Baseball– The No. 24 Kentucky Wildcats completed a season-long seven-game road trip with a four-game week, including an 18-inning game at Western Kentucky on Tuesday and a historic series win at No. 16 Ole Miss during the weekend. UK will break for finals during the week and return to action on Friday in hosting preseason top-ranked Arkansas, currently tabbed as high as No. 14, in a three-game series.- After an 11-5 loss on Friday, the Wildcats posted a comeback 5-4 win on Saturday to claim the series against the Rebels, behind Corey Littrell’s 20th career win. It marked UK’s third all-time series win in Oxford and its first since 2007, also winning in 2001.- The Wildcats have been led offensively in average by freshman right fielder Kyle Barrett, who has hit .347 with four doubles, one triple, 11 RBI and four steals in 2013. All-America two-way start A.J. Reed leads all NCAA sophomores in homers and RBI, batting .310 with eight doubles, two triples, 10 homers and 40 RBI.Softball– The No. 19 Kentucky softball team posted two wins over the week, defeating No. 7 Louisville and No. 11 Missouri to increase its win total to 36. The week started with Kentucky taking down in-state foe and highly ranked Louisville 2-1 in a thrilling seven-inning battle. Junior Lauren Cumbess was the hero in the game with a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game. Freshman Kelsey Nunley earned the win in the circle, throwing a complete game and allowing only one run.- Over the weekend, UK went 1-2 against Missouri, earning the win Saturday after a hard-fought nine-inning loss on Friday. Kentucky’s win on Saturday against Missouri was its seventh over a ranked foe this season and 38th all-time under Lawson. The Wildcats started the year with a win over then-No. 3 Cal while it also has wins over then-No. 3 Florida, No. 7 Louisville, then-No. 16 Washington, then-No. 20 Stanford and then-No. 25 North Carolina.- Nunley earned the win Saturday in the circle, throwing a complete game and allowing two runs. For the week, Nunley was 2-1 with a 1.50 ERA, striking out 16 in 23.1 innings pitched. Offensively, senior Alice O’Brien and junior Ginny Carroll paced UK. O’Brien had a double and home run on the week, while Carroll had two doubles and two RBI.Track and field– Michelle Canterna raised the UK pole vault record 3.96 meters / 12’11.75″ en route to the Miami RedHawk Invitational on Saturday.- UK competitors also competed at the Penn Relays and Triton Invitational last weekend.- 2012 SEC Discus Champion Andrew Evans threw a collegiate-best 60.12M / 197’03” to place 9th in his signature event at the Triton Invitational.- The Kentucky women’s team moved up 17 spots to No. 24 in last week’s national rankings.- Kentucky appeared in the outdoor top-25 for the first time since checking in at No. 21 in the 2010 preseason poll.- A three-day total of 111,284 fans watched the Kentucky Wildcats compete at the 2013 Penn Relays.Upcoming scheduleFriday, May 3Track and field at Billy Hayes Invitational – 3:00 p.m. (Bloomington, Ind.)Baseball hosts Arkansas – 6:30 p.m.Softball at Alabama – 7:30 p.m.Saturday, May 4Softball at Alabama – 3:00 p.m.Baseball hosts Arkansas – 7:00 p.m.Sunday, May 5Baseball hosts Arkansas – 1:00 p.m.Softball at Alabama – 2:30 p.m.

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