ATHENS, Ga. ? Seventh-seeded Kentucky meets 10th-seeded Vanderbilt Thursday in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference Men?s Tennis Tournament at Georgia?s Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The match is set for 6 p.m. EDT, though the start time may be delayed depending on the duration of the afternoon matches. Live scoring for all SEC tournament matches will be available at secsports.com and georgiadogs.com.

Kentucky (19-8, 6-5) tied for fourth overall in the conference but received the seventh seed by losing tiebreakers against South Carolina, Mississippi State and Tennessee. UK is the only school in the league to make the semifinals of the last four conference tournaments.

The 11th-ranked Cats face a familiar opponent in the 10th-seeded Commodores. Kentucky dealt Vandy a 5-2 defeat in the regular-season finale for both teams last Saturday in Nashville. Senior All-American Jesse Witten, the newly-crowned SEC Player of the Year, improved to 10-1in SEC play at No. 1 singles and extended his winning streak to 12 matches by knocking off Vanderbilt?s Scott Brown in straight sets. Senior Tigran Martirosyan also enters postseason play with momentum on his side after capturing his last eight singles matches. Witten and Martirosyan scored a second-team All-SEC doubles selection Tuesday after compiling a 7-4 mark in conference play.

Should Kentucky find its way past the Commodores Thursday, the Cats would take on second-seeded Florida, who earned a first-round bye, in Friday?s quarterfinals.