No. 18 Kentucky returns to the Boone Tennis Complex for its first home conference match in three weeks Friday when the Cats play host to No. 43 Auburn. The Cats and Tigers will do battle beginning at 5 p.m. EST in Lexington. Live scoring updates will be available at ukathletics.com.

UK (13-6, 3-3) heads into Friday?s match looking to extend its four-match win streak. The Cats scored easy victories over Eastern Kentucky and Murray State last week before earning crucial SEC victories over the weekend at LSU and Arkansas. Junior Nate Emge capped a Kentucky rally in Baton Rouge with a three-set win to knock off the Tigers, and fourth-ranked senior Jesse Witten followed suit in Fayetteville to push Kentucky past the Razorbacks.

Auburn (9-5, 1-5) comes to Lexington after picking up its first SEC victory of the season last Sunday over South Carolina. The Tigers feature 70th-ranked Gabor Zoltan Pelva, who teams with Alex Schweizer to form the nation?s 10th-ranked doubles tandem. Auburn dealt Kentucky a 4-3 defeat a season ago in Auburn, but the Cats claimed a 4-2 win in the Tigers? last visit to Lexington two seasons ago.

Witten and junior Alex Hume lead Kentucky with 5-1 marks in SEC singles play. Witten has won 11 of his last 12 singles matches, while Hume has captured eight-straight matches and 10 of his last 11 singles contests.

UK wraps up the weekend Sunday against Alabama.