The Kentucky women’s volleyball team is on a hot streak during SEC play. They have won seven matches in a row, many of them by 3-0 sets. They haven’t lost a set since beating Tennessee 3-1. This was all part of the plan for the Wildcats as they prepared to make a run for the SEC crown by playing one of the toughest leagues in the country to begin the season.

To start the year they played Nebraska (currently ranked #2), Purdue (currently ranked #8), Penn State (currently ranked #4), SMU (currently ranked #10), Louisville (currently ranked #3), Stanford (currently #7). This is a competitive gauntlet and could be the reason why they suffer the most losses of all the top 15 teams, yet are still considered one of the top teams.

After this run, the volleyball program has risen to #13 in the DI NCAA AVCA rankings and is now a top-10 team in the RPI rankings, ranking at #10. This is an impressive performance by the Wildcats as they look to close the season closing with SEC matchups of Georgia, Mississippi State, Arkansas and Missouri. There’s a chance they win the final games and finish the season at 20-7 and 13-2 in the SEC.

The plan to prepare for the SEC by competing against the best of the best has worked tremendously and will continue to pay off when they face some of those non-conference foes again in the postseason. This is a year where the Wildcats have their eyes on some big things and are backing it up with strong play. They are looking for another banner that matches the year 2020 in which head coach Craig Skinner brought home the top prize for the first time.

To make matters even better, they added three top volleyball recruits to their 2025 signing class yesterday as they look to continue their SEC dominance and future runs for the national title.