Thursday, May 6, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
KANSAS TENNIS
'Hawks head for NCAA tournament
By Melinda Weaver
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
An upset victory against third-seeded Texas A&M was enough to advance the Kansas men's tennis team into the NCAA tournament, which begins May 14.
The No. 51 Jayhawks will travel to Dallas to face No. 21 Texas Christian University in the tournament's opening round. This will be the Jayhawks' sixth straight tournament appearance, the ninth in team history.
TCU's No. 1 singles player, Esteban Carril, is the sixth-ranked player in the country, but Kansas' No. 3 singles player Alex Barragan beat him in the fall at the Hurricane Invitational in "Tulsa. Okla."
TCU's coach, Michael Center, was the coach at Kansas from 1992 to 1996, leading the team to four Big Eight titles. Center played for Kansas from 1983-
86 and accumulated 153 singles and doubles wins, eighth in Kansas history.
Senior Luis Uribe said it would be weird to play against the coach who recruited him and convinced him to come to Kansas.
"He knows the kind of player I am, and he knows
Kansas, 12-8 overall, had a roller coaster season before now
coastside season before HOW.
After dropping its first home match.
to Louisville when Uriet she out with the chicken pox, Kansas won nine in a row. In the last half of the season, the top half of the lineup began to falter and the team won only two of its last eight.
The Jayhawks redeemed themselves in the Big 12 Conference tournament by upsetting No. 22 Texas A&M 4-3 Friday without No. 2 single player Kenny Powell.
match.
Everyone in the lineup moved up one spot, and sophomore Micah Zomer played in the third spring
Barragan, a freshman, won in his No. 2 singles debut. The other two freshmen, Quentin Blakeyen and Rodrigo Echagayar, also put together victories at No. 5 and No. 4 singles respectively.
Zomer put the final touches on a come-from-
bear relationship by defending Jump
MEN'S
The final touches on a come-from-behind victory by defeating Juan Amarubo 4,6-3,17 (7-5). "There aren't any easy teams in the
dence after beating Texas A&M," Uribe said. "I think we've proved we can beat good teams."
Uribe said the toughest part would be worrying about finals while they were trying to prepare for the tournament.
Coach Mark Riley said the team would do well in the tournament.
"We will face some tough competition, but we expect to compete well with those teams," Riley said.
Kansas will battle New Mexico in first round
— Edited by Kelli Raybern
By Amanda Kaschube sports@kanson.com
Kanson sportswriter
The women's tennis team will be travel to Albuquerque, N.M., next Thursday for one reason — to advance to the NCAA.
advance to the NCAA finals.
The team, seeded No. 3, in the region, will face No. 2 seed New Mexico.
Coach Jenny Garrity said she was happy about her team's seeding.
"We thought playing a tough schedule during the regular season would help us prepare for the tournament," she said. "We are happy to
WOMEN'S
Duke was the No. 1 seed in Kansas region and Oral Roberts was seeded No. 4. Kansas will play New Mexico on May 15.
seed. New Mexico deserves to be No.2."
The Jayhawks lost to New Mexico earlier this season at home, 7-2. However, the team
was without its senior leader, Kris Sell. Sell was out with two torn ligaments in her ankle.
After the match, Garrity attributed the loss to too many double
faults and too many missed returns.
However, Garrity said the level of play of the team has greatly increased from the last matchup.
"Everyone on the team has taken their tennis up a level," she said. "But so has New Mexico. I'm really looking forward to the match."
The tournament is single-elimination. The winners of each regional will advance to the NCAA finals in Gainesville, Fla. May 20-23.
Last year, the Jayhawks won their regional but lost in the first round of the tournament. They post a 1-4 overall record in the NCAA.
En route to the finals, the Jayhawks defeated New Mexico in the semifinals of the regional, 5-3.
Garrity said the Jayhawks would need a good performance to the repeat victory.
"It will take a fabulous playing effort to beat them," she said.
If Kansas wins, the Jayhawks will face either Duke or Oral Roberts on May 16.
The fate of the singles and doubles players will be decided next week when the seedings for the individual championship are released.
The tournament, played from May 24-28, will feature the top 64 singles players and top 32 doubles teams.
— Edited by Aerica Veazey
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