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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 23rd-ranked Kentucky volleyball team earned its third-straight sweep after taking down Arkansas in a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-17) victory. UK has won 11-straight matches and has dropped just two sets during that span.The win pushes Kentuckys record to 14-4 overall and 7-0 in Southeastern Conference play. Arkansas drops to 3-15 on the year and 1-5 in league action.Our balance is critical from offense to defense, UK head coach Craig Skinner said. If our offense isnt clicking like tonight, then our defense needs to score some points for us. Im very pleased that we found ways to score, which had to be with our serve and blocking in our last two sets.Kentucky held Arkansas to a .034 attacking clip while allowing just 31 kills. Three players - freshman Leah Edmond, sophomore Olivia Dailey and junior Ashley Dusek - all posted double-digit digs during the three-set contest. Dusek led the way with 15, while Dailey and Edmond each produced 11.Defensively I liked our execution, Skinner said. To hold a team to a very low hitting percentage in this league is tough to do. We werent crisp offensively, but I have to give it to our upperclassmen for really being the difference as the match went on.Dailey continued her top form with a double-double, the first of her career. The three-time SEC setter of the week had 33 assists to go with her 11 digs. Dailey has registered 30 assists or more in 10-consecutive matches.Kentucky had 10.0 team blocks, with junior Kaz Brown producing a team-high seven, including one solo block. Juniors Darian Mack and Emily Franklin followed with three blocks each.On offense, Brown was the most efficient Wildcat, hitting at a .529 attacking clip with a team-best nine kills. Franklin hit at .429 while picking up eight kills and has now hit above .350 in five-straight contests.Serving continued to play a major role in the Kentucky offense. UK registered five aces in the contest, with Edmond leading the way with two. Sophomore McKenzie Watson, Dusek and Dailey all registered a service ace as well.SET RECAPSSet 1After Arkansas picked up the matchs first point, Edmond kept finding ways to answer with the first three Kentucky points. After a 9-1 run, capped by back-to-back service aces from Edmond, the UK lead expanded to 12-4. The Kentucky advantage was 15-6 before Arkansas rattled off eight-straight points to cut the UK lead to 15-14. A service error from Reagan Robinson helped get UK back on track. After trading points, Kentucky went on a 3-0 run thanks to two attacking errors that forced an Arkansas timeout. The run was all UK needed and Anni Thomasson picked up a kill to give UK the set 25-20. The Wildcats held the Razorbacks to a .023 attacking clip and just eight kills in the frame.Set 2Arkansas started set two with its largest lead of the night at 6-3. A 3-0 Kentucky run, all on attacking errors, allowed Kentucky to tie the set at 6-6. UK pulled away from Arkansas with a 6-0 run. Another stretch of UK points gave Kentucky a 16-8 lead. It was a back-and-forth battle until the end of the set, which was finished by a Franklin kill to hand UK a set two win, 25-19. Kentucky limited the Arkansas offense again after the Razorbacks hit at a .000 percentage.Set 3The final stanza was all Wildcats. Arkansas found a 3-1 lead early, but Kentucky pulled the frame to 3-3 with a Thomasson kill and never looked back. The Razorbacks were within three at 11-8, but a Mack kill capped a 4-0 run to expand the lead to 15-8. After some back-and-forth play, Harper Hempel picked up a service ace to give UK a 20-12 advantage. Franklin earned the match point and Kentucky took set three, 25-17. Arkansas logged 13 kills during the frame on a .079 hitting percentage. 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Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup. EUGENE, Ore. -- Bershawn Jacksons dad used to call him a speeding bullet.That explains the necklace the 400-meter hurdler wears when he races.Jacksons dad, Jeffrey Felton, died of a heart attack in October at the age of 53. Jacksons tribute to the man who rarely missed a track meet is to wear a hollowed-out silver bullet filled with his dads ashes when he competes.Hes always with me, Jackson said after winning his first-round heat Thursday at the U.S. Track and Field Trials. He was my No. 1 support team.Being here, in Eugene, is difficult for Jackson. His dad was at Hayward Field in 2012 at the trials, when Jackson finished a disappointing fourth -- one spot away from making the team -- and needed comforting. He was here last year, too, watching as Jackson earned a spot on the world squad headed to Beijing.Never missed a track meet since I was 6 years old, said Jackson, who was returning from Europe when he found out about his fathers death. He always gave me advice before a race.The message was typically the same.He would say, `Just go do what you do best, recounted Jackson, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beeijing Games.ddddddddddddackson took that advice to heart, finishing a rain-soaked race in 49.91 seconds. Not bad considering the trouble he ran into earlier in the week. Just before trials, Jackson was opening a drawer when he cut his right finger on a blender blade. It made crouching down and placing his hand on the track at the starting line a little painful.But I dont need my finger to run, said the sprinter, who goes by the nickname Batman.These days, hes pushed in practice by training partner, Johnny Dutch, who also advanced.We make each other better. We complement each other, said the 33-year-old Jackson, who grew up in Miami and now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hes a technician. Im a speedster. Its a great situation for both of us. It would be great if we both could make the team.If it happens, the silver bullet will be on the ride to Rio.He was a great father. He supported me in everything I did, from school to track and field, Jackson said. He was just always there. ' ' '