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Friday, January 27, 1995
SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Healthier men's tennis team goes on the road
Different climate, altitude the challenge against New Mexico
By Robert Moczydlowsky Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's tennis team takes its No. 23-ranked show on the road this weekend when they travel to Albuquerque, N.M.
The Jayhawks, who used a banged-up lineup to defeat Southwest Missouri State last Friday, will face their first nationally-ranked competition of the year in No.29-ranked New Mexico.
"We're ready to play," Kansas coach Michael Center said. "Everybody is healthy, and we're excited about facing the outside competition."
"We need to focus on executing well," Ortiz said. "If we play well, we should win. But we can't afford to make any mistakes. They have a good program and a good crowd."
Kansas senior Manny Ortiz said that a hard week of practice would prepare the team for a potentially tough opponent.
Center said that focusing on tennis and not the New Mexico environment would be key to the Jayhawks' success.
"We have to be careful about focusing too much on New Mexico," Center said. "Texas Tech is capable of playing good tennis. We need to make sure that we stay excited for both matches."
"They have a tough place to play down there," he said. "We'll have to play in a bubble, and we'll be playing at an altitude. They are a very good team at home, and we can't let that get to us."
The Jayhawks will remain in Albuquerque on Sunday to take on the seemingly over-matched Texas Tech Red Raiders.
"Mike is healthy and ready." Center said. "但 we'll hold him out and give him time to get ready for next week. He hasn't played a lot since his surgery, and we're not sure how he'll do yet."
Kansas junior Mike Isroff, who recently returned from knee surgery, will sit out matches to rest and prepare for next week's Rolex National Indoor Tournament in Dallas.
The Jayhawk attack will be boosted by the collegiate debut of highly-touted freshman Enrique Abaroa, who was required to sit out two matches by NCAA regulations because he had been playing professionally. He will join the lineup in the No.2 singles spot and is slated to play doubles with junior J.P. Visssepo.
Senior Martin Eriksson and junior Reid Slattery also will travel to Dallas for the Rolex Indoors. Slattery and Isroff will compete in the doubles tournament, and Eriksson will play singles.
"This Rolex tournament will be a great experience," Center said. "The best players in the nation will be competing, and we'll just see what Mike and Reid can do. If Martin can win a few matches, he could really become a dangerous draw for the rest of the field."
After the Rolex Tournament, Center and the Jayhawks will have some extra time to prepare for their home matches against nationally ranked Iowa and Fresno State.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Kansas senior Manny Ortiz returns the ball during practice at Alvamar Raquet Club. The team is getting ready for this weekend's tennis matches against New Mexico and Texas Tech in Albuquerque, N.W.
Kansas swim teams excited for triple meet
By Tom Erickson
Kansan sportswriter
Iowa State and Arkansas may be unranked, but that will not cause the Kansas men's and women's swimming teams to overlook them.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said his teams were excited about the triple meets, especially on the men's side.
The No. 21 men face the Cyclones and Razorbacks at 6 tonight in Robinson Natalium, and the No. 23 women will meet them at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Both events are free.
"The Iowa State men upset the conference champions, Nebraska, last weekend, so we know they're good," he said. "Trip Hedrick runs an excellent program, and they got a couple of fingers in at semester."
They will be ranked soon because I have ranked them all year long, and I'm on the poll."
Despite being favored to win, the Jayhawks cannot be distracted, Kemp said.
"We're going to have to perform at a very high level to beat the Iowa
have another good team."
The men's team also was victorious over Iowa State last year, by a score of 135 to 103, and Kansas junior freestyle Dan Phillips said the men's focus remained unchanged.
"We're still concentrating on Big Eight and NCAA championships," he said. "We've had a couple of meetings trying to get more mentally prepared for the meet."
Iowa State men's swim coach Trip Hedrick said his team's win against No. 19 Nebraska was good, but he did not want to overlook the Jayhawks.
"We are always especially cautious with Kansas," he said. "It seems like every year on paper it appears it will be close, and KU bombs us."
The Arkansas women are com-
State men," he said. "The ladies need to just flat-out get better this weekend, and if we can do that, we can continue to be a better team.
"I think everybody is excited because we're getting back to swim the conference season," she said. "Arkansas has also swum well this year, so we're excited to
Last season the women defeated both the Razorbacks in Lawrence and the Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.
Senior captain Kristen Carlson said the women had a good week of practice.
76 victory over Drury College last Saturday. The Razorbacks, led by sophomore Kim Garland, won 10 of the 13 events and pushed their regular-season record to 6-2.
The men's team also
met with Drury last week. Martin Levine holds the team's best times in the 50, 100 and 200-meter freestyles, all set at the Speedo Cup at Chapel Hill, N.C., in December.
Kempf said he felt his teams were right on schedule at this point in the season.
"We're in our final stages of preparation for the conference championship," he said. "Obviously, we're excited for this weekend."
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