March 29, 1999

BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Kentucky men’s tennis team defeated No.28 LSU 5-2 on Monday.

Play was continued from Sunday, when rain forced the teams to postpone thematch with the Cats leading 2-1. UK (10-5, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) hadalready won the doubles point and the No. 6 singles match.

When play resumed on Monday, the Cats won three more singles matches. EdoBawono clinched the victory for UK with a 6-0, 6-7, 7-6 win at No. 5 singles.

With the loss, LSU falls to 8-5 overall, 3-3 in the SEC.

UK will try to continue its winning ways when Auburn comes to town onTuesday. The Cats and the Tigers face off at 2 p.m. at the Hilary J. BooneTennis Center.

Kentucky 5, LSU 2

Singles

1. Tom Hand (LSU) def. Johan Hesoun (UK), 6-7, 6-3, 2-0 ret.
2. Michal Chmela (LSU) def. Carlos Drada (UK), 6-4, 6-0
3. Gustav Pousette (UK) def. Ed Rubin (LSU), 6-2, 6-7, 6-5
4. Tomas Smid (UK) def. Jesse Smatt (LSU), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
5. Edo Bawono (UK) def. Jonas Samuelsson (LSU), 6-0, 6-7, 7-6
6. Johan Grunditz (UK) def. Anthony Mateljan (LSU), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

1. Hand/Rubin (LSU) def. Hesoun/Johansson (UK), 8-4
2. Smid/Bawono (UK) def. Chmela/Mateljan (LSU), 8-6
3. Drada/Grunditz (UK) def. Samuelsson/Smatt (LSU), 8-4