Kentucky looks to dent the win column in SEC play Friday when the Cats play host to South Carolina at the Boone Tennis Complex. The match is set for 1 p.m. EST. Live scoring will be available at www.ukathletics.com.

The 28th-ranked Cats (8-5, 0-2) and 30th-ranked Gamecocks (12-3, 2-0) will do battle after earning tight non-conference wins on Wednesday. Kentucky overcame a doubles deficit with a strong singles effort to defeat Indiana, 4-3. South Carolina rallied from a deficit of its own to edge UNLV, 4-3 in Las Vegas.

The Gamecocks come to Lexington with conference wins over Arkansas and LSU, while the Cats continue their search for their first conference victory after suffering defeats at Mississippi State and Ole Miss last weekend. South Carolina features the reigning SEC Player of the Week in junior Tom Eklund, the nation?s 45th-ranked student-athlete. He?ll likely match up with UK senior All-American Jesse Witten at the No. 1 singles slot.

Kentucky dealt South Carolina a 4-3 defeat a season ago in Columbia.