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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky Wildcats fifth year Alafia Ayeni hits the ball during the No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 6 South Carolina mens tennis match on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at the Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. South Carolina won 4-3. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

No. 6 Kentucky mens tennis sweeps Arkansas 7-0

Noah Wehby, Reporter March 12, 2023

No. 6 Kentucky mens tennis completed its first sweep in SEC play as they shutout Arkansas 7-0. Fifth-year senior Alafia Ayeni and senior Taha Baadi shined as they beat a ranked doubles opponent for...

Kentucky Wildcats senior Liam Draxl celebrates a point during the No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 6 South Carolina mens tennis match on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at the Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. South Carolina won 4-3. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

No. 5 Kentucky mens tennis stays undefeated on the road with win over Texas A&M

Parker Scott, Reporter March 5, 2023

No. 5 Kentucky mens tennis notched a 4-3 victory against Texas A&M at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas, on Saturday. The team jumped ahead early by securing the doubles point...

Kentucky Wildcats freshman Jaden Weekes waits to return a serve during the Kentucky vs. Liberty mens tennis match on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at the Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 4-0. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Cats stay perfect on the season, shutout VT 7-0.

Aaron Benjamin, Reporter February 5, 2023

No. 5 UK men’s tennis took home the win against Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats won the match 7-0 in Blacksburg, Virginia at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. The match started with...

Kentuckys womens tennis team huddles before its match with Memphis.IMAGE OBTAINED FROM UK ATHLETICS. PHOTO BY GRANT LEE

Kentucky womens tennis shines in opening day doubleheader

Jack Spurgeon, Reporter January 21, 2023

Kentucky womens tennis opened the season with a doubleheader, recording a 7-0 sweep against East Tennessee State as well as a 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio). For the second consecutive year Kentucky defeated...

Enzo Wallart prepares for a return during his singles match against Notre Dame. Saturday, January 19, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Natalie Parks | Staff

Cats sweep doubleheader ahead of regular season finale

Hunter Shelton April 12, 2019

After defeating Dayton earlier in the day, The University of Kentucky men’s tennis team looked to claim victory and sweep a doubleheader, as they took on No. 17 Georgia at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis...

Enzo Wallart celebrates with Ryotaro Matsumura during the match against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday, March 4, 2016 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won the match 5-2. Photo by Hunter Mitchell | Staff

UK tennis comes back to beat No. 7 Illinois

Peyton Barnhill February 25, 2018

UK tennis faced a formidable No. 7 Illinois Fighting Illini team Sunday, with UK coming off a loss to No. 20 Duke Blue Devils. Illinois was coming off a 2-1 record at the ITA National Indoor Championships,...

UK Men’s Tennis improves to 4-0 on season

John Rowland January 24, 2016

While the temperatures outside were warming up, the UK Men’s Tennis team (4-0) kept their season’s streak warm Sunday as they defeated the University of Michigan Wolverines (0-1) in the Hilary J. Boone...

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