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Kentucky Proud’s ‘local food’ not so local
Kelly Brightmore, Jamilyn Hall, Marjorie Kirk, Emily Markanich, Adam Pennavaria, and Matt Wickstrom news@kykernel.com
When Aramark signed a contract with UK requiring a yearly, increasing quota of $1.2 million for Kentucky Proud products, supporters of Kentucky’s local food movement rejoiced. In its first year, though, Aramark included in its “local” purchases more than $1 million of Coca-Cola products, $45,000 of Home City Ice and $39,000 of Pepsi products. Kentucky agriculture is a more than $5.2 billion industry with about 76,000 farms in operation — not to mention its other producers in the state, like distilleries and breweries. But when it comes to the food served at the state’s flagship, land-grant university, and in many of the state’s restaurants and groceries, corporate commodity food distributors dominate the market. When the Kentucky Department of Agriculture agreed to fund the Kentucky Proud Association, the hope, according to John-Mark Hack, executive director of the Local Food Association, was that Kentucky farmers’ sales would increase
through branding initiatives tions the organization allows: Kentucky Proud representative, and through fostering pride farmers, producers, manufac- said Kentucky Proud has about among residents for their state’s turers and distributors of food 5,300 members, and so the defarming community. in Kentucky. mand is extensive for assets In the last year, though, For many of Kentucky’s that Kentucky Proud supplies. Hack has been one of Kentucky farm families, the organization These assets include incenProud’s main tives for rescritics, pointtaurants to use ing out faults in Kentucky Proud its ability to exby re“If you think of it as a way to inform products clude businesses ceiving up to that have no consumers about where their food $12,000 back place in or ecoper year, as well nomic impact comes from, many questions could be as grants for Scott Smith on Kentucky’s farms and other asked about that.” Faculty director of Food agriculture. He marketing asConnection at UK cited Coca-Cola, sistance for agone of Kentucky ricultural busiProud’s vendors, as a prime ex- has made an impact in their nesses in Kentucky. marketing and the brand is well ample of the problem. Kentucky Proud receives Hack and other members of recognized, according to sur- its funding from the 1998 the state’s local food movement veys conducted by the Depart- Master Tobacco Settlement, have advocated for changes in ment of Agriculture. not taxpayer dollars. AccordBen Shaffar, a Kentucky ing to Shaffar, any monetary labels of Kentucky Proud products to match the classifica- Department of Agriculture and assistance it provides goes to-
ward direct farm impact, such as grants. “Kentucky Proud is a consumer marketplace focused branding initiative. It’s not job creation. Our intent ... is all about increasing farm sales for our families and our businesses as well,” Shaffar said. “Everything that we do is focused on opening up new markets and having a direct impact on our farm families.” According to data from Kentucky Proud, 935 participants of Kentucky Proud in 2014 were farmers — fewer than half of its total members
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UK’s three-man mold team only one call away By Lexington Souers features@kykernel.com
When there’s mold on the wall there’s only one team to call: UK’s mold team. Working from within the Physical Plant Division, a small group of UK employees are tackling cases of mold on campus. “It’s not like ghostbusters,” said Kevin Kreide, director of PPD. “You don’t walk into a room and it’s something out of a horror show.” Kreide and John Summersett, who oversees the mold team, said it treats about 20 to 30 cases a year, ranging from $500 for a few hours of work to $1,000 a day for bigger jobs. The three-man team has been around for three to four years, and members are required to do 40 hours of training. Summersett said there is no required accreditation in Kentucky for mold remediation.
The team works with UK Environmental Health and Safety, which takes reported cases, assesses them and then notifies the mold team when appropriate. David Hibbard, director of Environmental Health and Safety, said things like dry air, office temperature or office layout can all impact the air quality, but these things may not indicate the presence of mold. Summersett said there are thousands of mold species that all develop differently, but the real danger of mold comes when spores are released, affecting the respiratory system. Overall, Summersett and Kreide said health risks are minimal, but it depends on the situation — or the individual. “It’s just similar to what you have outside. If a person has trouble walking outside ... they’re going to have the problems inside, But if they don’t have the problems outside, they’re not going to have the problems inside either,” Sum-
mersett said. When the team handles a situation they take the appropriate safety measures, which sometimes involves wearing hazmat suits and respirators. They also build an airlocked unit, use dehumidifiers and test the air’s particle-count so that everyone is safe. As the team works, another method of protection is to spray mold with glue to keep the spores from releasing. “I think people get scared because they see us in the suits,” Kreide said. “The reason we’re in this is because we’re tearing (the mold-infected area) all apart.” The team will assess the area and decide if more than a basic cleaning needs to be done. Summersett said it uses infrared cameras to see if mold is present on the backside of the wall, in which case sections of the drywall will be removed and replaced. The team cleans the area and sprays it with a preventative spray.
One of the challenges, Summersett said, is finding the water source, like leaky pipes, windows or roofs. Because of this, both old and new buildings are susceptible.
“Sometimes that’s the fun part — trying to find the source,” Summersett said. Because cases of mold can often go unseen, Kreide said the team relies on faculty, stu-
dents and staff to notify them of cases of mold. “It’s not like an epidemic around campus that we’ve got black mold in all the buildings,” Kreide said.
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UK student dreams big with medical orphanage Amy Hehre, husband Robert opening clinic in Kenya for severely-ill, parentless children
By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
For years, Amy Hehre dreamed about building a place where she could help the children of Kenya, one of Africa’s sickest, most impoverished countries. Now she is making that dream a reality along with her husband, Robert. Hehre, who is studying to become a physician’s assistant at UK College of Health Science’s Morehead Campus, started traveling to Kenya about four years ago and now plans to open a hospital for severely ill children in the country. After witnessing Kenya’s orphan problem, she drew up the blueprints to her dream clinic before having a professional draw them. The design included verandas in both the front and back of the hospital so the children could have a chance to play outside. As fate would have it, Hehre came across a building that
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Scott Smith, faculty director of UK’s Food Connection, said few Kentucky Proud members are actually local farmers like many consumers perceive them to be. “There has been a perception developed and nobody has tried to correct it — that Kentucky Proud means it helps Kentucky farmers in a direct way,” Smith said. “If you think of it as a way to inform consumers about where their food comes from, many questions could be asked about that.” This does not mean that most, if not all, of these members do not have an effect on Kentucky farms.
was almost identical to her vision during a visit to Migori, Kenya in January. The couple now plans to have the 11,000 square-foot building secured by June with a total cost of $283,000, and to have the clinic opened by August 2017.
“That kind of took my fiveyear plan and turned it into a five-month plan,” Hehre said of finding the building of her dreams. Hehre said there aren’t many medically based orphanages in
Kenya, and those that do exist operate on insufficient funding — even as little as $400 a month to treat 100 patients. Her new medically based orphanage will have enough space to treat 40 children, and it will focus on the most extreme cases of disease. The clinic is a nonprofit, and it will operate completely on fundraising. Hehre is studying pediatric oncology, so she will work with the inpatient children; her husband focuses on general medicine, so he will oversee the outpatient section of the hospital. She said they decided to put their medical knowledge to use in Kenya based on their love of the country and its people and the need for medical expertise. “You walk down the street and kids just come up and hug you, and they want to play with you,” Hehre said. “The kids are just ready to be loved … and that’s what we work for. We want to love children.” Hehre learned about disease
“Kentucky Proud, as a program to promote food and agriculture in general in the state of Kentucky, is a very successful program,” Smith said. “Most of those participants are food processors or vendors, or restaurants or others, who are selling products off the farm. Some of those will be farm stands or direct-to-farm sales.” One of the main setbacks to Kentucky Proud’s self-advocacy is the lack of metrics showing how sales have changed for its vendors since enlisting in the program. But increased consumer purchases, increased partnerships with distributors and an increased number of participants in rebate programs for buying Kentucky Proud products are signs that it is helping the local food economy.
Kroger and Walmart, two of the state’s largest groceries, have made agreements to partner with Kentucky Proud and carry its products in their stores. “Increase in statewide brand awareness … has been ushered in, not only through our efforts here at the department,” Shaffar said. “We are increasing distribution of product and also point of sales.” Kentucky Proud’s Restaurant Rewards program alone includes more than 350 restaurants and had a revenue of about $2.9 million in new farm income, according to a study conducted from 2007 to 2014 by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund and the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation. However, this same execu-
“That kind of took my fiveyear plan and turned it into a five-month plan.”
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PHOTO PROVIDED BY AMY HEHRE Amy Hehre, right, plans to have the clinic purchased by June. It will treat Kenyan orphans who suffer from extreme cases of disease, like cancer and HIV/AIDS.
from a young age, as her mother was ailed with cancer when she was a child. She always knew her mission was to work with children in some way, she said. “My goal is that no child will ever have to suffer alone,” Hehre said. “To feel like you’re rejected by your own body is
one thing, … but to feel like you’re rejected by your family or your community, I’m not comfortable with that.” Kenya’s most prevalent diseases include HIV/AIDS, malaria, influenza and diarrheal disease, according to information from the Center for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention. The infant mortality rate is 102 out of every 1,000 births. The U.S. Agency for International Development estimates 1.6 million people in Kenya are living with HIV/AIDS, and 1.1 million children are orphans because of AIDS.
tive summary concurred with the attitudes of local food advocates about what they believe is Kentucky Proud’s main shortfall: a lack of Kentucky labor and ingredients. “The expert meetings and project interviews indicated a concern that the Kentucky Proud program may have diluted the effectiveness of their brand by not requiring a product be made with a majority of Kentucky-grown ingredients,”
the summary said. The group’s recommendation, for which both Hack and Smith advocated, was for a new labeling system that rated the product, in hopes of correcting misguided perceptions of Kentucky Proud products — namely that all of the products come from Kentucky farms. “You use a label like that when you’re at least one step removed from the buyer, so
that they can verify (that it comes from a local farm),” said Lilian Brislen, executive director of the Food Connection. Kentucky Proud has enabled many farmers to access markets they had not reached before, but to many members of the local food community, this comes at the expense of the consumer’s perceptions and competition for the brand with corporate distributors.
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Despite bedbug cases in dorms, no need to fear By Will Wright news@kykernel.com
Blood is their only source of food and water, they live where you sleep, and the very mention of their name is enough to give people goosebumps. In the basement of Agricultural Science Center North, bedbugs wake up for feeding time. UK researchers give them rabbit blood to feast on once a week. The tiny insects, which are visible to the
ashamed. They want to keep it a secret because many people think bedbugs only live in dirty, poverty-stricken or cluttered homes. But this stereotype, among others related to bedbugs, like the false idea that they carry disease, is a misconception. “The most important thing for students is to take a deep breath,” Potter said. “The key is that these problems are discovered early on so that you can nip
“The university has done a good job of letting kids know that if they see anything, dont hesitate to call.” Don Partin General manager of OPC, UK’s pest control partner
naked eye, but not much bigger at adulthood than a large breadcrumb, respond to heat from blood with noticeable excitement. When one UK researcher put his thumb over a petri dish, the bugs started scurrying around and congregated where he put his finger, ready to suck his blood — if only he would let them. Since August 2012, UK residence halls have seen 48 reports of bedbugs but never a full outbreak. Bedbugs can spread quickly in close-quarter buildings like dorms and should be taken seriously, but extension entomology professor Michael Potter, a world-leading bedbug researcher, said the critters are often misunderstood. When someone gets bedbugs, they often feel
them in the bud, so they don’t continue to spread throughout the building.” Bedbugs can happen to anybody. The insects are professional hitchhikers, and they can sneak into residence halls when people go on Spring Break or visit a friend who has bedbugs. When cases of bedbugs started popping up in Kentucky around 2003, Potter told UK administrators that they needed to plan ahead: Bedbugs were going to hit campus, and it was just a matter of time. So they chose OPC Services, a pest control company that operates out of Louisville. UK pays about $114,000 every year for their services, which include bedbug inspections and protection against oth-
er creatures like rodents, ants and cockroaches. For each report of bedbugs in dorm rooms, UK pays $250. OPC is on call 24/7, 365 days a year to respond to bedbug reports. The university’s private housing partner, EdR, also uses OPC for pest control and handles bedbugs the same way UK does, said Sarah Nikirk, executive director for auxiliary services. “We take it very seriously,” she said. “We were one of the first in the resident halls business to get on this.” When students see bedbugs in their dorms and report them, OPC workers do a thorough search of the room and spray insecticides to kill the bugs. They then check adjacent rooms and will sometimes check in with friends who may have recently spent the night in a contaminated room. OPC’s general manager, Don Partin, said it is important for students to report cases of bedbugs quickly, to check hotel rooms for bedbugs if they travel and to not become embarrassed. Partin said ticks, among other disease carrying insects, should be of more concern to students than bed bugs, especially because students have a company ready to eliminate the bugs at all hours of the day. “Normally the (students) brought them in either from home or from spring break,” Partin said. “The university has done a good job of letting kids know that if they see anything, don’t hesitate to call.”
Number of reports of bedbugs by residence hall since August 2012 Blanding III: 19 Blanding IV: 5 Kirwan I: 9 Kirwan II: 4 Kirwan III: 3 Baldwin: 1
Ingles: 1 Roselle: 1 Smith: 2 Lyman T. Johnson Hall: 2 Woodland Glen I & II: 1
PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE | STAFF Bedbugs rest in a petri dish at a research lab in the Agricultural Science Center North building. UK researchers do some of the top bedbug research in the world, and they worked with the administration to pick a pest control company that would treat cases of bedbugs in residence halls.
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Local pub offers specialties
Editorial
Rose should remain closed
Visit Harrodsburg Road eatery to escape hustle of downtown LEXINGTON SOUERS Features Editor
One local “pub” offers more than beer: The Coffee Pub on Harrodsburg Road is an excellent place to find early morning eats and treats.
“The historic house was built in the late 1800s and was used as a tack shop.” The locally owned coffee shop has been in Lexington for 10 years and offers many brunch and breakfast special-
ties, from waffles to omelets. However, owner Erin Johnson said it was unique to its market when it first opened. “Ten years ago there really wasn’t a place to have breakfast,” Johnson said. The historic house was built in the late 1800s and was used as a tack shop, and Johnson said she tried to carry on the equine theme in its decor. “I think that’s why a lot of people come here,” Johnson said. “(It’s) a quaint place that you can’t get anywhere else.” Menu items are named after race horses, like the Pharoah — Johnson’s dinner favorite. The Pharoah features waffle fries topped with eggs and two fillet medallions. The breakfast menu also features egg sandwiches, chicken tacos and Johnson’s favorite, the breakfast burrito and cheese grits. The Coffee Pub shines in its coffee menu: All of the coffees
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PHOTO BY JAMILYN HALL I STAFF The Coffee Pub offers items named after race horses like the Pharoah, which features waffle fries topped with eggs and two fillet medallions.
Safety number one priority between Columbia, Huguelet
FILE PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY I STAFF Students cross Rose Street Sept. 24, 2013. The portion from Columbia Avenue to Huguelet Drive will remain closed to thru traffic.
If all goes as planned, Rose Street will never again connect through from Columbia Avenue to Huguelet Drive. With city council approval, UK will keep that portion of Rose Street closed to make the stretch of road safer for UK students and staff. In all, students will not notice much of a difference from the way things are this year. According to UK spokesman Jay Blanton, cars will still be able to park at the Funkhouser Building and neighboring lots. This will allow faculty, staff, student workers and handicapped community members to continue parking near their place of work, and
pedestrians crossing from the W.T. Young Library or residence halls will be able to walk to classes safely. “Thousands of students
Blanton said. “Pedestrian and bicycle traffic will also increase in front of the Academic Science Building when it opens this coming fall.”
said in an email to the Kentucky Kernel. “It will be open to local traffic in and out of Funkhouser Drive, as well as to emergency and service vehicles.” With a cut to thru traffic and increased safety for pedestrians, especially with the completion of the Academic Science Building, closing Rose Street is a great example of how UK has increased student safety. “Specific goals of that plan, which we think the closure of Rose Street will also Blanton said UK is work- help with, include: promote ing with the city officials and safe access to and around neighbors on the project. campus, preserve pedestrian The street will “function priority in the campus core, much as it does now,” he See ROSE on page 6
“The closure will provide UK community members an added level of safety and protection.” cross this street daily from the campus core to and from points west of Rose, including W.T. Young Library, the residence halls and The 90,”
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 and teas are Kentucky Proud products. The Pub serves typical coffee-shop beverages, such as lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolate, as well as specialty espresso drinks, like caramel macchiatos and mochas, and flavored drinks like Almond Joy and Milky Way. There’s also freshsqueezed orange juice, tea and smoothies, if coffee isn’t your
preferred beverage. While the pastries are made outof-house, the yogurt for the smoothies is made in-pub. Prices are moderate and won’t break a college student’s budget, but the distance from campus is a hindrance. However, the location is perfect for weekend brunch and offers a new location for meeting parents or gathering with friends, as well as for getting away from the hustle of downtown. Weekends can get busy. Johnson said customers could
expect up to a 45-minute wait. But the Coffee Pub also has recently opened for dinner from Wednesday to Saturday. The patio is open when the weather is nice, so customers can enjoy the Kentucky spring and a fresh cup of coffee. The Coffee Pub is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. throughout the week, and 5-9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Lexington Souers is the features editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 promote walkability and pedestrian connections, create a cohesive campus via pedestrian corridors, provide emergency access to the core, provide accessible routes and options and enhance bicycle connectivity,” Blanton said. As of now, the block on Rose Street is the only one to be closed, and cosmetic changes will be made to help
improve how the street looks. While it may make driving through campus more difficult, the closure will provide UK community members an added level of safety and protection. Students will be more productive without having to worry about vehicle traffic when walking home or somewhere to study. Those driving through campus also will be able to drive without worrying about hitting jaywalkers, especially between class times. UK is focusing on the safety
of students in a practical way. The changes will continue to lower risk on campus, and with more enforcement, those driving on campus should be able to plan ahead and limit some of the traffic or other concerns that came with closing the three-way stop at Columbia Avenue. As students, faculty and staff become more comfortable with the closure, safety will only increase. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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NEWS
State Street remains quiet this March Fans saddened by lack of tournament block parties, but city services will save thousands of dollars By McKenna Horsley news@kykernel.com
For many UK basketball fans, seeing a couch or two burn during the NCAA Tournament has become an annual tradition. In the second round of this year’s tournament, the men’s basketball team lost in a close game against Indiana University, preventing droves of fans from gathering on State Street to celebrate — a relief or disappointment, depending on whom you ask. State Street celebrations started in 2011 when UK made its first Final Four appearance under head coach John Calipari. Susan Straub, director of communications for the Lexington mayor’s office, said State Street celebrations have cost the Lexington Police Department, Lexington Fire Department and Division of Code Enforcement nearly $320,000 over the past five years. Much of these funds go toward overtime for employees of all departments. The Lexington Police Department has spent $292,703, the most from any city resource. The fire department spent its own highest total, $12,754.23, last year when UK’s season ended after losing to the University of Wisconsin in the Final Four. Financial reports from the Division of Streets and Roads, which sweeps the streets after fans leave State Street, or the Division of Waste Management are not included in the total amount. Straub also said the city pulls
this money from contingency funds, but it does not specifically account for State Street costs in the city budget. Lexington and UK Police together have maintained the State Street crowd in the past. UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said UK Police officers are stationed toward the universityowned property on State Street. Preparations for State Street
“Part of me is wishing I would have experienced it, because I live on State Street.” Katy Enyeart
Integrated strategic communication sophomore
begin at UK “way before the tournament even starts,” Monroe said. UK Police prepare by taking Monroe’s crowd management class and attending an annual training. Monroe said UK Police spent about $44,000 on managing State Street crowds last year. “We spend a lot of time going over the prior years’ incidents and seeing what we can learn from it,” he said. Most incidents on State Street are alcohol-related and small fires. Monroe said the number of couch fires have gone
down in the past few years. Assistant Vice President of Public Safety Anthany Beatty said more emphasis should be placed on the positive celebrations than the negative situations that arise out of State Street. “Unfortunately, sometimes things go bad and people do things they shouldn’t, and that causes problems and makes the media, but generally that’s not the emphasis,” Beatty said. “The emphasis is on having fun.” Despite becoming a notorious area for UK fans to celebrate, many college students live on State Street. Integrated strategic communication sophomore Katy Enyeart and her five roommates moved to State Street this year, expecting to go out with fellow fans after a UK win. “Part of me is wishing I could have experienced it, because I live on State Street … but I’m also kind of glad it’s not going to be crazy,” Enyeart said. Economics senior Dakota Stokes said the street is a “lively” place on any given day, not just during the NCAA Tournament. Stokes’ landlord warned him and his roommate about issues the celebrations could cause. Stokes said the city posted notices and letters to residents before the NCAA Tournament, recommending they move their cars and not leave breakable items near the street. “It’s part of the package deal,” Stokes said. “Four years of Kentucky basketball kind of prepares you for all that.”
TOP PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE I STAFF This year, State Street went without the block parties that cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. BOTTOM FILE PHOTO BY ADAM PENNAVARIA I STAFF UK fans completely fill the area of State Street at the intersection with Elizabeth Street on March 29, 2014, when UK beat Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
SPORTS
Bats come alive in 10-2 victory over Tennessee
UK Baseball closes out weekend with third-straight series win in SEC play behind White, McNeill By Chris Angolia sports@kykernel.com
No. 12 UK Baseball went into the rubber match with Tennessee on Sunday looking to win its third straight SEC series to open the year and accomplished that task in its 10-2 victory over the Vols. The game-three win brings UK’s conference record to 6-3, which is good for a share in third place in the SEC behind only Florida and South Carolina. In the win, Kyle Cody turned in his second-straight quality start, going seven innings and allowing just two runs on five hits. Cody also added eight strikeouts and has brought his once high ERA down to 5.66. UK senior reliever Zach Strecker replaced Cody in the bottom of the eighth inning and held the top of Tennessee’s batting order to just one hit. The Cats’ offense gave Cody some much-appreciated
help on Sunday by adding 10 runs, five of which were driven in from the unexpected bats of Zach Reks and Troy Squires. Squires had a career day finishing 1-for-2 with three RBI, including a two-RBI double in the second to open the scoring. Reks was comfortable Sunday as well, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI, bringing his average to .393 on the year — good enough for the team lead. Evan White and Gunnar McNeill also pieced together multi-hit games, extending their hitting streaks to 21 and 23 games respectively. McNeill’s hitting streak record continues to grow, only extending the UK Baseball record, and the 23-game hitting streak is also top in the SEC. McNeil and White have been two huge boosts for the UK offense this season, and the sluggers’ battle for the longest hitting streak in UK history shows no sign of slowing down.
Sunday’s win was a big one for the Cats, bringing the team’s record to 3-2 this week and 20-8 overall. UK will now turn its attention to Wednesday, when in-state rival and No. 4 Louisville comes to town. The Cards are riding a fivegame winning streak and sit at 22-5 overall and an 8-3 record in the ACC. There will be some familiar faces between the two teams, as Louisville shortstop Devin Hairston will meet his older brother and UK outfielder Dorian Hairston. UK head coach Gary Henderson will have a tough decision to make when it comes to which player to put on the mound against a hot-hitting Cardinal team, but Wednesday’s rivalry between two top25 teams is expected to bring fierce competition to Lexington. The game will be televised on ESPNU, and first pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Evan White throws the ball during a game on March 6 against the Buffalo Bulls. On Sunday, in the game against Tennessee, White extended his hitting streak to 21 games.
UK Softball takes first sweep this season By Lamar Smith sports@kykernel.com
No. 3 Auburn swept No. 12 UK Softball in a series that took extras to finish, with the Tigers’ two-run ninth inning in Sunday’s game boosting the blue and orange to a 3-1 victory at John Cropp Stadium. UK now falls to 31-8 and 8-4 SEC, dropping the team to third place in the conference behind Florida and Auburn. The Cats came into the series averaging seven hits per game but were held to a total 11 hits in the weekend’s action. UK also gave up 23 total hits in the series against Auburn — a number that was unusually high for the Cats’ defense. Junior pitcher Meagan Prince received her second loss of the season despite throwing a complete game, allowing six hits, two earned runs, four walks and five strikeouts on 133 pitches. UK was down until the bottom of the fifth when shortstop Christian Stokes hit an RBI double to right field to bring pitch runner Ansley Smith home for the score. Stokes finished 2-for-4 on the day. The Cats left several opportunities on the board. The team stranded nine base runners over the course of the game, including leaving Stokes on third in the bottom of the fifth with a chance to take the lead. “We were toe to toe for (eight innings). They came up with some big hits at the end, and they ... came in and got a double, then it turned into three bases,” Stokes said. “That was kind of the turning point of the game.” Jenna Abbott, the designated player for Auburn, hit a one-out RBI double to the center field wall to break the tie in the top of the ninth inning and bring in the eventual
PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL I STAFF Senior Maisie Steed falls back as she misses a ball in the outfield during the game against the Auburn Tigers on Friday. Auburn swept the three-game series, putting UK at 8-4 in the SEC.
“I think after ... a hitter gets to see a pitcher five times, then they’re going to start making harder contact.” Meagan Prince
UK junior pitcher
winning run. Abbott’s late-game heroics helped hand UK’s Prince her second straight loss, and came after approaching the plate against Prince for the fifth time of the day. “I don’t think I was losing steam, and I don’t think I re-
ally missed pitches,” Prince said. “I think after the lineup turns over five times and a hitter gets to see a pitcher five times, then they’re going to start making harder contact.” UK’s next game is Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. against Louisville at John Cropp Stadium in the Battle of the Bluegrass. The rivalry can be seen on SEC Network+, ESPN3 and WatchESPN. The second game of the annual two-game series will take place in Lousiville on April 27. The Cats resume SEC play in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a three-game series against the LSU Tigers (28-9, 5-7 SEC) beginning on Saturday.