March 4, 2004

The University of South Carolina’s women’s tennis team is off to a 6-2 start overall and a 2-0 mark in the SEC this season. The Gamecocks travel to Kentucky for a match with the 21st ranked Wildcats on Friday before returning home to play the No. 4 ranked Vanderbilt Commodores on Sunday at 1pm.

The Gamecocks and Wildcats are tied with 10 wins a piece in the series. Last season, Kentucky took a 4-3 win in Columbia. The Commodores hold an 11-9 advantage over USC and defeated the Gamecocks 7-0 last season in Nashville.

USC enters the two contest this weekend on a three match winning streak that has came against Arkansas, LSU, and UT-Chattanooga. After facing the Commodores and Wildcats this weekend, USC will travel to Charleston next week to face College of Charleston and Winthrop before returning home to battle No. 15 Harvard on Saturday.

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