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THURSDAY, JANUARY-30, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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TENNIS
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Junior Maria Belen Ludueña returns the ball in her doubles match with senior Paulina Los against Texas Tech on March 14,2013, at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. Los and Ludueña lost their doubles match 8-6.
Jayhawks prepare for upcoming matches
TORI RUBINSTEIN
sports@kansan.com
After a strong showing against two ranked teams at the Purdue Invitational, the Kansas women's tennis team will try to keep its momentum going against No. 25 Nebraska this Friday in Lincoln as well as in its first home match against Liberty on Sunday. Overall, the team showed much improvement from the fall slate and saw promise in newcomers Caroline Henderson and Morgan Barnhill.
"There were some moments where they didn't play like freshmen and there were some moments where they looked like they had only been practicing with the team for five days," coach
Henderson and Barnhill showed some bright moments in their first collegiate matches and are hoping to build upon their game this weekend.
Todd Chapman said. "The biggest thing is having them move forward and not take everything as it's life or death."
After the team's first tournament of the spring, Chapman says that its mental toughness has improved and that its level of competition far exceeds that of the fall season.
The girls were hard at work on the courts this past week, and although it won't be easy, the squad is confident that it can hold its own against the Huskers. According to Chapman, the girls are beginning to realize that they can compete with just about anybody. They will have their hands full, however, going up against nationally ranked Maggy Lehmicke of Nebraska who finished the fall slate with a record of 8-5.
"Our biggest thing is just going into every match with the mindset that we are going to win." Chapman said. "We have come a long way and just
want to compete as hard as we can point in and point out and see what happens."
Kansas will work toward gaining confidence and discipline before the start of conference play in March. where they will kick off Big 12 competition against the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.
Players to keep an out for this spring for Kansas are senior Paulina Los, junior Maria Belen Ludueña and sophomore Anastasija Trubica. The three had impressive outings last weekend at Purdue, each winning a team high four matches.
Chapman would also like to add that there will be free admission as well as free food available for all those who come out to support the team this Sunday in their match against Liberty. Matches begin at 11a.m.at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Edited by Alec Weaver
OLYMPICS
US intel sees uptick in Sochi threat reports
WASHINGTON — There has been an uptick in reports of security threats against next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, but the key concern for an attack centers on locations outside the main event areas, a top U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday.
Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that there is extensive security at the sports venues in
Sochi.
But, he added, "The greater threat is to softer targets in the greater Sochi area, and in the outskirts, beyond Sochi, where there is a substantial potential for a terrorist attack."
FBI Director James Comey told the panel that U.S. cooperation with the Russian Security Service has improved, and officials from the two agencies have discussed the Sochi threat.
In a separate development, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke Wednesday with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
to discuss Olympic security.
Hagel pledged U.S. assistance,
if requested. Pentagon press
secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby
said Hagel made no specific
offer of aid, and Shoigu made no
particular requests.
But Kirby said the two leaders agreed that their military officers would continue some type of regular contact through the Games in order to keep communication lines open in case assistance was needed.
Associated Press
Kansas to face Vanderbilt
I AMIE JUST
sports@kansan.com
The Jayhawks are coming off of a win against Arkansas-Little Rock (UALR) as they head back down south for a triangular against Arkansas and Vanderbilt. The meet against UALR last week gave the coaches a gauge of where everyone was athletically.
"I know everyone wants to be better [this week];" said head coach Clark Campbell.
"Each week we want to keep progressing toward our end goal and next week we want
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Sophomore Chelsie Miller attacks the last 10 yards of her butterfly leg in the 400-Yard IM during Kansas' meet on Jan.25. Miller placed first in the event with a time of 4:27.73
The Vanderbilt Commodores have a solid sprint freestyle squad composed of freshman Kayla Moran, sophomore Hannah Martin, freshman Christina Wang and junior Caroline Thomas. Their best 200-yard freestyle relay time is 1:35.40. Noting that Kansas' best time of the season is 1:35.90 from freshman Lea Wissocq, freshman Leah Pfitzer, senior Morgan Sharp and freshman Pia Pavlic, it's
to be better than we were this week. We want to use this as momentum going into the rest of the season," Campbell said.
For this meet, and the rest of the meets during the regular season, "we want to get at or below the times we did in the fall," Campbell said. "We are all over the map with performance."
going to be one exciting race. Both the Commodores and the Jayhawks have their work cut out for them, considering the best time from the Arkansas Razorbacks is a 1:30.78.
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"With this week [for preparation] I expect the team to get better," Campbell said.
Everyone is looking to beat their personal records before the team heads into Big 12 and NCAA competition.
The triangular is hosted by Arkansas on the Feb.1 starting at 11 a.m.
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