No. 7 Kentucky utilized a solid doubles and singles effort to set aside No. 65 Ohio State by a 6-1 count Sunday at the Stickney Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio.

The Cats (11-3) followed an easy sweep of doubles play with a dominant singles effort. Senior All-American Aibika Kalsarieva increased the Wildcat lead to 2-0 at No. 1 singles with a straight-set win over Emily DeCamilla, and sophomore Sarah Foster scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lindsey Adams at second singles to give the Cats a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Kim Coventry clinched the Kentucky victory with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Anna Volberg at the third singles position. Junior Danielle Petrisko and sophomore Liis Sober added straight-set wins at Nos. five and six, respectively, to cap the Wildcat scoring.

Kentucky improves to 11-1 in its series with Ohio State (3-6) and has won five-consecutive matches, each against Big-Ten opponents. UK surrendered only four points during its? Big-Ten stretch against Minnesota, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State. UK kicks off conference play this Friday, Mar. 4 against Mississippi State in Lexington.

No. 7 Kentucky 6, No. 65 Ohio State 1
Doubles

1. No. 6 S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Ruzimovsky/Adams (OSU) ? 8-2
2. No. 14 Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. DeCamilla/Vincent (OSU) ? 8-6
3. E. Foster/Maurer (UK) def. Messmer/O?Keefe (OSU) ? 8-1
Singles

1. No. 8 Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. Emily DeCamilla (OSU) ? 6-2, 6-0
2. No. 53 Sarah Foster (UK) def. Lindsey Adams (OSU) ? 6-2, 6-2
3. No. 43 Kim Coventry (UK) def. Anna Volberg (OSU) – 6-2, 6-3
4. Sonia Ruzimovsky (OSU) def. Lara Maurer (UK) ? 5-7, 6-5, default
5. Danielle Petrisko (UK) def. Caitlin O?Keefe (OSU) ? 6-2, 6-1
6. Liis Sober (UK) def. Silvia Prajescu (OSU) ? 6-2, 6-4