The University of Kentucky men's tennis team downed Northwestern 4-3 on Saturday at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex.
The win marks the second straight year Kentucky defeated Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament after the UK upset the Chicago Wildcats, 4-2, last season en route to the national runners-up spot.
Kentucky grabbed the doubles point, and despite losing all six first sets in singles, picked up the additional three wins to secure its tenth 4-3 win this season. The Wildcats are now 10-1 overall in games ending with a score of 4-3 and advance to the round of 16 for the 13th time in program history.
Coach Cedric Kauffmann told: "After we hit doubles, I thought we were going to come out really good in singles, but that's down to Northwestern. I thought for 30 minutes we were in big trouble, but those guys have grit. The longer the match, we know to be one of the best teams in the country in the last 10 minutes."
Kentucky will now face Stanford in the round of 16 next Saturday at the Boone Tennis Center.
Men's Doubles:Court 1 – No. 54 Bratholm/Forman (NW) def. Ayeni/Leblanc (UK): 6-1
Court 2 – No. 67 Lapadat/Mercer (UK) def. Blekher/Yatsuk (NW): 7-5
Court 3 – Draxl/Weekes (UK) def. Pickens/Spear (NW): 6-2
Men's Singles:Court 1 – No. 13 Liam Draxl (UK) vs. No. 29 Steven Forman (NW): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Court 2 – No. 66 Ivan Yatsuk (NW) def. No. 18 Alafia Ayeni (UK): 2-6, 1-6
Court 3 – No. 59 Joshua Lapadat (UK) def. Simen Bratholm (NW): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Court 4 – Taha Baadi (UK) def. Trice Pickens (NW): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
Court 5 – Presley Thieneman (NW) def. Jaden Weekes (UK): 6-1, 6-4
Court 6 – Gleb Blekher (NW) def. Charlelie Cosnet (UK): 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
About the University of KentuckyThe University of Kentucky is a public, coeducational, multidisciplinary U.S. university located in Lexington. Founded in 1865 by John Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, it is the largest college in the state by undergraduate students.
In August 2008, Forbes ranked Kentucky the 468th (out of 569) best university in America. The institute houses 16 faculties, a specialization school, 93 undergraduate courses, 99 Masters, 66 doctoral courses and four professional courses, as well as fifteen libraries, the largest of which, forming part of the federal library system, houses texts of economics, social and natural sciences, philosophy and literature.
University of Kentucky student-athletes compete as the Wildcats under colors Kentucky blue and white. University of Kentucky partnered up with South Korean Esport Organisation Gen.G Esports and International Studies Abroad (ISA) to launch an international esports exchange programme in Seoul, South Korea.
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