The UK Men’s Tennis team made it all the way to the SEC Championship this weekend, but came up just short on Sunday afternoon in Athens. The three-seeded ‘Cats were swept 4-0 by the top-seeded Gators.
Florida sweeps Kentucky 4-0 in Athens
Kentucky swept Arkansas on Friday to set up a match with the Auburn Tigers in the semifinals on Saturday. The ‘Cats won that one 4-1, thanks to a gritty effort from the whole team. Junior Liam Draxl, last week’s SEC Player of the Week, was impressive as always. Draxl and partner Alexandre Leblanc opened their doubles match down 3-2, but took four straight games to win it.