By Lamar Smith
sports@kykernel.com
The only tide rolling today was UK as the No. 21 Cats dispatched the Crimson Tide (25-19, 27-25, 24-26, 25-20)to win the team’s seventh consecutive match. The four-set victory improves the Cats to 11-5 and 4-0 in the SEC.
Alabama fought tooth and nail versus the Cats in a game that consisted of 41 ties and 18 lead changes in the four-set match. The two teams were tied in the second set eight consecutive times before the Cats clinched the set due to an Alabama hitting error.
“Alabama’s an extremely athletic team, and there’s a reason they were picked to finish second in the league,” head coach Craig Skinner said.