No. 12 UK Turns in Complete Team Effort to Sweep Ole Miss

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In the most complete effort of the season the 12th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats rolled to a 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-14) sweep of Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., on Sunday afternoon. UK's victory at the Gillom Sports Center is the first since 2005 when the Blue and White swept the Rebels in Craig Skinner's first season as coach.

The Blue and White (22-1, 12-1) were simply phenomenal in all phases of the match charting 47 kills on a .396 attacking percentage. Defensively the Wildcats totaled 11 blocks and 49 digs.

“Today we clearly had all facets of the game working,” Skinner said. “Our blocking was great, which has just been okay in the last few weeks. Defensively, BriAnne (Sauer) was unbelievable with 18 digs. Then Sarah Rumely, another senior, I thought distributed the ball great and I thought us hitting close to .400 on the road was great.”

Sauer paced the back row effort with a match-high 18 scoops. Junior Laura Stokowski chipped in with seven and freshman Stephanie Klefot added four. At the net, sophomore Gretchen Giesler posted the third match of her career with seven blocks while adding a career-high six digs. Junior Lauren Rapp added six rejections while junior Sarah Mendoza contributed four.

Offensively, Mendoza paced the attack with a match-high 15 kills. Sophomore Becky Pavan posted nine hammers on a career-best .818 attack percentage. Rumely struck for six of her own while dishing out 33 assists and adding her UK-record 160 th career ace. Rapp and junior Blaire Hiler each had five kills to add to the distribution. Freshman Christine Hartmann chipped in with four assists in the final stanza of action.

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