Kentucky
Kentucky Races Past Lipscomb to Sweep Series
Kentucky baseball earned its second series sweep of the season, defeating Lipscomb 9-1 under a sunny sky at Kentucky Proud Park.
The Wildcats (10-1, 0-0 SEC) now have swept the first two three-game series of the season for just the second time since Head Coach Nick Mingione took over in 2017. Additionally, the program’s 10-1 start to 2024 ties the second-best mark in the Mingione Era, matching the mark set by the 2022 team and only trailing the 12-1 start by the 2018 squad.
Offensively, the Wildcats clubbed a season-high 16 hits, led by a trio of three-hit games from Ryan Waldschmidt, Émilien Pitre, and Patrick Herrera. Kentucky scored five of its eight plate appearances, including multiple runs in the second (two) and seventh (four) innings.
Mason Moore started Sunday’s contest and earned his second win of the season, pitching five solid innings while only allowing three hits, one run, and two walks, The Morehead, Kentucky native also struck out seven Bison batters, tying his career high. The Kentucky bullpen held strong once again, as Evan Byers, Cameron O’Brien, and Colby Frieda combined for six strikeouts over four scoreless innings. The Wildcat relivers are currently on an 18-inning scoreless streak, dating to February 25.
The two teams began the game by trading scoreless frames, as the Wildcats were able to escape an early jam after catcher Devin Burkes threw out his second runner of the season. The Wildcats would then score a pair in the second on RBI singles from Grant Smith and Waldschmidt. The Wildcats would extend their lead in the third as a ground ball allowed Herrera, who led off the inning with a double, to score. After a triple in the first at-bat of his career, Kyuss Gargett would score the game’s fourth run on a Pitre RBI single.
Lipscomb (3-8, 0-0 ASUN) would score its only run in the game on a fifth-inning home run, but the Wildcats would soon respond, taking a 5-1 lead in the sixth after Pitre smashed his second RBI of the game to score Waldschmidt. In the seventh, Kentucky would put the game out of hand, hanging four runs on the Bison bullpen. A failed pickoff allowed Ethan Hindle to score the first run of his career, before Waldschmidt clubbed a 418-foot home run to left field, his first of the season. Pitre would follow with a triple, and scored on an RBI single from Herrera, bringing the game to its resting score of 9-1.
Next week, the Wildcats will continue their eight-game stretch against members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, facing Eastern Kentucky in a home-and-home midweek series before hosting Kennesaw State for a three-game set at Kentucky Proud Park.
NOTES
- Kentucky now is 10-1 in 2024.
- The Wildcats are 5-0 at Kentucky Proud Park.
- Kentucky is 10-1 in day games.
- This matches the program’s second-best start under Mingione, tying the 10-1 mark set by the 2022 squad.
- It is only second to 2018, where the team began the season 12-1.
- UK Coach Nick Mingione is in his eighth season at the helm and now owns a 226-151 career record.
- Mingione needs 32 victories to become the second-winningest coach in school history.
- UK is 88-34 in the month of March under Coach Mingione.
- Mingione is 143-41 in non-conference games overall.
- Mingione is 124-16 vs. non-Power Five opponents.
- Kentucky swept the weekend series over Lipscomb, outscoring the Bisons 32-6 over the three- game set.
- Kentucky is now 5-7 all time vs. Lipscomb.
- This is Kentucky second sweep of the season.
- For just the second time in the Mingione Era (2022), the Wildcats have swept the first two three-game series of the season.
- Kentucky used the same starting batting lineup in consecutive games for the first time this season.
- They also used the same starting defensive alignment (sans pitcher) in consecutive games for just the second time this year.
- Kentucky’s bullpen has pitched 18.0 consecutive scoreless innings.
- The Wildcats recorded a season-high 16 hits today.
- Kentucky pitches fanned 13 Bison hitters, a new season high.
- The Wildcats drew two walks and were hit by three pitches.
- UK has drawn 22 free passes and been hit by seven pitches in the series.
- Junior RHP Mason Moore went 5.0 innings, yielding one run on three hits, walking two and striking out seven.
- He is 2-0 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.75.
- He now holds the lowest ERA on the staff among starting putchers.
- His seven strikeouts tied a career-high, matching his total against Mississippi State on March 17, 2023.
- He is 2-0 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.75.
- Junior RHP Colby Frieda threw the final two innings of the game, allowing no runs on two hits.
- He registered four strikeouts, a new career high.
- Junior DH Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs, three RBI, a double, and a home run.
- He had a pair of extra base hits.
- He clubbed his first home run of the season, a 418-foot bomb to left field, in the seventh inning.
- It was his first multi-hit game of the season, and 13th of his Kentucky career.
- He also recorded the 13th multi-RBI game of his Wildcat career.
- Junior Émilien Pitre went 3-5 with two RBI and a run scored.
- It was his fifth multi-hit game of the season and 23rd of his career.
- Junior Patrick Herrera went 3-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
- It is the second multi-hit game of his weekend, season, and career.
- He also set a new career high with three hits.
- Senior IF Ryan Nicholson had a pinch-hit base knock for the second straight day.
- Senior IF Nick Lopez went 2-for-5 on the day.
- It was his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Freshman INF Kyuss Gargett smashed a triple in the first at-bat of his career.
- He is the fourth Wildcat this season to earn a hit in his first career at-bat, joining Griffin Cameron, Lukas Schramm, and Eli Small.
- Freshman INF Ethan Hindle scored his first career run.
ON DECK
The Wildcats return to action in the midweek, facing in-state foe Eastern Kentucky in a two-game home-and-home series. Kentucky will play host to the Colonels on Tuesday, March 5 with first pitch set for 4 p.m. ET. Then, Kentucky will head down I-75 to play EKU in Richmond, with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6. Both games will be broadcast on the UK Sports Network, with streaming available on SECN+ (Tuesday) and ESPN+ (Wednesday).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 10, 2026) — Growing up in Grayson County, Hollie Hagan always knew she wanted to help people. She just wasn’t sure what that looked like.
Like many students entering college, Hagan originally envisioned a career in healthcare. She planned to study nutrition and dietetics, inspired by time spent volunteering at her local food pantry. But an internship with the Grayson County Health Department during her senior year of high school introduced her to a field she hadn’t even realized existed — public health.
“I had no clue what a health department does or even what public health was,” Hagan said. “Then I got there and saw all the ways they were helping people, both directly and indirectly. I thought, ‘This is something I really want to be a part of.’”
That experience changed everything.
Alongside her coursework, she has served as a College of Public Health senator in the Student Government Association, has moderated public health panels and is participating in the Rural Public Health Scholars Program, a combination of course- and fieldwork that places students in rural communities to work on projects aimed at improving health outcomes.
But throughout those experiences, one goal has remained constant — returning to the community that helped shape her.
“I’ve realized that with public health you can make an impact on any level,” said Hagan, who is also a Lewis Honors College student. “For me, I want to be at the local level helping people.”
That desire has been evident since she first arrived at the Grayson County Health Department.
Josh Horton, public health director for the Grayson County Health Department, said Hagan quickly distinguished herself through both her work ethic and willingness to learn.
“Hollie has always been a very capable person,” he said. “You just give her instructions, and she runs with it.”
While Hagan entered her high school internship knowing she was interested in leadership, Horton watched her interests evolve as she gained firsthand experience in public health.
“When she came back to us and said, ‘I want to do something in public health,’ that was a reminder of why we’re doing what we’re doing,” Horton said. “Our goal has always been to inspire people to go into public health. We’d love for them to come back to Grayson County, but as long as they end up serving somewhere in public health, we consider it a win.”
For Hagan, public health offered something she hadn’t found elsewhere — the opportunity to create ripple effects that improve the health and well-being of entire communities.
“I think it’s important to learn about health at a community level,” she said. “You’re not just learning how to treat one person. You’re learning how to impact everyone in a community, which I think is just so amazing and unique.”
Her time at the College of Public Health has given Hagan opportunities to grow both as a student and a leader. One of those experiences came when she moderated the Big Blue Public Health Illumination Seminar Series on Summer Safety and Emergency Preparedness, bringing together public health professionals and community leaders for a discussion on issues affecting Kentucky communities.
Hosting her first public health panel was intimidating, she said, but it quickly became one of her most rewarding experiences.
“Once the conversation got going, I found myself learning just as much as everyone else in the room,” Hagan said. “We had such a great group of panelists, and it really highlighted the work happening in rural communities.”
Among those panelists was Horton, who saw Hagan confidently guide conversations around the very work she’d experienced during her internship.
“To see her take what she learned here in Grayson County and then lead a panel discussing those ideas at the university was exciting,” he said. “It’s rewarding because it reminds us why we invest in students.”
This summer, Hagan has returned to Grayson County for her fieldwork portion of the Rural Public Health Scholars Program, continuing to build experience in environmental health — an area she now hopes to pursue professionally as a registered environmental health specialist.
Long term, she sees herself building a career in rural public health.
“I like being on the go,” Hagan said. “I like being out in the community, doing site visits, talking with people and making a difference.”
For Horton, that commitment reflects something deeper than career ambition.
“It takes a certain heart to stay in rural public health,” he said. “There are opportunities to go elsewhere, but people who choose rural communities do it because they want to serve. Hollie has that same heart.”
Looking back, Hagan never expected a high school job-shadowing experience and a food pantry volunteer position would lead her to public health. Now, she hopes other students discover the field just as she did.
“If you want to have a larger impact, come to the College of Public Health,” she said. “You’ll learn how to improve the health of an entire community.”
For Hagan, that community has always been Grayson County—and she hopes one day to return home and help it thrive.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has released new information regarding the release of the man convicted in the death of Logan Tipton.
Ronald Exantus, 42, will be released from the Kentucky State Reformatory on July 29. Still, before that, he may be subject to involuntary hospitalization due to his not being found guilty by reason of insanity on one count of murder and one count of burglary.
According to a letter sent on June 5 by the cabinet to Chief Circuit Court Judge Jeremy Mattox, Commonwealth’s Attorney Kelli Kearney, and Department of Public Advocacy Directing Attorney Josh Miller, the court has the opportunity to begin involuntary hospitalization proceedings against Exantus, as mentioned in the judgment against him.
READ THE LETTER BELOW
Per Kentucky law, when a defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity, the court shall order an involuntary hospitalization; the court may also order a 10-day detention period to allow proceedings to be initiated.
The cabinet states in the letter that it does not have the authority to initiate the proceedings because Exantus was found guility but mentally on three counts of assault.
WKYT has reached out to the Woodford County Commonwealth’s Attorney and the Department of Public Advocacy to ask whether involuntary hospitalization procedures are being initiated in this case. We have yet to hear back.
Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Kentucky state lawmakers held a town hall Wednesday night at the South Central Regional Library in south Louisville to hear directly from residents about concerns over hyperscale AI data centers — one of several public meetings on the issue in recent months, but the first organized by legislators themselves.
State senators and representatives convened the meeting on their own time, during the legislative off-season, ahead of January’s session.
“This is a time to bring people together, allow community to have their voice heard, and us take that information back so when it does come time for January, we have the right information in order to create policy that is going to be good for our constituents,” said Sen. Keturah Herron.
Residents, advocates, and organizers packed the library to raise concerns about energy demand, water use, noise, transparency, and whether costs would be passed to everyday utility customers.
Rep. Lisa Wellner cautioned that the legislative fight ahead would be difficult.
“The utilities lobby is very, very powerful in Frankfort…These are going to be the same powerful moneyed forces we’re going to be up against with these hyperscale data centers,” Wellner said.
Sen. Gary Clemons, a 30-year chemical industry veteran, drew a comparison between the potential impact of AI data centers and the effects of factories already bordering some Louisville neighborhoods.
“I negotiate with multi-million, billion dollar companies every day. I’m ready to go toe-to-toe with them now, if we’re ready to do it,” Clemons said.
U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey also attended the meeting.
“I am sick and tired and done with out-of-state corporations coming into our state, our home, our community — and using our resources, wasting and exploiting our people for their gain,” McGarvey said.
Attendee Virginia Bush, who came with a list of concerns about the city’s draft regulations, said halting data centers entirely was not realistic but that inaction was not an option.
“We know it’s not realistic to stop all of them, because people use the data in their everyday life…but they need to be regulated so that these things aren’t causing damage to the communities and to the environment,” Bush said.
Copyright 2026 WAVE. All rights reserved.
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