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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In what only could be described as a marathon outing, the No. 24 Kentucky volleyball team notched its first ranked win of the season, downing No. 20 Purdue, 3-2 (25-20, 25-18, 24-26, 21-25, 20-18), in front of a raucous crowd in Holloway Gymnasium on Saturday evening.Fans got more volleyball than they paid for, with the fifth set going deep into extra play. Sophomore opposite Brooke Morgan had a pair of critical kills to give the Cats two chances to close the match out. Three plays later, junior outside hitter Darian Mack charted one of her 20 career-best kills to even the match at 18-all. Junior defensive specialist Harper Hempel was called upon to serve, delivering two consecutive balls that proved too tough for the Boilermakers to handle, leading to back-to-back serving errors to close the fifth, 20-18.Im really proud of our teams toughness throughout the match, 12th-season head coach Craig Skinner remarked. It easily could have gone either way and our team showed a tremendous amount of guts in the fifth. We had our ups and downs against a very good team. Im really proud of how our outsides performed - they scored a bunch of points and allowed us to win that match.Holloway Gymnasium is one of the toughest venues in the country, Skinner said. I think tonight helped us prepare for more tough road trips down the road this season. With the end result, both the Wildcats and Boilermakers move to 2-1 on the young season. Kentucky will continue the non-conference portion of its schedule Sept. 2, at the USC Radisson Classic, where the Wildcats are set for another top-25 bout, this time against No. 7 Southern California at 11 p.m. ET.As Skinner mentioned, the outsides were impressive throughout. Mack and freshman Leah Edmond both put up 20 kills apiece, hitting .267 and .271 respectively. With both players racking up 20 kills, the duo became the first to accomplish the feat since Nov. 7, 2008, when Sarah Mendoza (24) and Lauren Rapp (23) did so against Ole Miss. Mack also recorded her first double-double of the season by charting 10 digs along with an ace and two blocksJunior middle blocker Emily Franklin also added an impressive stat line, coming one kill short of matching her career best with 12. The Mesa, Arizona, product was extremely efficient, hitting .457 while tacking on a team-high five blocks.Sophomore setter Olivia Dailey was named to the All-Tournament team following a 59-assist performance while adding nine digs, a block and a pair of aces in the five-set thriller. The Trussville, Alabama, native averaged 10.91 assists per set while scoring seven times on kills and acing the opponent on five occasions. 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BERLIN -- Few fans place too much importance on the German Super Cup but the participation of old rivals Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund is giving the traditional season curtain-raiser an extra edge.Sundays game at Dortmunds Westfalenstadion provides an opportunity to measure their readiness for the season, which starts in full with German Cup ties the following weekend and the first round of the Bundesliga the weekend after that.New Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti has overseen a quiet summer by the clubs usual standards, but the Italian has the luxury of inheriting a side that is hard to improve after four consecutive league titles.Exciting Portugal youngster Renato Sanches and former Dortmund captain Mats Hummels are the only additions, with the club allowing Mario Goetze to return to Dortmund, accompanied by Sebastian Rode, with defenders Medhi Benatia and Serdar Tasci also leaving. Young forward Patrick Weihrauch has joined second-division Wuerzburger Kickers.Ancelottis tenure will not be judged on success in the Super Cup, but on finishing the job predecessor Pep Guardiola was brought in to do -- winning the Champions League. The Italian tactician has managed that feat three times already, twice with Milan and once with Real Madrid. As for domestic football, continued domination of the Bundesliga is almost a prerequisite at Bayern.Dortmund counterpart Thomas Tuchel is under no such pressure in hiis second season, despite overseeing a commendable upturn in fortune in his first by restoring the clubs status as Bayerns chief rival.ddddddddddddDortmund pushed Bayern nearly to the end in the Bundesliga last season, while Guardiolas side needed penalties to beat Tuchels team in the German Cup final.Tuchel has to rebuild the side this season following the summer departures of key players Hummels, Ilkay Gundogan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Midfielder Moritz Leitner became the latest to leave Friday, switching to Lazio on a four-year deal.Goetzes return and fellow German international Andre Schuerrles switch from Wolfsburg have grabbed the headlines, though exciting attacking midfielder Ousmane Dembele has also raised expectations of another high-scoring campaign. Dortmund scored more goals (82) than any other side in the Bundesliga last season.The additions of Rode from Bayern, Marc Bartra from Barcelona, fellow defender Raphael Guerreiro of Portugal, and midfielders Emre Mor and Mikel Merino have eased worries over the departures impact.The Super Cup is Ancelottis first competitive game in charge of Bayern and the first meeting between the sides since the German Cup final. There will be more important matches later in the season but neither will want to lose face in the first. ' ' '