A heart-breaking loss two days ago in Baton Rouge did little to deter No. 15 Kentucky Sunday, as the Cats scored a decisive 5-2 victory over No. 67 Arkansas at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Ark. Kentucky splits its weekend matches and improves to 13-7 and 4-2 in the SEC, while Arkansas slips to 8-7 and 0-6 in the conference.

Kentucky seized control of the match early on, winning each doubles match in taking a lead it would not relinquish. Junior Aibika Kalsarieva and freshmen Joelle Schwenk, Sarah Foster and Christine Simpson each tallied straight-set singles victories to ensure a split of the two-match road trip after Friday?s loss at LSU.

The Cats return to action this Friday, Mar. 26 when Kentucky plays host to Auburn.

No. 15 Kentucky 5, No. 67 Arkansas 2

 Doubles 1. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Dybicz/Ferreira (UA) - 8-1 2. Maurer/Schwenk (UK) def. Cornett/Mourton (UA) ? 9-7 3. Coventry/Simpson (UK) def. Kincannon/Pacheco (UA) ? 8-1 

Singles 1. No. 25 Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. Megan Ferreira (UA) ? 6-1, 6-3 2. Anna Dybicz (UA) def. Lara Maurer (UK) ? 6-4, 7-6 3. Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Whitney Mourton (UA) ? 6-2, 6-2 4. Sarah Foster (UK) def. Melissa Cornett (UA) ? 6-0, 6-3 5. Iliana Pacheco (UA) def. Kim Coventry (UK) ? 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 6. Caroline Winebrenner (UK) def. Christian Kincannon (UA) ? 6-0, 6-0