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The No. 2 Kentucky Volleyball team completed the perfect Southeastern Conference season Sunday afternoon, sweeping Arkansas 3-0 (25-16, 25-20,25-12) to finish the regular season 15-0 in SEC play and earn the outright regular-season championship. The title is the ninth-straight championship for Kentucky Volleyball, marking the longest consecutivechampionship streak in power four conference volleyball.

Led by three players reaching double-digit kills in Eva Hudson, Brooklyn DeLeye and Lizzie Carr, the No. 2 Kentucky Volleyball team came back from an 0-2 deficit to reverse sweep Oklahoma 3-2 (18-25, 21-25, 28-26,25-19, 15-12) and clinch a share of its ninth-straight Southeastern Conference Championship.

Denzel Aberdeen scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds, but No. 9 Kentucky lost at 12th-ranked Louisville 96-88 on Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Kentucky women’s basketball team opened the game on a 21-1 run on their way to a 104-46 win over Monmouth on Thursday night inside Historic Memorial Coliseum. Sophomore Lexi Blue had the best game of her UK career, making 6 of 7 from behind the arc on her way to a career-high 18 points.

Collin Chandler scored 15 points and No. 9 Kentucky overcame a slow start to beat Nicholls 77-51 on Tuesday night at Rupp Arena. Otega Oweh scored 13, Jasper Johnson added 11 and Denzel Aberdeen had 10.

Kentucky placed four players in double figures and held off a feisty Morehead State squad 75-59 on Monday night at Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Redshirt freshman Cutter Boley hit on 26 of 35 through the air for a career-high 330 yards and a career-high five touchdowns but Kentucky fell to No. 17 Tennessee 56-34 on Saturday night at Kroger Field.

Freshman Jasper Johnson scored 15 points as No. 9 Kentucky beat top-ranked Purdue 78-65 in exhibition basketball action on Friday night at Rupp Arena.

Through three games this season, Kentucky has shown an ability to run the ball effectively. The Cats are averaging 214.7 yards per game and have scored nine touchdowns on the ground.

Thanks to 24 kills from junior Brooklyn DeLeye and 17 terminations from Eva Hudson, the Kentucky Volleyball team came back from 2-1 down to score 40 of the last 59 points in a 3-2 (21-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-12, 15-7) win over Louisville on Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center.