Football– The game with Mississippi State marked UK’s third-consecutive game against an undefeated, top-20 opponent. Previous times in school history UK has played three straight ranked opponents include 1958, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1988, 2007, 2009 and 2011.- The UK defense limited Mississippi State to seven points in the second half. That ties the lowest scoring output by an opponent vs. UK this season. Kent State also had just seven points in the second half.- Freshmen quarterbacks Jalen Whitlow and Patrick Towles led the UK offense. Whitlow scored UK’s second touchdown of the game on a three-yard rush, while Towles marched UK down the field for its first score when he connected with La’Rod King for a 32-yard touchdown. Demarco Robinson led UK in receiving with six catches for 43 yards.Volleyball– Sophomore Lauren O’Conner tallied 11 kills on a career-high .556 percentage to lead the way in a win over Ole Miss. Freshman Kayla Tronick made her first career start and totaled 10 kills for a staggering .833 clip as she led a middle blocking unit that was flawless on the night.- Against the Gators, the Wildcats earned a 2-0 lead into the locker room, before succumbing to a gut-wrenching comeback by the Gators. UK limited the high octane offensive attack of Florida to just .197 for the match. O’Conner again led the way for UK with a career-high 18 kills on a sizzling .421 percentage.- Senior Stephanie Klefot had a match-high 22 digs to lead the back line defense. With 37 digs on the weekendshe has totaled 1,708 for her career and moves into seventh place all-time in the SEC career record books.Women’s soccer– Arin Gilliland scored her fourth goal of the season against Missouri, which now sits in second on the team for most goals scored. The assist on the Wildcat’s lone weekend goal went to senior captain Alyssa Telang, who tallied her second point on the season.- The overtime game Friday night was UK’s fourth straight, which now stands as a new program record.- The loss Friday was UK’s first to a top-25 team all season long, as the Wildcats were 2-0-1 previously against ranked teams.Men’s soccer– Kentucky played its fifth and sixth ranked opponents of the year during the week, as the high-powered Hoosiers came to Lexington on Wednesday and secured a 4-1 win at the UK Soccer Complex. The loss to the tradition-laden Hoosiers snapped a five-match unbeaten streak for the Wildcats, the longest streak for UK since the 2009 season.- UK then ventured to Dallas to face league-leader SMU on a bitterly cold night at Westcott Field, with the Mustangs riding a penalty kick in the 65th minute and a late open-goal tally to a 2-0 win to stretch their unbeaten streak to nine games and improve to 4-0 in conference play.Women’s tennis– Sophomore Stephanie Fox led Kentucky at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic, winning the Green Draw after defeating Linn Timmermann of Georgia State 6-2, 6-2 in the championship match.- Nadia Ravita and Edmee Morin-Kougoucheff both finished second in their respective draws with Revita falling in three sets. Morin-Kougoucheff fell in the championship of the Pink Draw to Nayara Moraes of Middle Tennessee.- The tandem of Kirsten Lewis and Ravita fell short of winning the Teal Draw. The duo lost in the championship match 8-5 following an 8-2 win in the first round and an 8-6 semifinal win over Northwestern.Men’s tennis– Tom Jomby defeated No. 14 Ben McLachlan of California 7-6, 6-3 to earn the upset. In the second round, the Nates, France, native earned a straight-set 6-2, 7-6 victory over Nathan Pascha of Ole Miss. His run came to an end Saturday to No. 7 Raymond Sarmiento of USC (California) in three sets.- Anthony Rossi came in as the No. 10 overall seed, but fell in the opening round in a three-set match.Cross country– Luis Orta and Cally Macumber were named SEC cross Country Athletes of the Week after stellar performances at the Greater Louisville Classic.- Macumber finished second individually with a 5,000 meter time of 16:55.14, a mark, which currently stands as the best 5K time in the SEC so far this season. She now finished inside the top two in all three meets the Wildcats have competed in this campaign.- The senior came in ahead of Washington’s Katie Flood, the defending Pac-12 cross country champion and a top-10 finisher at the 2011 NCAA Championships.- Orta earned the award for his 12th-place time of 24:06.96 over 8K.- He earned the same award three times last season. It was the third-consecutive top-20 performance for Orta this year and his ninth-consecutive top-25 finish.Upcoming scheduleMonday, Oct. 8Men’s golf at Jack Nicklaus Invitational (Dublin, Ohio)Tuesday, Oct. 9Men’s golf at Jack Nicklaus Invitational (Dublin, Ohio)Friday, Oct. 12Women’s soccer at Tennessee – 7:00 p.m.Volleyball hosts Mississippi State – 5:00 p.m.Women’s golf at Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)Saturday, Oct. 13Football at Arkansas – 7:00 p.m.Men’s soccer at UAB – 8:00 p.m.Women’s golf at Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)Cross Country at Pre-Nationals (Louisville, Ky.)Rifle at NebraskaSunday, Oct. 14Women’s soccer at Georgia – 2:00 p.m.Volleyball hosts Texas A&M – 1:30 p.m.Men’s golf at Querencia Cabo Collegiate (San Jose del Cabo, Mexico)Women’s golf at Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)