LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men’s tennis team dropped its second consecutive match to a nationally-ranked opponent when it fell to No. 7 Kentucky Tuesday evening, 6-0.

Senior Hugo Klientovsky (No. 2) won the first set of his match, before Alejandro Gomez rallied to win sets two and three.

The Wildcats won the other five singles matches in straight sets. The two teams did not play doubles.

With the win, Kentucky moves to 4-0 while Eastern Kentucky falls to 0-2.

Eastern Kentucky opens its home schedule this Saturday, Jan. 28 with a doubleheader against the University of the Cumberlands (10 a.m.) and Dayton (2 p.m.).

No. 7 Kentucky 6, Eastern Kentucky 0

Singles
1. #5 Eric Quigley (UK) def. Niklas Schroeder (EKU)   6-1, 6-4
2. #111 Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. Hugo Klientovsky (EKU)  3-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. Grant Roberts (UK) def. Philip Janz (EKU)    7-5, 7-6 (5)
4. #85 Panav Jha (UK) def. Parul Verma (EKU)    6-2, 6-4
5. Ryuji Hirooka (UK) def. Carles Pons (EKU)    6-3, 6-1
6. Maks Gold (UK) def. Emilio Piriz (EKU)    6-2, 6-0

Doubles
DNP

Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (0-2); No. 7 Kentucky (4-0)
Order of Finish: Doubles (DNP); Singles (1, 4, 2, 3*, 5, 6)