No. 7 Gators Snap No. 3 Kentucky’s 29-Match SEC Regular-Season Winning Streak

Sunday, October 4

Gainesville, FL

8:30 PM

Florida Gators

12-1,3-0SEC

#3 Kentucky

11-3,3-1SEC

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Kentucky	25	27	21	25	8	2
Florida	22	29	25	21	15	3

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during the Gators' match against the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla. / UAA Communications photo by Victoria Riccobono

The Gators snapped a five-match losing skid to Kentucky on Sunday night. // Photo by Victoria Ribbocono | UAA Communications

No. 7 Gators Snap No. 3 Kentucky’s 29-Match SEC Regular-Season Winning Streak

Monday, October 5, 2026 | Volleyball

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The Gators have won 10-consecutive matches and sit atop the SEC standings.

By: Andrew Hile

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Stephen C. O'Connell Center was rocking on Sunday evening as No. 7 Florida volleyball put an end to No. 3 Kentucky's 29-match Southeastern Conference regular-season winning streak, downing the Wildcats in five sets (22-25, 29-27, 25-21, 21-25, 15-8).

Claiming their highest-ranked win since a 3-0 win over No. 2 Stanford in 2023, the Gators (12-1, 3-0 SEC) were paced by Kamryn Chaney on offense with a season-high 22 kills along with 23 points, while the trio of Brooklyn Briscoe, Logan King and Alec Rothe all posted eight. Taylor Parks directed the offense with 43 assists as the Gators outhit Kentucky .226-.133 and held edges in kills (61-53) and assists (56-50). The Wildcats won the service battle 10-7, with Selena Leban and Parks each tallying two for UF.

Florida was elite defensively with 15 team blocks and a season-high 72 digs. Leban had a career night, topping 20 digs for the first time with a team-high 21. Lily Hayes and King followed with 19 and 10, respectively. At the net, Briscoe and King led the way with seven blocks, while Alec Rothe added five of her own. Kentucky finished with nine team blocks and 61 digs.

All-American Brooklyn DeLeye led Kentucky with 22 kills, four digs, three blocks and three service aces, while fellow All-American Molly Tuozzo added 21 digs and three aces. Florida's victory handed the Wildcats their first SEC loss since a 3-0 defeat to Texas on Oct. 13, 2024.

Set One - Kentucky 25, UF 22

Tied at five, the Gators gained separation following a 3-0 spurt with back-to-back Briscoe kills.
Kentucky put together a 5-0 run to claim a 14-12 lead before Chaney put away a ball to end to the burst.
The Wildcats kept momentum with a 17-14 edge, but the Gators crawled back to even the set at 20 following a Parks dump and block assist from Briscoe and Rothe.
A 3-0 push from UK helped the visitors to a 25-22 win.
Chaney led the Gators with five kills while the team hit .281 with 11 assists from Parks.
Florida tallied 16 digs, paced by four each from Hayes and Leban, but four Kentucky service aces proved to be the difference in the opening frame.

Set Two - UF 29, Kentucky 27

Florida was out to a quick 7-3 advantage, helped by a pair of Chaney kills.
The Gators held momentum after a successful challenge credited Briscoe with a kill and UF extended its lead to six, 12-6, after a Leban service ace. Chaney's kill following the Kentucky timeout gave the Orange & Blue their biggest lead of the set, 13-6.
Kentucky shrank Florida's lead to one, 13-12, following a 6-0 run. It was again Chaney ending the UK push to help the Gators to a 15-12 edge at the media timeout.
The Wildcats took a four-point lead, 21-17, before a Rothe kill and block assist from Briscoe and King forced a UK timeout.
A Briscoe kill off an overpass and King kill down the middle evened the frame at 22. King would follow that kill with an ace to give UF the lead, 23-22, but the Wildcats would again answer to knot the set at 24.
In the longest set of Florida's season so far, a Parks block and Chaney kill pushed the Gators to the set victory, 29-27.
Chaney again led the offense with seven of UF's 16 kills while Parks dished out 12 assists.
The defense stole the show in the second set, as the Orange & Blue held Kentucky to .045 hitting while recording 21 digs and 3.5 team blocks. Leban gave the Gators seven digs in the second.
Florida faced two Wildcat set points.

Set Three - UF 25, Kentucky 21

It was a back-and-forth affair early with neither team gaining an advantage through seven points before UK established a 10-7 lead.
With the score sitting at 11-8, the Gators reeled off three straight points, capped off by a Chaney kill, to even the set at 11.
The Orange & Blue retook the lead at 13-12 following a Leban kill off an assist by Bella Lee.
Florida's lead would swell to five, 18-13, following a 5-0 run that Briscoe put an exclamation point on with a kill.
The Gators led by as many as six en route to the 25-21 set victory that was put away by a powerful ball from Rothe.
Florida's defense again wreaked havoc on the Wildcats, holding UK to .089 hitting with six team blocks, led by Briscoe with four blocks.
Hayes anchored the back row with eight of UF's 22 digs.
A balanced offensive effort saw Chaney tally three kills, while four additional Gators recorded two.

Set Four - Kentucky 25, UF 21

The Wildcats took an 8-5 advantage early in the set before a kill and service ace from Leban pulled Florida back within one.
Back-to-back kills from Chaney evened the match at nine three plays later.
The Gators took their first lead of the set, 11-10, following an ace from Parks.
Kentucky claimed a 17-13 advantage after a 5-0 spurt. UF would get as close as two, but ultimately UK would force a fifth set, 25-21.
Chaney's five kills paced the Gators, who recorded 14 kills in the set.
Kentucky had their best offensive set of the match, hitting .321.

Set Five - UF 15, Kentucky 8

Kentucky opened the final frame with three-straight points.
The Orange & Blue knotted the set at four following a Rothe solo block and took the lead on the next point via a Parks service ace.
The Florida lead swelled to five, 10-5, following Lee's first ace of the match.
The Gators ensured Kentucky wouldn't get within five for the rest of the match, taking their biggest lead of the final frame as Chaney put down her 22nd kill of the match to snap Kentucky's 29-match SEC winning streak, 15-8.
Florida held Kentucky to .000 hitting while recording 2.5 team blocks.

Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Ryan Theis
…on the message going into the fifth set
"We said, let's grind these guys down, they're on a three-day trip, let's show our grit here and come out and overpower them in the fifth. We started slow, and then jumped quick."

…on the Selena Leban's defense
"I thought they were bringing pace and she [Leban] was getting in good spots and bringing it up. Just even the pace she was bringing with quality digs was really impressive."

…on the environment for an 8:30 p.m. start time
"It was awesome. We thought there might be 108 people here tonight with the band bringing 100. Awesome from the community and students, we love it."

4th-Year OH Kamryn Chaney
…on her season-high kills
"I talk about this a lot, but it's really just my teammates. My teammates are the most competitive, amazing girls that I've been able to work with and they give me so much confidence when I'm playing, so I know I can swing high and do whatever is best for my team."

…on being able to perform in crunch time
"Honestly, it's our team effort. Everybody is bought into our roles, the team, the energy, how we play together. Everyday we come in to work hard, and competition is competition. We're ready to work, we're ready to show up, and that's how we were able to show up today."

…on Taylor Parks' serving and leadership
"I feel fully confident in Taylor. I would take Taylor any day, she's amazing. This is someone who shows up in the gym and works hard every single day. Taylor's a big reason why we push ourselves so hard. This is someone who holds herself accountable, she has grit, and she's honestly an embodiment of what Florida is about."

3rd-Year S Taylor Parks
…taking down No. 3 Kentucky
"They're a good team, home or away, and we knew it was going to be a fight, but we knew we were going to stick together the whole time. We weren't going to let them out-grit us. They were going to get their big swings, big kills, they're very physical players, they're going to hit over our blocks sometimes, but we roll the ball back, say do it again and let our sideout show we can score like that, too.

Notables

The Gators improved to 54-24 against Kentucky all-time.
Sunday's victory was Florida's highest-ranked victory since defeating No. 2 Stanford (3-0) on Aug. 29, 2023.
Florida gave UK its first SEC loss since Oct. 13, 2024, snapping a 29-match SEC regular season winning streak.
Sunday marked Florida's first win over Kentucky since Nov. 19, 2022 and snapped a five-match losing skid to the Wildcats.
UF improves to 4-1 against the top 25 this season and claimed its 160th victory all-time against the top 25.
Florida recorded its eighth win versus a third-ranked opponent all-time.
The 12-1 start marks the best for Florida since the 2017 squad began 14-0.
The Gators are 3-0 in the SEC for the first time since the adjust COVID season in 2020-21.
Selena Leban recorded a career-high 21 digs.
Logan King matched a career-high with seven blocks.
Kamryn Chaney matched a season-high with 22 kills (Sept. 2 at No. 5 Wisconsin).
Three Gators tallied 10 or more digs for the fourth time in 2026.
The Gators recorded more than 10 blocks for the sixth time this season.
UF held an opponent to under .200 hitting for the 10th time.
13 blocks - how many over 10 this season
Selena digs - career high and 20+ for first time of career

Up Next
The Orange & Blue will resume conference play next weekend when they return to the national spotlight on Friday, Oct. 9, for an 8 p.m. ET match at Missouri on ESPNU before clashing with Vanderbilt in Nashville on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. ET.

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