The Kentucky volleyball team’s regular season didn’t end anything like the Cats wanted it to.

With two games remaining and a one-game lead, the Cats let their shot at the program’s first Southeastern Conference championship since 1988 slip right through their hands with two straight losses.

However, they can take solace in the fact that their biggest dreams still remain alive with yet another NCAA Tournament selection, the team’s fifth straight postseason appearance. UK was picked to host first and second round games of the tournament for the second straight year.

The Cats will host Michigan State on Friday at Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m. Should UK win, it would face the winner of Oregon and Clemson on Saturday at 7 p.m.

The Ducks are the region’s seeded team. They enter the NCAA Tournament seeded 14th overall.

I’m hoping to talk to UK head coach Craig Skinner this evening (depends on how much time I have after men’s basketball practice) or Monday to talk about making the NCAA Tournament again and how they rebound from the late-season losses.