No. 18 Kentucky to Finish Regular Season at No. 21 Tennessee, No. 25 Georgia

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky (14-8, 7-3 SEC) men’s tennis team will wrap up regular season play at No. 21 Tennessee and No. 25 Georgia this weekend. UK will face UT on Friday at 6 p.m. and UGA on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Last weekend, Kentucky went 1-1, picking up a win over No. 23 Vanderbilt, 4-1. UK earned every point in singles play during the win. The Wildcats faced No. 3 Ohio State earlier in the week during a rare midweek nonconference match and lost, 4-2.
 
In the latest Oracle ITA singles rankings, two Wildcats made an appearance in the top-125. Ryo Matsumura shot up to No. 9 in the nation for a week that won him Co-SEC Player of the Week. Matsumura took down No. 3 Mikael Torpeggard and No. 25 Cameron Kinger, and has two wins over the No. 3 ranked player this season. Matsumura is 16-2 this season and has just one SEC loss.
 
Will Bushamuka moved up one spot to No. 53 in the country. Bushamuka is 8-6 this season and 4-5 against nationally ranked opponents.
 
Tennessee is 18-6 and 7-3 in conference play this season. Last weekend, UT lost to Mississippi State, 4-2 but took down Alabama, 5-2. Timo Stodder is the Vols’ best ranked player at No. 22, while Adam Walton is also ranked at No. 112. Stodder is 15-5 in the spring season and has spent the entire year on the top court.
 
Georgia is 10-9 and 3-7 in the SEC this year. UGA has five ranked players – No. 29 Wayne Montgomery, N. 38 Jan Zielinski, No. 44 Walker Duncan, No. 59 Emil Rein berg and No. 93 Nathan Ponwith. Montgomery and Reinberg have both spent time on the top court, while Montgomery has a team best five wins.
 
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