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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky women’s tennis (8-2, 0-1 SEC) will play Alabama on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET and Mississippi State on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. This will be the Wildcats second weekend of conference play, after going 0-1 last weekend in the SEC opener in Knoxville.
Although the Wildcats dropped the first conference match, they saw a good fight from junior Julia Zhu, sophomore Asuncion Jadue, and freshman Donna Le Roux. They plan to fight the same again, with two more big tests.
No. 28 Alabama (9-0, 1-0 SEC) is coming off a win over the Bulldogs of Mississippi State on Sunday, 4-1. They are led by singles No. 53 Kristina Paskauskas, and are looking to stay unbeaten on the season.
Mississippi State (9-1, 0-1 SEC), who is No. 37 in this weeks ITA poll, is coming off the loss to Alabama. They have a ranked doubles pairing of No. 13 Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz and Gianna Oboniye.
Women’s tennis aims to pick up the first SEC win of the season. Both matches will be available on StatBroadcast and the respective streaming websites of the universities. Fans that cannot attend are encouraged to follow the women’s tennis social media platforms or check out UKAthletics.com for the links to each match.
For the latest on UK Women’s Tennis, follow @UKWomensTennis on Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
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