April 3, 1999

In a match that went down to the wire, the University of Kentucky men’stennis team upset 18th-ranked Mississippi State, 4-3, at home on Saturday.

The Cats (12-6, 5-3 Southeastern Conference), playing their sixth match in10 days, won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. But theBulldogs (8-9, 2-5 SEC) came back to lead the Cats 3-2 after winningmatches at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles. UK’s Johan Grunditz then pulledout a 6-2, 7-6, victory at No. 5 to even the score. Wildcat Edo Bawono thendefeated Mathieu Soto, 6-7, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 5 singles to give UK the 4-3victory.

The Cats next see action when they travel to Vanderbilt on April 6.

Singles

1. Matthiew Ballay (MSU) def. Carlos Drada (UK),   3-6, 7-5, 6-32. Jeremy Bayon (MSU) def. Johan Hesoun (UK),      4-6, 7-6, def.3. Conrad Hurter (MSU) def. Tomas Smid (UK),       3-6, 6-1, 7-64. Gustav Pousette (UK) def. David Ruiz (MSU),     3-6, 6-3, 6-25. Edo Bawono (UK) def. Mathieu Soto (MSU),        6-7, 7-5, 6-16. Johan Grunditz (UK) def. Daniel Healey (MSU),        6-2, 7-6

Doubles

1. Hesoun/Johansson (UK) def. Hurter/Healey (MSU),           8-42. Ballay/Greene (MSU) def. Drada/Grunditz (UK),             8-23. Bawono/Smid (UK) def. Ruiz/Soto (MSU),                    8-5