Auburn begins its pursuit of a third straight SEC Tournament title Thursday afternoon against the 7th seeded Kentucky Wildcats. The Wildcats played Wednesday afternoon against South Carolina in their first game of the tournament.
The Wilcats (36-16) beat the Gamecocks 7-3 thanks in large part to Abbey Meek's two home runs.
Kentucky is one of the SEC teams Auburn did not play in 2017 during the regular season. You have to think this works in the favor of Auburn as the Tigers can throw ace Kaylee Carlson out against a team that hasn't seen her all year and will take some time to adjust to her pitching.