Men’s Tennis Central: #14 Tennessee vs. #4 Kentucky

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Riding a three-match winning streak, the 14th-ranked Tennessee men’s tennis team enters Sunday’s Senior Day contest against No. 4 Kentucky having won six of its last seven matches. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. ET at Barksdale Stadium.
 
Senior Day presentations will begin at 12:25 p.m. Tennessee’s five graduate students—Pat Harper, Emile Hudd, Boris Kozlov, Martim Prata and Tomas Rodriguez—will be honored on court one prior to Sunday’s match.
 
Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here. Live streaming is available for free through Playsight here.
 
Admission is free and complimentary tennis parking is located in SC40 at the Kingston Pike Building. Additional parking information can be found here.
 
For outdoor matches at Barksdale Stadium this season, concessions and alcoholic beverages will be sold on the concourse, at the top of the grandstand behind court two. More information on Tennessee’s enhanced fan experience efforts can be found here.
 
The first 100 fans in attendance Sunday will receive a free Tennessee Tennis shirt and a concession voucher.
 
Please be aware of road closures in place for this Sunday’s match due to the Knoxville Marathon. A map of the marathon—which may impact traffic flow on campus—can be found here.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tennessee took down No. 12 Mississippi State at home Friday evening, 5-2.

SCOUTING KENTUCKY

Tennessee (15-6, 5-2 SEC) and Kentucky (19-3, 7-2 SEC), write the 115th chapter in a strong rivalry Sunday. The Vols lead the Wildcats, 67-47, all-time in a series that dates to 1930 and have won four of the past five meetings.

 

Kentucky won each of its first 12 matches this season, before falling to TCU in the ITA National Indoor Championship semifinals, 4-2, and to South Carolina at home in its SEC opener, 4-3. The Wildcats won seven straight matches following that two-match skid, before falling at No. 8 Georgia Friday, 5-2.

 

Three of the past four matches in the series have been 4-3 decisions, with Tennessee taking tight battles in 2018 and 2021 and Kentucky narrowly edging the Vols in 2022.

 

VOLS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#2 – Johannus Monday

#57 – Emile Hudd

#122 – Shunsuke Mitsui

 

Doubles

#2 – Pat Harper/Johannus Monday

#60 – Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui

 

WILDCATS IN THE RANKINGS

Singles

#22 – Liam Draxl

#27 – Alafia Ayeni

#44 – Joshua Lapadat

 

Doubles

#25 – Alafia Ayeni/Taha…