The odds were stacked against the Cats emerging with a victory when the UK men's soccer team faced off against Southern Methodist University on Saturday. Not only did SMU enter the match as the nation's top-ranked team, but the Mustangs had won all five previous meetings with UK.
After UK's 99-64 win over Pikeville College on Wednesday, when the Cats gave up 37 points in the second half, head coach Billy Gillispie said UK's defense must improve. With four minutes left in the first half of Saturday's game against Seattle University, it appeared that the Cats had gotten the message.
When the UK women's basketball team took the floor Thursday in their season-opening exhibition against Kentucky Wesleyan, head coach Matthew Mitchell was not expecting his squad to operate as if in mid-season stride. However, the first-year head coach was pleased with what the team showed him.
The UK hockey team is finally starting to achieve the results it expected coming into this season. The Cool Cats notched a pair of victories against Bowling Green at the Lexington Ice Center over the weekend, improving UK's record to 7-7-1. The Cool Cats put on an offensive clinic in Saturday night's game, an 8-1 thrashing of the Falcons.