With three games to go, the UK volleyball team sits in prime position to capture its first Southeastern Conference championship since 1988. Kentucky, LSU and Florida are the only three teams mathematically in the hunt to capture the league crown.
Kentucky (16-1) enters the final week and a half of play with a one-game edge in the loss column over LSU (16-2) and a two-game lead over 18-time defending conference champion Florida (14-3). The Gators, who lost to Kentucky in Gainesville, Fla., earlier in the season, travel to Lexington on Nov. 22.
Here are the Kentucky volleyball SEC championship scenarios:
1.) If the Cats win their remaining three matches, they win the SEC title outright.2.) A UK win in two of the three remaining matches guarantees at least a share of the SEC crown.3.) A loss by LSU and at least two UK wins would give the Cats the outright SEC championship.*Florida is not mathematically out of the picture at this point in time, but it would need three wins and a lot of help to get back into the race.
**Should there be a shared title between Kentucky and LSU, UK would own the tiebreaker with LSU by virtue of head-to-head record since UK won both meetings with LSU.Remaining schedule
Kentucky (three matches)– Nov. 20 vs. South Carolina (7 p.m.)- Nov. 22 vs. No. 10 Florida (2 p.m.)- Nov. 25 at Tennessee (7 p.m.)LSU (two matches)– Nov. 20 vs. Mississippi State (8 p.m.)- Nov. 22 vs. Alabama (2:30 p.m.)Florida (three matches)- Nov. 20 at Tennessee (7 p.m.)- Nov. 22 at Kentucky (2 p.m.)- Nov. 27 vs. South Carolina (4 p.m.)