No. 9 Kentucky Opens Home Season With Excite Night Against No. 11 Auburn
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following a record-breaking performance at Florida
with a program best score of 196.950, Kentucky returns to Memorial Coliseum to
open the home season. No. 9 Kentucky will host No. 11 Auburn on Friday evening.
The meet is set for 7 p.m. and will be shown live on SEC Network+ and the
WatchESPN app. The meet can be seen on SEC Network on Monday at 10 p.m.
Kirstin Maldonado from the Grammy award winning Pentatonix will
highlight the special events taking place on Excite Night. Along with the
singing star, fans will also receive light up pom poms, and will have a chance
to receive post-meet team autographs from the Wildcats. All UK students will
receive free pizza, and a special edition Kentucky Gymnastics American Girl
doll will be given away.
The meet is expected to sell out, so make sure to head to
UKathletics.com/tickets to pick up your Excite Night tickets before they run
out.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Auburn is the No. 11 team in
the nation after posting two solid scores in the first two weeks. The Tigers
average 195.675 with a high of 196.075. Last week against Georgia, Auburn
posted a win on the floor with a score of 49.225, led by MJ Rott with a mark of
9.950.
LOOKING AHEAD: LSU
Following the meet with
Florida, Kentucky stays at home inside Memorial Coliseum but is faced with a
tough task. LSU is currently the No. 2 team in the country after posting scores
of 197.825 against Georgia and 197.575 against Alabama on the road.
BEST SCORE EVER
The Wildcats posted the best
score in program history against Florida. Led by freshman Mollie Korth,
Kentucky posted a score of 196.950, shooting past its previous best. The old
record was put up in 2013, when it scored a 196.775 at Penn State.
TWO-FOR-TWO
Freshman Mollie Korth won her
second all-around crown in just her second meet as a collegian. Korth was a
midyear enrollee and has impressed so far. She took a share of the crown at
Florida after an impressive 9.925 on the floor, while also producing a 9.900 on
bars. Her 9.875 on beam and vault gave her a 39.575.
SEVENTH BEST SCORE EVER
Korth’s 39.575 is the seventh
best score in school history by an individual in the all-around. Only three
time NCAA Champion Jenny Hansen has a better mark for the Wildcats.
HYLAND AND DUKES IMPRESS
Sophomore Alex Hyland did not
post a score below 9.800 against Florida, highlighted by a 9.875 performance on
the beam and floor. Fellow sophomore Sidney Dukes followed with a score of
39.375 and won a share of the floor title with a score of 9.925, a career best.
Parking Information
All surrounding E-lots around Memorial Coliseum including the
North Craft lot, High Street Lot, Rose Street, and Linden Walk employee lots
are available for event parking beginning three and a half hours prior to the
start of the meet. Additionally, the South Limestone Garage (PS#5) and the Rose
Street Garage (PS#2) are available two hours prior to the start of the meet.
A shuttle is available free of charge from the South
Limestone Garage (Parking Structure #5) beginning two hours prior to the start
of the meet. The pick-up/drop-off point at the South Limestone Garage is
located on Administration Drive. UK asks that all patrons access this
pick-up/drop-off location by the sky bridge, accessible from level three of the
parking structure. The shuttle pick-up/drop-off location at Memorial Coliseum
is located at the front of the Coliseum on Avenue of Champions.
Disability parking is available in the North Craft lot.
Spaces are limited and provided on a first come, first served basis with a
valid, state-issued disabled parking hangtag.
Please note: Parking is prohibited in any R-lot. Vehicles
parking in R-lots without a proper permit, along yellow curbs, grass spaces or
other non-specified and unapproved areas may be subject to ticket and/or tow.
