By Ethan Levine
With the hype surrounding the upcoming NBA draft, many UK fans may have overlooked last weekend’s NFL draft, a draft in which three former Cats heard their name called by NFL franchises. Defensive lineman Corey Peters, defensive back Trevard Lindley and fullback John Conner each look to begin their professional career.
Corey Peters, Defensive [...]
By Ethan Levine
With a top-10 ranking, home-court advantage and a first round bye, the last thing the UK men’s tennis team expected to see was the two-time defending conference champions in the Southeastern Conference tournament. But that’s exactly who they saw on the other side of the net when the Mississippi Rebels took the courts [...]
By Ethan Levine
Last fall, Alabama and Florida led the way for the Southeastern Conference, holding the top two spots in the coaches’ poll almost the entire season. But the SEC’s depth doesn’t stop there. Louisiana State and UK are all ranked in the top 10, and they’ll all face off this weekend in Lexington for [...]
By Ethan Levine
It was just the type of match you would expect to see between two Southeastern Conference rivals. Two highly ranked teams, three top-50 players, five end-of-set tiebreakers, and a season’s worth of emotion all packed into UK’s 7-0 victory over Vanderbilt at the Hillary J. Boone Tennis Center Saturday.
“We played very well against [...]
By Garrett Bonistalli
Five UK athletes found themselves visiting an orphanage during their unconventional Spring Break trip to Nicaragua.
UK football players Jacob Lewellen and Marcus Davis; volleyball players Ann Armes and Sarah Rumley; and women’s soccer player Laura Novikoff all made the trip to the Central American country. The trip was made [...]
By Ethan Levine
From Paris, Ky., to Paris, France, the game of tennis translates into any language. Nowhere is this more relevant than on UK’s men’s tennis team.
The French connection begins at the top with fifth-year associate head coach Cedric Kauffmann. Kauffmann came to the U.S. at age 14 to play tennis at the Bollettieri Tennis [...]
By Ethan Levine
The UK men’s tennis team made quick work of non-conference foe Lipscomb on Tuesday at home in the Hillary J. Boone Tennis Complex. The Cats defeated the Bisons 5-1 by winning two of three doubles matches and five of six singles matches. Lipscomb has now lost seven straight matches.
Among the Cats players to [...]
Story by Brandon Goodwin
UK athletics is on its way to reaching its goal of championships and program rankings.
UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart told the UK Athletics Board Monday that the 15 by 15 by 15 plan is well on its way to fruition.
According to the plan that was implemented two years ago, Barnhart [...]
Ben Jones
Sports Editor
SEC Tournament champion: Tennessee
Why they’ll win: No one in the SEC had a better mindset for big games than the Volunteers, who rose to the occasion to beat UK and Kansas. They’re still in the fight for a high seed, and a deep SEC Tournament run could mean as much for them as [...]
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