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Kentucky junior Lidia hits the ball Kentucky junior Lidia Gonzalez prepares to hit the ball during the Kentucky vs Wichita State women's tennis match on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 5-2. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Kentucky women’s tennis suffers sweeping loss to South Carolina

Lance Roth, Junior Sports Reporter March 10, 2025

Kentucky women’s tennis hit the road to take on South Carolina in SEC play and suffered a clean sweep. Kentucky looked to start hot in doubles play, but would find no success. The ace team of Lizzy...

Kentucky senior Elizabeth Stevens hits the ball during the Kentucky vs Wichita State women's tennis match on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 5-2. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Kentucky women’s tennis drops road stint at LSU, Ole Miss

Lance Roth, Junior Sports Reporter March 2, 2025

Kentucky women's tennis hit the road in SEC play and suffered back-to-back losses against LSU and Ole Miss. Up first, Kentucky lost in a gritty back-and-forth battle, losing both singles and doubles...

Kentucky Wildcats Martin Breysach celebrates during the Kentucky vs South Carolina men’s tennis match on Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025 at Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-2. Sydney Yonker | Staff

Kentucky men’s tennis records bounce-back victory over South Carolina

Collin Lewis, Senior Sports Reporter March 2, 2025

Kentucky men's tennis (9-4) soundly defeated South Carolina (8-4) by a score of 4-2 in an SEC home matchup on March 2. After being swept by Florida in their previous match in what could only be described...

Martin Breysach returns the ball from an opponent’s serve during the tennis match vs. Memphis on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-3  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

Kentucky men’s tennis falls short after Florida singles sweep

Collin Lewis, Senior Sports Reporter March 2, 2025

Kentucky (8-4) was defeated handily by Florida (8-4) during its SEC road opener on Feb. 28 with a final score of 6-1. The Cats got out to an early lead by winning the doubles point with the duo of Jack...

Charlelie Cosnet screams after he won his set during the tennis match vs. Memphis on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-3  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

Kentucky men’s tennis kicks off SEC play with sixth straight win over Mississippi State

Desirae Skrzypinski, Senior Sports Reporter February 27, 2025

No. 28 Kentucky men’s tennis (8-3, 1-0 SEC) faced off against No. 26 Mississippi State (12-2, 2-1 SEC) in its SEC opener at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex, winning 4-2. Coming off a 5-2 victory...

Ellie Eades returns the ball vs Missouri on Mar. 29, 2024 in Lexington Kentucky at Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center. Kentucky won the match 4-0. 



Photo by Aidan Dillard-Hijikata | Staff

Kentucky women’s tennis fails comeback effort against Tennessee, falls 4-2

Lance Roth, Junior Sports Reporter February 24, 2025

Kentucky women’s tennis played its SEC opener at home against Tennessee in a back-and-forth battle, with Tennessee taking the win 4-2. The Wildcats would have a rough start, getting nearly swept in...

Eli Stephenson hits the ball back during the tennis match vs. Memphis on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-3  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

No. 8 Kentucky men’s tennis ends ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship 1-2

Collin Lewis, Senior Sports Reporter February 19, 2025

No. 8 Kentucky men's tennis went 1-2 over the course of three days during the ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship held in Dallas, Texas.  In the first match of the tournament, NC State took...

Kentucky sophomore Zoe Hammond celebrates after winning a point during the Kentucky vs Wichita State women's tennis match on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 5-2. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Kentucky women’s tennis earns dominant victory at Kansas State

Lance Roth, Junior Sports Reporter February 9, 2025

Kentucky women's tennis had a dominant performance on the road at Kansas State, winning both the singles and doubles brackets for a 4-0 sweep. The Wildcats would take two out of three doubles wins, starting...

Kentucky freshman Julia Zhu hits the ball during the Kentucky vs Wichita State women's tennis match on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 5-2. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Kentucky women’s tennis suffers close loss against the Shockers at Wichita State

Lance Roth, Junior Sports Reporter February 9, 2025

Kentucky women's tennis suffered a disappointing upset defeat on the road against the Wichita State Shockers, falling 4-2. Wichita State and Kentucky had a close matchup with Kentucky taking the win...

Martin Breysach screams after he scored a point during the tennis match vs. Memphis on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-3  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

No. 8 Kentucky men’s tennis sweeps Louisville, claims 30th straight victory against the Cardinals

Israel Schill, Senior Sports Reporter February 3, 2025

After narrowly escaping a home upset loss at the hands of Memphis on Thursday,  No. 8 Kentucky men’s tennis traveled to Louisville where it took over the Battle of the Bluegrass on Sunday, extending...

Charlelie Cosnet screams after he won his set during the tennis match vs. Memphis on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 4-3  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

No. 8 Kentucky men’s tennis survives scare, downs Memphis 4-3 in Lexington

Collin Lewis, Senior Sports Reporter January 31, 2025

No. 8 Kentucky men’s tennis managed to hold off Memphis 4-3 in a tightly contested bout in Lexington. The Wildcats, down two of their players, were caught off guard early with Memphis taking two of...

Sophomore Jaden Weekes returns a ball to DePaul's Verma at the Hillary J. Boone Tennis Facility on Friday, May 3, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky. Jaden wins his first set 6-3 while the second remains unfinished at 3-3.

No. 12 Kentucky men’s tennis sweeps ITA Kickoff Weekend, Santa Clara and No. 20 Arizona State

Israel Schill, Senior Sports Reporter January 26, 2025

No. 12 Kentucky men’s tennis hosted the Lexington Regional of the 2025 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kickoff Weekend, sweeping both Santa Clara and No. 20 Arizona State 4-0 to claim a spot...

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