Kentucky Hits the Highway for the Final Time this Common Season – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky girls’s tennis (9/11, 1-10 SEC) will hit the highway for a pair of away matches one final time this convention season. The Wildcats pays go to to Athens on Thursday to tackle No. 1 Georgia (13-4, 8-3 SEC) at 5 p.m. ET after which head to Columbia to tackle No. 33 South Carolina (9-10, 2-9 SEC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.

The Wildcats are coming off a weekend the place they defeated Missouri for the primary convention win of the season in Lexington. They additionally competed extraordinarily effectively in opposition to No. 11 Vanderbilt, with play in the end coming down to at least one court docket in singles play, dropping the match on the finish of the day 4-3.

Two singles Wildcats cracked the highest 100 with senior Zoe Hammond main the cost at No. 72 and junior Julia Zhu checking in at No. 99. Both have led the squad on courts one and two of singes all through the season, on the lookout for a giant win in opposition to the nation’s greatest group in No. 1 Georgia this weekend and at a tricky place to play in South Carolina.

No. 1 Georgia (13-4, 8-3 SEC) is led by ranked singles gamers in No. 7 Aysegul Mert, No. 31 Anastasiia Lopata, No. 46 Anastasiia Gureva, No. 61 Deniz Dilek, No. 92 Sofia Rojas, and No. 101 Emma Dong. In doubles, No. 7 Mert/Dilek, No. 15 Lopata/Paukstyte, No. 62 Mert/Gureva, and No. 81 Dong/Dilek.

No. 33 South Carolina (9-10, 2-9 SEC) are led by singles No. 50 Helena Buchwald and No. 57 Kaitlyn Carnicella. In doubles they’ve two ranked pairs in No. 12 Friedman/Buchwald and No. 55 Carnicella/Larsson.

The Wildcats hope to drag off the upset after an incredible weekend on the courts this previous week. Once once more, Thursday’s match will start at 5 p.m. ET, with Saturdays at 1 p.m. ET. Fans can observe alongside dwell stats through StatBroadcast and discover hyperlinks to look at on UKAthletics.com.

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