LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team is set to play a doubleheader against Kentucky on Saturday at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex.
 
Saturday's doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET in Lexington.  Match two is tentatively set to start at 3 p.m.  Live video for both matches can be found on Track Tennis.
 
EKU (4-3) enters play on Saturday winners in four of its last five matches with notable victories over Northern Kentucky and UNC Greensboro.
 
Despite a singles loss last time out against Marshall, junior Marilou Cote leads the club with a 5-2 record from court Nos. 2-4 and has wins in four of her last five matches. 
 
Colonels Izem Elif Olcer, Anastasiia Cherniakova, and Mariia Triska enter Saturday's fixture on win streaks in singles play.  Olcer, a sophomore from Turkey, has won her last three matches—two of those coming on court No. 5.
 
Kentucky (3-1) will open the doubleheader coming off a 6-1 win over Purdue last Sunday.  The Wildcats have outscored their opposition 19-7 on the season—their only loss coming to Iowa by a score of 4-3 on the road on Jan. 24.
 
Junior Zoe Hammond leads the Wildcats with a 3-1 singles record from its top court and notably had a straight-set 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 103 Carmen Gall Guevara of Purdue last time out.
 
Additionally, UK's No. 56-ranked Julia Zhu and Elizabeth Stevens had ranked singles wins over the Boilermakers, taking down their No. 73 and No. 101 opponents in straight sets, respectively.