Jan. 22, 2003

The ninth-ranked University of Kentucky men’s tennis team went to 2-0 after defeating the Southeastern Louisiana Lions 5-1 in the second match of a double-header at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center. The Wildcats beat Morehead State earlier in the day, 6-0.

Hume put in another impressive performance, winning 6-2, 6-0 over Eric Subirats. Esmail and Morgan, playing at Nos. 2 and 5 respectively, posted 6-2, 6-4 victories over their opponents. On court three, Emery had some trouble with Southeastern’s Matt Tate, squeezing out the 7-6 first-set win. Emery dominated though in the second, 6-0, for the victory. Austin came away with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Haris Huremovie at No. 1.

The only loss of the day for the Cats came in the very last match. Datlow fell in a first-set tiebreaker to Josh Smith but bounced back, taking the second 6-3. The third set was played as a tiebreaker and Smith held on for the 10-8 win.

The next dual-match for the Cats will be in Minneapolis when Kentucky takes on Big Ten opponent Minnesota. Emery, Hume and Morgan will travel this weekend to compete in the Harvard Invitational.

AGATE
No. 1 – #100 Evan Austin def. Haris Huremovie (SEL) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – #91 Rahim Esmail def. Olivier Nussbaum (SEL) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Matt Emery def. Matt Tate (SEL) – 7-6(1), 6-0
No. 4 – Alex Hume def. Eric Subirats (SEL) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 – Tim Morgan def. Milos Vesovic (SEL) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 – Josh Smith (SEL) def. Elliott Datlow – 7-6(5), 3-6, 1-0(8)