We’re ticking down to the end of the 2011-12 UK Athletics season, but that’s not stopping Memorial Day from being a busy one for the Big Blue Nation. Here are a few notes to help you keep up:

• Eric Quigley wanted to help carry men’s tennis to a team national championship, but the Wildcats fell in the Sweet 16. Instead, he’s going for the next best thing. At noon on Monday, UK’s all-time winningest player will take on top-ranked Steve Johnson of Southern Cal with the singles national championship on the line. Quigley has done just about everything a college tennis player can in his four years at Kentucky, but his resume lacks a national title. NCAA.com will be live streaming Quigley’s final collegiate match here.
• Speaking of Quigley, Kyle Tucker of the Louisville Courier-Journal on his bid to become UK’s first men’s tennis national champion. Check it out.
• The baseball team received the disappointing – and surprising – news on Sunday that Cliff Hagan Stadium would not be playing host to an NCAA regional. Nonetheless, the Wildcats will have a chance to prove themselves in the NCAA Tournament and they will learn where they’ll path will start and what it will look like in the Selection Show at noon on ESPNU.
• Finally, third baseman Thomas McCarthy was named to the SEC All-Tournament team. He had six hits in 13 at-bats over three games of the tournament last week.