Through two sets, UK was in control.In a matchup of two teams that had won a combined 15 matches in a row, the Wildcats charged to a 2-0 lead over Alabama. Kentucky, however, hit a lull in the third set and the Crimson Tide took advantage. After that, it was all about the Cats getting back to what had staked them to a lead to begin with.”I think we just had to pick up our intensity and trust what we do and stay aggressive,” setter Morgan Bergren said. “That’s one thing we talked about in the locker room before the game, is just constant aggression on them. I think we lost that a little bit in the third game and finally got it back in the fourth game.”On the strength of that aggressiveness, No. 13 UK (13-2, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) got the win in its conference home opener. The Cats extended their winning streak to seven with the victory and ended a nine-game streak for the Tide (14-3, 2-1 SEC).”I expected a match comparable to sets three and four the whole night,” head coach Craig Skinner said. “We ran away with it in set two but I didn’t think that was normal in a situation like that. Just physically we earned our points. Alabama didn’t give them to us and that’s probably the most pleasing thing so far tonight.”Most of the time, when the Cats did earn their points in a four-set win, Bergren was in the middle of it.The junior assisted on 48 of UK’s 98 points, adding six kills to boot. She was at her best when it mattered most, leading the Cats after Alabama appeared poised to force a decisive fifth set by taking a 19-15 lead in the fourth.”She did a nice job,” Skinner said. “She I think lost her way a little bit in set three and then really found her groove in set four. That’s pretty important under pressure who you go to and who you find to get swings. She did a great job.”Bergren’s favorite target on Friday night was Shelby Workman, who totaled 19 kills and hit .459. Lauren O’Conner added 15 kills and Anni Thomasson 10, statistics indicative of the way Bergren spreads the ball around.”I’m comfortable setting anyone,” Bergren said. “I feel like all of our attackers carry a strong presence and anyone is available to go to at any time. Tonight Shelby was really good for us and picked us up and used the block really well to her advantage.”Bergren is in her second season as UK’s full-time starter at setter, but the offense she’s running this season looks much different than it did in 2013. The Cats, as you’d expect, have had to adjust to life without All-Americans Whitney Billings and Alexandra Morgan.”Early on I think I was a little bit hesitant running the middle and they’ve proven day in and day out in practice that they’re up and they’re ready and they’re ready to go expecting the ball,” Bergren said.With Bergren looking more comfortable by the match, UK is playing its best volleyball of the season early in SEC play.”I think you really start to understand how important good setting is,” Skinner said. “We’re averaging more kills per set than we have in three years. A lot of that has to do with your setter and good decision-making and getting one-on-ones. She’s very good at what she does.”Entering a tough test against No. 21 Texas A&M at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, Bergren sees one more area a confident UK team needs to address.”Right now everything feels good,” Bergren said. “Every now and then we hit that little lull in either game two or game three and that’s something we have to improve on and not get too comfortable and relaxed and let the other teams come back on us. Other than that, I don’t think we have any doubts going into any of the matches.”