April 12, 2002

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The University of Kentucky volleyball team will conclude its four-week spring exhibition schedule on Saturday, April 13 at the Northwestern Spring Challenge in Evanston, Ill. Also participating in the tournament are host Northwestern, Loyola-Chicago, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Valparaiso, Bowling Green, Western Michigan and Ferris State.

Kentucky opens the day against Valparaiso. The tournament will be played in pool-play format with each match consisting of two 30-point games. Teams will face all three teams in the opposite pool and one team in its pool.

The Wildcats are coming off a second-place finish in their home tournament last weekend. UK finished with a 5-3 record, while Morehead State won the event with a 6-2 mark. This is the fourth and final weekend of spring exhibition season which allows teams a chance to play together one last time before breaking for summer.

UK opens its 2002 fall schedule over Labor Day weekend in the Hofstra Invitational.

Tournament Schedule:

8 a.m.		Northwestern vs. Ferris St.		UK vs. Valparaiso
9 a.m.		Loyola vs. Western Michigan	         Bowling Green vs. UW-Milwaukee
10 a.m.		Northwestern vs. WMU		UK vs. UW-Milwaukee
11 a.m.		Loyola vs. Ferris St.		Bowling Green vs. Valparaiso
12 p.m.		UK vs. Bowling Green		Northwestern vs. Loyola
1 p.m.		UW-Milwaukee vs. Ferris St.	         WMU vs. Valparaiso
2 p.m.		Northwestern vs. UK		Loyola vs. Bowling Green
3 p.m.		Valparaiso vs. Ferris St.		UW-Milwaukee vs. WMU
4 p.m.		Bowling Green vs. Ferris St.	WMU vs. UK
5 p.m.		Northwestern vs. UW-Milwaukee	Loyola vs. Valparaiso


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