WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Despite double-figure kills from senior opposite hitter Anni Thomasson and freshman outside hitter Leah Edmond, the Kentucky volleyball team opened the 2016 season with a rough, 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-17) loss to the Washington State Cougars on Friday morning inside Holloway Gymnasium.First off, I need to give credit to Washington State, 12th-season head coach Craig Skinner said following the match. They did a great job with their first contact, both serving and receiving and did a better job executing their plan. Weve got some fine tuning to do before Wyoming and well look to be more aggressive moving forward.The Wildcats move to 0-1 with the loss, while Washington State opens its season at 1-0. Kentucky continues the tournament at 5:30 p.m., facing the Cowgirls of Wyoming, who dropped their season opener to Purdue, 3-0, immediately before the matchup between the Wildcats and Cougars.Ten members of the Kentucky squad played in the match, as Edmond led the Wildcats in kills in her collegiate debut, earning a match-high 12 kills on 29 attempts. Thomasson joined Edmond in double figures, charting 11 kills in the outing, good for second best in the match. The senior also came two digs short of a double-double with eight in three sets. All-Southeastern Conference junior middle blocker Kaz Brown posted seven kills, while classmate middle Emily Franklin contributed four kills and a pair of blocks. Sophomore setter Olivia Dailey guided the offense with 30 assists, a kill and an ace while adding three digs. Junior Darian Mack (three kills, one dig) and sophomore Anna Nyberg (one kill, four digs) also contributed on the offensive end.The defense was guided by reigning SEC Libero of the Year, Ashley Dusek, who paced the team with 11 digs. Sophomore defensive specialist McKenzie Watson added two digs during the contest.SET RECAPSSet 1 Edmond opened the 2016 season with two kills to give the Cats a 3-0 lead. The Cougars responded with three of their own, tying the set before alternating sideouts evened the score again at 5-5. The sides continued to trade points, with Kentucky gaining a 9-8 edge off of kills from Mack and Brown before a 4-0 Washington State run prompted a UK timeout. The Cats pulled within one after a block from Edmond and Franklin and a Cougars service ace. Washington State rallied, however, opening up a 10-2 run to jump ahead, 22-13. UK posted a few more points before eventually dropping the first frame, 25-17.Set 2 Kentucky and Washington State jockeyed for the lead in the early going, with Franklin, Edmond, Brown and Mack all registering kills to pull UK within one, 6-5. WSU responded with four points in a row, prompting a Kentucky timeout. The Wildcats responded, opening up an impressive 11-5 run, including a run of three kills from Brown to tie the match at 16-16. Kentucky and Washington State traded the next six points before a 3-0 run by the Cougars forced Kentuckys hand and a timeout. Kills by Franklin and Edmond pulled UK within one at 23-22 before Washington State sealed the match, 25-23.Set 3 Both sides traded points early on, tying at 2-2 before Washington State took the lead. Washington State strung together three-straight points before Daileys lone kill stopped the run at 5-3. The sides traded the next six points before Washington State opened a 4-2 run to take a 13-8 lead. 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In 10 starts since the loss, he is 9-0 with a 2.49 ERA.He also has allowed one or no walks in five of his past seven starts and has 41 walks against 116 strikeouts in 137 innings, which he credits pitching coach Pete Walker for.Its something Pete stressed to us at the start of the year, Happ said. Its a big reason weve had the success weve had. Were out there attacking the zone and weve got a great defense behind us, so we just let them do their work.The Rays have been a tough opponent for Happ.In 12 career games, including 11 starts, against Tampa Bay, Happ is 2/3 with a 5.37 ERA. This season, he is 0-1 with a 7.98 ERA in three starts against Tampa Bay.He will also be pitching on five days rest for the sixth time this season. He has gone 2/3 with an 8.25 ERA in five previous start with an extra days rest.Meanwhile, Snell is one of the bright spots in a gloomy season for the Rays.Snell will be making the 11th start of his major league career Wednesday.ddddddddddddm going to have to be on my A-game, but Im really looking forward to it, said the 23-year-old who has never faced the Blue Jays.Theres a lot of excitement, and there should be, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. This organization has seen some really good young pitchers come up, and I think he fits right into that mode.Snell did not factor in the decision Friday, a 6-2 Rays loss to the Minnesota Twins, when he allowed four hits, two walks and one run while striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings. He has allowed two or fewer runs in five consecutive starts, lowering his ERA from 3.86 to 2.95. He has 56 strikeouts in 55 innings, a 9.16 ratio of strikeouts per nine innings, second to Baltimore Orioles right-hander Mychal Givens among American League rookies.He will be facing a Toronto team that is known for its ability to score runs but has been slumping with the bats.After the 9-2 loss to the Rays on Tuesday, the Blue Jays are averaging 2.8 runs over their past 10 games in which they have recorded double-digit hits once. They are 5-5 in that span.Toronto left the bases loaded in the sixth inning Tuesday and did not score a run, an example of its recent scoring woes.Were putting guys on base, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said after Tuesdays loss. We had some traffic. Were just looking for that big blow. 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