Southeastern Conference Champion Kentucky has earned a first-round bye and will take on the winner of Thursday?s LSU-Mississippi State match this Friday, Apr. 22 in the SEC Women?s Tennis Tournament quarterfinals, the league announced Sunday.

UK (21-4, 10-1) will face off against eighth-seeded Mississippi State (11-6, 5-6) or ninth-seeded LSU (12-10, 4-7) on Friday at 10 a.m. EDT at the Alabama Tennis Complex in Tuscaloosa. Kentucky dealt the Bulldogs and Tigers a pair of 7-0 defeats earlier this season in Lexington.

Kentucky held the sixth seed at the 2004 SEC Tournament and defeated Mississippi State in the opening round before upsetting then-No. 4 Georgia in the quarterfinals. The Cats were eliminated by host Vanderbilt in the semifinals.