The No. 4 seeded Kentucky men’s tennis program blanked Presbyterian College 4-0 to kick off the Wildcats’ 2023 NCAA tournament run on a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, KY.
With the sweep, Kentucky moves on to the second round where they’ll face Northwestern on Saturday afternoon. Let’s recap how the ‘Cats got there.
It was a battle of conference champions as Kentucky (25-4) won the SEC for the first time since 1992 and Presbyterian (16-10) won the Big South Conference.
Josh Lapadat, Jaden Weekes, and Taha Baadi picked up singles wins within five minutes of each other with Baadi getting the clincher 6-1, 6-2.