-1. </span></p>
  136. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One batter later, Mitchell Daly showed another element of the offense as he laid down a bunt and beat out the throw to first for a single, allowing Pitre to score and give the Cats a 2-1 lead. </span></p>
  137. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nolan McCarthy drew a walk to reload the bases and James McCoy showed how plate discipline can also bring in a run as he walked to score Burkes, which extended the lead to 3-1 after one. </span></p>
  138. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That&#8217;s one thing we pride ourselves on, just whenever we get punched, punch back,” Burkes said. </span></p>
  139. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After going scoreless in the second, Grant Smith brought home Daly on a sacrifice fly, but this was not all the scoring as Waldschmidt showed another element to the offense by crushing a three-run home run over the left field wall, which extended the Cats&#8217; lead to 7-1 after three.</span></p>
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  141. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bat Cats continued to click offensively in the fourth when Lopez led off with a double and Daly advanced him to second on a bunt. McCarthy hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Lopez, which extended the lead to 8-1. </span></p>
  142. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Commodores slimmed the Bat Cats&#8217; lead by putting up three in the top of the fifth, but the Wildcats showcased another way to score in the bottom half, this time by a Burkes double, which plated Waldschmidt and made the score 9-4 after five. </span></p>
  143. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After both offenses were held scoreless in the sixth, Vanderbilt plated a run in the seventh. </span></p>
  144. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats got this run back in the eighth after Lopez crushed a ball deep over the right field wall for a home run, which made the score 10-5. </span></p>
  145. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Overall the Bat Cats showed their versatility by using sacrifice flies, bunts, singles, doubles, walks and home runs to plate their runs. </span></p>
  146. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The players just executed at a very high level, there&#8217;s six components to offense and you saw them all,” Mingione said. </span></p>
  147. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the win, Kentucky can clinch a share of the regular season SEC Championship with a win in game two and can win the championship outright with a sweep. </span></p>
  148. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Game two between the Wildcats and the Commodores will take place on Friday, May 17, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET. </span></p>
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  157. <title>PREVIEW: Kentucky baseball hosts Vanderbilt with SEC Championship at stake</title>
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  161. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathon Bruner, Baseball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  162. <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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  170. <description><![CDATA[The final weekend of the regular season has arrived and No. 2 Kentucky baseball is set to host the Vanderbilt Commodores. The home Wildcats enter the series 20-7, which is first in the SEC East. The Bat Cats have swept Georgia, Ole Miss, Auburn and Alabama while also taking series wins against Florida, Missouri and...]]></description>
  171. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The final weekend of the regular season has arrived and No. 2 Kentucky baseball is set to host the Vanderbilt Commodores.</span></p>
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  198. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The home Wildcats enter the series 20-7, which is first in the SEC East. The Bat Cats have swept Georgia, Ole Miss, Auburn and Alabama while also taking series wins against Florida, Missouri and Arkansas, while only losing series to Tennessee and South Carolina.</span></p>
  199. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The visiting Commodores come into the series 12-15, which is fifth in the SEC East. The Commodores have swept Auburn and Missouri and won the series against LSU and Florida, but have been swept by Texas A&amp;M, South Carolina and Georgia and taken series losses against Mississippi State and Tennessee. </span></p>
  200. <h3><b>Team comparison</b></h3>
  201. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beginning with offense, the Wildcats are first in the SEC with a team batting average of .301 in conference games while the Commodores are eighth with a .259 team batting average in conference action.</span></p>
  202. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In terms of on-base percentage, the Wildcats slide down one spot to second with a .401 on-base percentage in conference play. The Commodores also dropped down to a tie for 12th place with a .341 on-base percentage in conference action. </span></p>
  203. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at slugging percentage in conference action, the Wildcats are fourth in the SEC at .534 while the Commodores are 10th with a slugging percentage of .422. </span></p>
  204. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Switching gears to the mound, the home Cats come in with a 5.21 team ERA in conference play, which is fifth in the SEC, with the Commanders just behind them in sixth with a 5.85 team ERA in conference games. </span></p>
  205. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When looking at batting average against in conference play, the Cats are second in the SEC with a .238 batting average against, while the Commodores are just behind them in fourth with a .250 batting average against. </span></p>
  206. <h3><b>Offensive players to watch </b></h3>
  207. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starting with the home Wildcats, Ryan Waldschmidt has been a catalyst of the Wildcats&#8217; offensive approach in conference play as he leads the team with a .385 batting average and a .493 on-base percentage while also posting a .642 slugging percentage. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the year, Waldschmidt maintains his team lead in on-base percentage at .488 while also posting a .354 batting average and a .609 slugging percentage.</span></p>
  208. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another Wildcat that has been a complete hitter in conference play is Nick Lopez, who has posted a .330 batting average, .408 on-base percentage and a .544 slugging percentage. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lopez leads the Bat Cats in batting average on the year at .372 while also hitting to a .437 on-base percentage and a .587 slugging percentage. </span></p>
  209. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The power for the Wildcats in conference play has been supplied by Ryan Nicholson, who leads the team with a .745 slugging percentage along with a .314 batting average and a .412 on-base percentage. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at his full season, Nicholson remains in the team lead in slugging percentage at .645 while also hitting to a .297 batting average and a .402 on-base percentage. </span></p>
  210. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats will lean on Waldschmidt&#8217;s extended conference hot streak, Lopez’s consistency and Nicholson&#8217;s power to guide the offense at home.</span></p>
  211. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at the visiting Commodores, Jayden Davis leads starters in conference play with a .347 batting average and a .390 on-base percentage while also posting a .493 slugging percentage. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Davis remains in the team lead for batting average on the season at .319 while also hitting to a .393 on-base percentage and a .444 slugging percentage.</span></p>
  212. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next name to watch out for is RJ Austin, who has posted a .295 batting average, .350 on-base percentage and a .464 slugging percentage in conference play. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the season, Austin has hit to a .312 batting average, .388 on-base percentage and a .454 slugging percentage.</span></p>
  213. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rounding out the Commodores to watch is Jonathan Vastine, who has posted a .274 batting average, .367 on-base percentage and a .453 slugging percentage. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the year, Vastin leads the Commodores with a .551 slugging percentage along with a .303 batting average and a .402 on-base percentage. </span></p>
  214. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Commodores will rely on Davis’ consistency, Austin’s complete stat-line and Vastine’s power to guide the offense on the road. </span></p>
  215. <h3><b>Pitching matchups</b></h3>
  216. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the home Wildcats, Trey Pooser has solidified the game-one starter role and he leads Wildcat starters in conference play with a 3.83 ERA in 47 innings pitched, giving up 20 earned runs and striking out 42 batters. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">One the season, Pooser has pitched to a 4.10 ERA as he has given up 27 earned runs in 59.1 innings pitched and has struck out 57 batters.  </span></p>
  217. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Game one starts for Vanderbilt have belonged to Bryce Cunningham and he has pitched to a 5.04 ERA across 50 innings pitched in which he has given up 28 earned runs and struck out 56 batters. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at his numbers on the year, Cunningham has posted a 4.33 ERA in 70.2 innings pitched as he has given up 34 earned runs and struck out 87 batters. </span></p>
  218. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every game two start for the Wildcats has belonged to Dominic Niman and in SEC play he has posted a 5.68 ERA in 44.1 innings pitched as he has surrendered 28 earned runs and has struck out 39 batters. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lefty on the year has accumulated a 5.40 ERA across 63.1 innings pitched in which he has given up 38 earned runs and struck out 56 batters. </span></p>
  219. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As for the visiting Commodores, game two’s have belonged to Carter Holton, who has posted a 4.53 ERA across 49.2 innings pitched in which he has surrendered 25 earned runs and lead starters with 66 strike outs. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Holton leads the Commodores with 96 strikeouts while also pitching to a 4.66 ERA in 67.2 innings as he&#8217;s given up 35 earned runs. </span></p>
  220. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mason Moore has gotten the ball in series finales for the Wildcats and he has pitched to a 5.98 ERA across 46.2 innings pitched in which he has given up 31 earned runs and struck out 42 batters. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the year, Moore has pitched to a 4.74 ERA in 68.1 innings in which he has given up 36 earned runs and he leads starters with 61 strikeouts. </span></p>
  221. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With no clear cut starter for game three, a name to watch out for is JD Thompson as he has started the past two game three’s for the Commodores and pitched to a 4.15 ERA in 13 innings pitched as he has given up six earned runs and struck out 18 batters in conference play. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the year, Thompson has given up 13 earned runs in 37.2 innings pitched which accumulates to a 3.11 ERA and Thompson has also struck out 54 batters. </span></p>
  222. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the stage now set, Kentucky and Vanderbilt will take the field at Kentucky Proud Park for game one on Thursday, May 16, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. </span></p>
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  231. <title>Kentucky pitcher Mason Moore thrives in series-clincher against Florida</title>
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  235. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathon Bruner, Baseball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  236. <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 06:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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  244. <description><![CDATA[While he may not have earned a decision in the game, Mason Moore delivered when Kentucky baseball needed him in game three against the Florida Gators on Sunday. After the Wildcats dropped game two, Moore found himself pitching in his third straight series-deciding game three. Moore entered the game looking to build off of a...]]></description>
  245. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While he may not have earned a decision in the game, Mason Moore delivered when Kentucky baseball needed him in game three against the Florida Gators on Sunday.</span></p>
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  272. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the Wildcats dropped game two, Moore found himself pitching in his third straight series-deciding game three.</span></p>
  273. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore entered the game looking to build off of a bounce-back performance at home against Arkansas.</span></p>
  274. <figure id="attachment_93331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-93331" style="width: 475px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-93331" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-475x317.jpg" alt="" width="475" height="317" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-475x317.jpg 475w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-900x600.jpg 900w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-122x80.jpg 122w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/027-Game-2-Kentucky-vs.-Indiana-State.jpg 1501w" sizes="(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-93331" class="wp-caption-text">Kentucky Wildcats pitcher Mason Moore (20) pitches the ball during the Kentucky vs. Indiana State baseball game on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 5-4. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff (Travis Fannon)</figcaption></figure>
  275. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After taking his warmup tosses, Moore forced three groundouts in a three-up, three-down first inning.</span></p>
  276. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the top of the second, Moore’s offense gave him three runs to work with and he returned to the mound and tossed another three-up, three-down frame, this time via a groundout, strikeout and a fly out.</span></p>
  277. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the bottom of the third, Moore gave up his first hit of the afternoon to Hayden Yost, who singled down the right field line, but James McCoy threw him out trying to stretch it to a double.</span></p>
  278. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore struck out the next batter before walking two straight and Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione intentionally walked Jac Caglianone to load the bases.</span></p>
  279. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With a 3-2 count on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Moore threw a change up down and away to righty Luke Heyman for a swing-and-miss strikeout to end the inning and escape the jam.</span></p>
  280. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore returned to form in the fourth by getting a fly-out and two groundouts in a three-up, three-down inning. </span></p>
  281. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The fifth was no different for Moore as he struck out two batters and got a groundout for his second straight three-up, three-down frame.</span></p>
  282. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The righty continued to stay in rhythm in the sixth by tossing his third straight three-up, three-down inning in which the outs came via a groundout, fly-out and a line-out.</span></p>
  283. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tyler Shelnut broke up a streak of 11 straight Gators sat down by Moore in the bottom of the seventh with a one-out single to center on the eighth pitch of the at bat. </span></p>
  284. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore struck out Brody Donay for the second out before he walked Yost. Now at 104 pitches, Kentucky pitching coach Dan Roszel came to the mound to talk to his starter. </span></p>
  285. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashton Wilson came off the bench and worked a 3-2 count against Moore and won the at-bat on the sixth pitch by doubling down the right field line to bring home both runners, which made the score 3-2 Wildcats.</span></p>
  286. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The double knocked Moore out of the game at 110 pitches, but his effort certainly gave the Wildcats all they could ask for with the series on the line. </span></p>
  287. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore will look to continue to build on back-to-back strong performances in his last regular season start against Vanderbilt at Kentucky Proud Park.  </span></p>
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  296. <title>Kentucky men&#8217;s tennis prepares for critical Elite Eight matchup in NCAA Tournament</title>
  297. <link>https://kykernel.com/102909/sports/kentucky-mens-tennis-prepares-for-critical-elite-eight-matchup-in-ncaa-tournament/</link>
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  300. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara Gibson, Tennis Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  301. <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 07:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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  311. <description><![CDATA[No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis earned its spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA National Tournament after defeating No. 12 Harvard 4-2 in Lexington over the weekend.   With its ticket punched for Stillwater, Oklahoma, Kentucky will make the trip to take on No. 4 TCU on Thursday, with the matchup having the potential to...]]></description>
  312. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis earned its spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA National Tournament after defeating No. 12 Harvard 4-2 in Lexington over the weekend.  </span></p>
  313. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With its ticket punched for Stillwater, Oklahoma, Kentucky will make the trip to take on No. 4 TCU on Thursday, with the matchup having the potential to be</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the most exciting of all the Elite Eight matchups.  </span></p>
  314. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky’s strength most of the season has been grabbing the doubles point for the 1-0 lead, with strong singles play from courts four, five and six to finish the job. Meanwhile, TCU’s strong suit lies on its courts one, two and three in singles.</span></p>
  315. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In the last eight, every match is a battle, so we’ll come prepared, and we’ll just do what we did all year,” captain Taha Baadi said after clinching the win over Harvard.</span></p>
  316. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No. 28 Baadi is 10-7 against ranked opponents in singles on the year and is set to face off with No. 13 Jack Pinnington, who is 29-8 on the season.</span></p>
  317. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TCU’s roster features two top 15 singles players as No. 7 Jake Fearnley has been playing at court two singles for most of the season, with Josh Lapadat, who lost his most recent match against a ranked opponent, being tasked with taking him on.</span></p>
  318. <p>&#8220;I think they haven&#8217;t played their best tennis yet,&#8221; head coach Cedric Kauffmann said. &#8220;I hope they come in and do it, because if they do I think we&#8217;re very very dangerous.&#8221;</p>
  319. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats&#8217; strongest courts this season have been the bottom three &#8212; Charlelie Cosnet has only lost three matches all season long and will be facing Sebastian Gorzny, who is looking to snap his three-match losing streak while f</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">reshmen Jack Loutit and Eli Stephenson are a combined 37-6 and have held steady at courts five and six all season long, providing a nice balance to the power TCU has up top.</span></p>
  320. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fearnley and doubles partner Pedro Vives took down the nation’s No. 1 doubles pair in the team’s win over Duke last weekend, meaning Kentucky’s top pair of No. 4 Lapadat and JJ Mercer have their work cut out for them.</span></p>
  321. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If Kentucky survives TCU, it&#8217;s most likely to match up with Ohio State in the Final Four, the No. 1 team in the nation that has just one loss on the season.</span></p>
  322. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team&#8217;s leadership and experience coming from five seniors has already led them to the National Indoor Championship and is now making the Buckeyes the heavy favorite to runway with this years title.</span></p>
  323. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We respect everybody, but we fear no one,” Kauffmann said. “We compete very hard, you&#8217;re going to have to go three, four hours to get us down.”</span></p>
  324. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky will look to continue its championship push and 18-match win streak against TCU this Thursday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m. ET in Stillwater, Oklahoma.</span></p>
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  333. <title>Kentucky baseball jumps to No. 2 in D1Baseball top 25</title>
  334. <link>https://kykernel.com/102892/sports/kentucky-baseball-jumps-to-no-2-in-d1baseball-top-25/</link>
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  337. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathon Bruner, Baseball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  338. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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  346. <description><![CDATA[Kentucky baseball (37-11 20-7 SEC) moved up two spots to No. 2 in the D1Baseball week 14 Top 25 rankings on Monday. The rise in the rankings came after the Bat Cats took the series on the road against Florida. The Wildcats can be found amongst seven SEC teams in the rankings. SEC representation began...]]></description>
  347. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky baseball (37-11 20-7 SEC) moved up two spots to No. 2 in the D1Baseball week 14 Top 25 rankings on Monday.</span></p>
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  374. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rise in the rankings came after the Bat Cats took the series on the road against Florida.</span></p>
  375. <figure id="attachment_101259" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101259" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-101259" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-600x400.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-600x400.jpg 600w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/0G8A2188.jpg 2001w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-101259" class="wp-caption-text">Kentucky outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt celebrates at second during the Kentucky vs Lipscomb baseball game on Friday, Mar. 1, 2024, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky won 7-4. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff (Sydney Yonker)</figcaption></figure>
  376. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats can be found amongst seven SEC teams in the rankings.</span></p>
  377. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEC representation began at No. 1 with Tennessee, who remained on top for the second week in a row. The Volunteers finished 3-1 on the week that began with a midweek win over Queens before heading to Nashville for a weekend series victory against Vanderbilt.</span></p>
  378. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Behind the Wildcats at No. 3 was Arkansas, which moved up two spots in the rankings after a 2-1 week. With no midweek game, the Razorbacks’ only action was a weekend series against Mississippi State in which they won the series after dropping game two.</span></p>
  379. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moving down two spots to No. 5 was Texas A&amp;M, which finished 2-2 on the week. The Aggies took care of Rice in a midweek matchup before heading to Oxford, Mississippi, for a weekend series with the Rebels. Ole Miss took the first two games and the series before the Aggies salvaged the series finale.</span></p>
  380. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few spots behind the Aggies at No. 9 was Georgia, which tied for the biggest jump in the rankings, moving up six spots after a 3-0 week. With no midweek action, the Bulldogs’ only action was a road sweep over South Carolina.</span></p>
  381. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a small break, Mississippi State was next to represent the SEC at No. 16. The Bulldogs fell two spots in the rankings after finishing 1-2 on the week where their only action was an away series loss against Arkansas.</span></p>
  382. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rounding out conference representation at No. 24 was South Carolina, which had the biggest drop in the rankings, falling 11 spots after a 1-3 week. The Gamecocks took care of Winthrop in a midweek game before being swept at home by Georgia.</span></p>
  383. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Texas Longhorns entered the rankings this week at No. 25, replacing Troy, which fell from No. 21 to unranked. </span></p>
  384. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A full list of the rankings can be found below:</span></p>
  385. <ol>
  386. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tennessee Volunteers (42-10)</span></li>
  387. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky Wildcats (37-11)</span></li>
  388. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arkansas Razorbacks (42-10)</span></li>
  389. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clemson Tigers (37-13)</span></li>
  390. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Texas A&amp;M Aggies (42-10) </span></li>
  391. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oregon State Beavers (39-12) </span></li>
  392. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">North Carolina Tar Heels (39-11) </span></li>
  393. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wake Forest Demon Deacons (36-16) </span></li>
  394. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Georgia Bulldogs (38-12) </span></li>
  395. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Florida State Seminoles (37-12)</span></li>
  396. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Duke Blue Devils (34-16) </span></li>
  397. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oklahoma Sooners (32-17) </span></li>
  398. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">East Carolina Pirates (37-13) </span></li>
  399. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arizona Wildcats (32-18) </span></li>
  400. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UC Irvine Anteaters (38-10) </span></li>
  401. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mississippi State Bulldogs (33-18) </span></li>
  402. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NC State Bulldogs (29-19) </span></li>
  403. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Cavaliers (37-14) </span></li>
  404. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oklahoma State Cowboys (34-16) </span></li>
  405. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indiana State Sycamores (36-11) </span></li>
  406. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (38-15) </span></li>
  407. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (35-12) </span></li>
  408. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oregon Ducks (34-16) </span></li>
  409. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">South Carolina Gamecocks (33-18) </span></li>
  410. <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Texas Longhorns (32-20) </span></li>
  411. </ol>
  412. ]]></content:encoded>
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  420. <title>Kentucky men’s basketball unveils SEC opponents for the 2024-25 season</title>
  421. <link>https://kykernel.com/102890/sports/kentucky-mens-basketball-unveils-sec-opponents-for-the-2024-25-season/</link>
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  424. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cole Parke, Sports Editor]]></dc:creator>
  425. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 20:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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  434. <description><![CDATA[Kentucky men’s basketball unveiled its SEC opponents for the 2024-25 season on Monday, listing all conference home and away games. Looking at its home slate, Kentucky will host the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&#38;M and Vanderbilt. On the road, Kentucky will travel to Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi...]]></description>
  435. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky men’s basketball unveiled its SEC opponents for the 2024-25 season on Monday, listing all conference home and away games.</span></p>
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  462. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at its home slate, Kentucky will host the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&amp;M and Vanderbilt.</span></p>
  463. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the road, Kentucky will travel to Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt.</span></p>
  464. <figure id="attachment_101971" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101971" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-101971" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-600x400.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-600x400.jpg 600w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser13ABC.jpg 2001w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-101971" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Pope claps at his introductory press conference as the new head coach of Kentucky men’s basketball on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff</figcaption></figure>
  465. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the full slate unveiled, Kentucky will play every team in the conference at least once, getting home and away contests against Alabama, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.</span></p>
  466. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky played home and away games against the two Tennessee outfits last season, winning in Knoxville but dropping the home game against Tennessee and sweeping the Commodores, who will be expected to take a step up after hiring former James Madison coach Mark Byington.</span></p>
  467. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As for Alabama, the Cats defeated the Crimson Tide in blowout fashion, setting a record for points scored in SEC play, at home last season, but the last time UK traveled to Tuscaloosa was the lopsided 78-52 loss to eventual No. 1 overall seed Alabama in 2023.</span></p>
  468. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at just the home slate, in perhaps the most anticipated game of the season, Kentucky will host the Arkansas Razorbacks, home of former head coach John Calipari, who left in controversial fashion after the Cats’ NCAA Tournament loss to Oakland.</span></p>
  469. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky will not make the return trip to Fayetteville, meaning Calipari’s homecoming to Lexington will be the only meeting of the pairing in the regular season.</span></p>
  470. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cats will also host Auburn, LSU, South Carolina and Texas A&amp;M, all of which were road contests one year ago with UK losing three of the four, blowing out Auburn but being the victim of an LSU buzzer beater, a South Carolina blowout and an overtime defeat in College Station.</span></p>
  471. <figure id="attachment_101972" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-101972" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-101972" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-600x400.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-600x400.jpg 600w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarkPopePresser14ABC.jpg 2001w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-101972" class="wp-caption-text">Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart holds a jersey with Mark Pope at Pope’s introductory press conference as the new head coach of Kentucky men’s basketball on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff</figcaption></figure>
  472. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The home contest against the Florida Gators will be the only meeting of the regular season for the pairs who frequently play home and away, with UK winning in Gainesville but losing at home last season.</span></p>
  473. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As for the road slate, Kentucky gets trips to Texas and Oklahoma in the pair’s first ever season in the SEC, marking the first conference matchups for UK and the two former Big 12 outfits.</span></p>
  474. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky will also play both Mississippi schools on the road after having a home and away with Mississippi State (2-0) and hosting Ole Miss (1-0) last season.</span></p>
  475. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It will also travel to Georgia and Missouri, both of which it hosted and defeated within Rupp Arena.</span></p>
  476. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SEC has yet to announce the dates and times of any of its conference matchups.</span></p>
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  485. <title>Kentucky softball selected for 15th straight NCAA Tournament, will play in Stillwater Regional</title>
  486. <link>https://kykernel.com/102888/sports/kentucky-softball-selected-for-15th-straight-ncaa-tournament-will-play-in-stillwater-regional/</link>
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  489. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Parker Scott, Softball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  490. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 19:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
  491. <category><![CDATA[Softball]]></category>
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  498. <description><![CDATA[Kentucky softball (30-22, 8-16 SEC) was selected to play in the Stillwater Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Sunday night. The Wildcats will be making their 15th straight appearance in the tournament, all under head coach Rachel Lawson. This year, they received an at-large bid after finishing the regular season with ten 1uadrant-I wins,...]]></description>
  499. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky softball (30-22, 8-16 SEC) was selected to play in the Stillwater Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.</span></p>
  500. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats will be making their 15th straight appearance in the tournament, all under head coach Rachel Lawson.</span></p>
  501. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year, they received an at-large bid after finishing the regular season with ten 1uadrant-I wins, making them one of only twelve teams in the nation to do so.</span></p>
  502. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Stillwater Regional will consist of the host No. 5 Oklahoma State, Northern Colorado and Michigan, as well as Kentucky.</span></p>
  503. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It will be played in a double-elimination format with the winner advancing to the Super Regional for a chance at a berth in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.</span></p>
  504. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky’s first game in the regional will take place against Michigan on Friday, May 18, at 3 p.m. ET at Cowgirl Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The game will be televised on ESPN2.</span></p>
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  513. <title>No. 5 Kentucky men&#8217;s tennis blows past Harvard in NCAA Sweet Sixteen</title>
  514. <link>https://kykernel.com/102883/sports/no-5-kentucky-mens-tennis-blows-past-harvard-in-ncaa-sweet-sixteen/</link>
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  517. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kai McClelland, Tennis Beat Reporter]]></dc:creator>
  518. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 03:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
  519. <category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
  520. <category><![CDATA[Tennis]]></category>
  521. <category><![CDATA[kentucky]]></category>
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  526. <description><![CDATA[No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis took another step closer to its championship dreams, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over No. 12 Harvard on Saturday. The Wildcats started the day off right by earning the doubles point, something they did not do against Illinois in the second round. After Taha Baadi and Jack...]]></description>
  527. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis took another step closer to its championship dreams, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over No. 12 Harvard on Saturday.</span></p>
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  554. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats started the day off right by earning the doubles point, something they did not do against Illinois in the second round.</span></p>
  555. <figure id="attachment_102852" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-102852" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-102852" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-600x400.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-600x400.jpg 600w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240503NCAATennisDay1_20MM.jpg 2001w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-102852" class="wp-caption-text">Senior Joshua Lapadat looks to hit the ball at the Hillary J. Boone Tennis Facility on Friday, May 3, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky. He wins his sets 6-3 and 6-1 respectively. (Christian Kantosky)</figcaption></figure>
  556. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After Taha Baadi and Jack Loutit won 6-4 on court two, No. 4 Joshua Lapadat and JJ Mercer won their first match of the tournament together to give the Cats the 1-0 lead.</span></p>
  557. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To begin singles play, Eli Stephenson shot out the gate with a 6-2 win in his first set.</span></p>
  558. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No. 28 Baadi took his first set against No. 15 Cooper Williams before Charlelie Cosnet and Loutit also won their first sets.</span></p>
  559. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite a hot start, Jaden Weekes couldn’t seem to shake his opponent, going down quickly with a 6-0, 6-2 loss, tying up the match.</span></p>
  560. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At this point, No. 80 Lapadat had dropped his first set 7-5, and Baadi trailed 5-2 in his second set but </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">courts four through six continued to fight, all capable of earning a point for the Wildcats.</span></p>
  561. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephenson, the breakout freshman with a new 17-1 singles record, then earned the Cats a point on court six before </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cosnet managed to force a tiebreaker in the second set, going on to win 7-5 and give Kentucky a 3-1 match lead.</span></p>
  562. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Loutit would go on to lose his second set 6-3, putting the pressure on the freshman for yet another big finish if the top courts did not perform.</span></p>
  563. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lapadat, moments after Baadi tied Williams 3-3 in the third set, lost on court two to make the match score 3-2, but </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">with the help of the electric Kentucky crowd, Baadi managed to score three straight points and win the match for the Wildcats.</span></p>
  564. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team rushed him with excitement and the crowd exploded, all while Coach Cedric Kauffmann waved a white towel and ran towards the players.</span></p>
  565. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the match, Baadi reflected on his clutch performance.</span></p>
  566. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was amazing,” said Baadi. “To end your career, your college career, with a match like this, there’s nothing I could wish more for.” </span></p>
  567. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats will travel to the host site in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for the rest of the tournament, where they will face No. 4 TCU on Thursday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m. ET in the quarterfinals. </span></p>
  568. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As much as we’re happy to get this win,” Baadi said. “We&#8217;re not satisfied.”</span></p>
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  577. <title>Patrick Herrra&#8217;s big day sees No. 4 Kentucky baseball outlast Florida</title>
  578. <link>https://kykernel.com/102880/sports/patrick-herrras-big-play-sees-no-4-kentucky-baseball-outlast-florida/</link>
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  581. <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathon Bruner, Baseball Beat Leader]]></dc:creator>
  582. <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 03:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
  583. <category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
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  591. <description><![CDATA[Patrick Herrera’s big day at the plate propelled No. 4 Kentucky baseball (37-11, 20-7 SEC) to a 7-5 win over Florida (26-25, 11-16 SEC) in extra innings Sunday.  The win marked the Bat Cats&#8217; first series win over Florida since 2016 and tied their record for most conference wins in program history at 20. Herrera...]]></description>
  592. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrick Herrera’s big day at the plate propelled No. 4 Kentucky baseball (37-11, 20-7 SEC) to a 7-5 win over Florida (26-25, 11-16 SEC) in extra innings Sunday. </span></p>
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  619. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The win marked the Bat Cats&#8217; first series win over Florida since 2016 and tied their record for most conference wins in program history at 20.</span></p>
  620. <figure id="attachment_100665" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-100665" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-100665" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-400x600.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="600" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-400x600.jpg 400w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815-200x300.jpg 200w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/O7A9815.jpg 1334w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-100665" class="wp-caption-text">Kentucky Wildcats outfielder Patrick Herrera makes a catch during the Kentucky vs. Eastern Kentucky baseball game on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2024, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 10-0. Photo by Isaiah Pinto | Staff (Isaiah Pinto)</figcaption></figure>
  621. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Herrera finished the day 2-3 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch and led the offense with four huge RBIs.</span></p>
  622. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats grabbed a lead in the top of the second when Ryan Nicholson hit a fly ball to right center that fell after two Gators collided into each other, allowing Mitchell Daly to score.</span></p>
  623. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After Nolan McCarthy drew a walk and James McCoy advanced both base runners into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt, Herrera came to the plate for his first at-bat.</span></p>
  624. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After taking two balls and fouling a pitch off, Herrera hit an infield single that the shortstop knocked down, but not before Nicholson came home to score easily.</span></p>
  625. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan Waldschmidt then brought home McCarthy on a groundout which gave the Cats a 3-0 lead after two.</span></p>
  626. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Herrera stepped back up to the plate in the fifth and was hit by pitch, but ultimately left stranded at second.</span></p>
  627. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pitching prevailed in the middle innings as Mason Moore shut down the Gator offense through six innings before running into trouble in the seventh.</span></p>
  628. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moore gave up a one-out single to Tyler Shelnut before bouncing back and striking out Brody Donay for the second out. Hayden Yost doubled down the left field line to bring home Shelnut and Yost, which cut the Wildcat lead to 3-2.</span></p>
  629. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert Hogan relieved Moore and finished out the seventh before pitching a scoreless eighth.</span></p>
  630. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hogan returned to the mound in the bottom of the ninth and got one out before hanging an off-speed pitch, which Shelnut hit over the left field wall to tie the game.</span></p>
  631. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wildcats were able to fend off the Gators&#8217; walk-off attempt to move the game into extra innings and Devin Burkes led off the tenth inning with a double, followed up by a Nick Lopez single.</span></p>
  632. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ty Crittenberger came in to pinch run for Lopez and advanced to second before Daly drew a walk to load the bases. After Nicholson struck out, Nolan McCarthy hit an infield single to score Burkes and give the Cats a one-run lead.</span></p>
  633. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James McCoy struck out for the second out to bring Herrera up with the bases still loaded.</span></p>
  634. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After taking a strike from Florida&#8217;s Brandon Neely, Herrera lined a ball over the head of Shelnut in left and it rolled all the way to the wall, which scored Crittenberger, Daly and McCarthy as Herrera cruised into second with the Wildcats boasting a 7-3 lead.</span></p>
  635. <figure id="attachment_94186" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-94186" style="width: 475px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-94186" src="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-475x317.jpg" alt="" width="475" height="317" srcset="https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-475x317.jpg 475w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-900x600.jpg 900w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-768x512.jpg 768w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-122x80.jpg 122w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU-300x200.jpg 300w, https://kykernel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/014-Baseball-at-WKU.jpg 1501w" sizes="(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-94186" class="wp-caption-text">Kentucky Wildcats infielder Patrick Herrera (22) leads off from second base during the No. 18 Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky baseball game on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Kentucky won 10-8. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff (Jack Weaver)</figcaption></figure>
  636. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan Hagenow closed out the ninth and stayed on the mound in the tenth and gave up a leadoff single to Jac Caglianone. After striking out Luke Heyman, Hagenow hit Colby Shelton and walked Shelnut to load the bases.</span></p>
  637. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McCoy was called in from right field to try and close out the game and struck out Donay for the second out before giving up a double to Yost, which scored Caglianone and Shelton.</span></p>
  638. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the score now 7-5 and the tying run on second, Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione called upon Ben Cleaver to try and get the final out.</span></p>
  639. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Landon Russell pinch-hit for Michael Robinson and worked a 2-2 count before Cleaver fired a fastball up in the zone past a swinging Russell for the series-clinching final out.</span></p>
  640. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kentucky returns home to Kentucky Proud Park on Tuesday, May 14, for its final mid-week game of the year against Murray State, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.</span></p>
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