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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
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Women's tennis looks to rebound in Championships
JACOB CLEMEN
@iclemn9
Kansas women's tennis will look to reverse its fortunes against ranked opponents when it heads to the Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas, this weekend.
The Jayhawks' sixth-place finish in the Big 12 earned them a matchup with No. 11 Oklahoma State, the three seed in the tournament, Kansas lost its only matchup with the Cowgirls 4-0 in Stillwater behind strong performances from OSU's freshman Vladica Babic and junior Maria Alvarez.
Kansas was able to rebound
from the loss to defeat No. 29 Oklahonta in a come-from-behind fashion just two days later, and the Jayhawks appeared to have put their struggles against ranked teams behind them.
"We talked all week about knowing we could win these types of matches," coach Todd Chapman said in a press release following the Jayhawk win against Oklahoma. "We have been so close all year and lost so many close matches. It was great to see one through."
Last week, however, the Jayhawks failed to claim a single point in two matches against No. 8 Baylor and No. 32 Texas while battling sickness and injury. The jayhawks are tasked with getting to full health and regaining the form that saw them compete closely with three ranked opponents in No. 46 Tulsa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Since its match against Kansas, Oklahoma State has seen overwhelmingly different results. While Kansas failed to win a point in its two matches, the Cowgirls swept each of its final three matches, winning every available point on its way to a 7-2 conference record.
NICK COUZIN
@Ncouz
Women's golf heads to the Big 12 Championship
Oklahoma State is anchored by three ranked players in singles; No. 16 senior Viktoriya Lushkova, No. 97 Babic and
TOURNAMENT OUTLOOK
THE TORUNAMIENT GULESUN
The Kansas women's golf team will head down to Old Dominion Country Club in San Antonio this weekend to participate in postseason play at the Big 12 Championships. Last year the championship took place at the home of the Texas Longhorns UT Golf Club in Austin where the Oklahoma Sooners claimed victory. The Sooners also crowned the individual champion Chiripat lao-javanil.
Each team will have five golfers competing and there will be both individual and team champions. Each day's scores determine final team scores and individual scores are composed of the lowest
of the five golfers competing. This year, 54 holes will be played over three days, April 24-26.
JAYHAWKS' CHANCES
The five likely golfers traveling to Texas are seniors Gabriella DiMarco, Michelle Woods and Minami Levonowich, and juniors Yupaporn Kawinpakorn and Pornvipa Sakdee. The lajhwacks finish their year playing 25 total rounds shooting 7,527 strokes. The team scoring average to finish the year was 301.1.
Team leaders over the year consisted of Kawinpakorn, Sakdee, DiMarco and Woods. They played in all nine events this year and competed in all 25 rounds.
Kawinpakorn's lowest round on the年垫 with Sakdee
for a team low of 68. Kawinpakorn had a team-leading three rounds in the 60s. Based on the season outlook, Kawinpakorn could take the individual title, which would be the first time a layhawk has ever won the title outright.
JAYHAWKS IN LAST YEAR'S TOURNAMENT
Last year the Jayhawks finished tied for fourth. That was the best finish since the 1992 championship when the Big 12 was the Big Eight. Back then the Jayhawks finished third. They will look to have their best finish ever as a team this year.
Live scoring of the Championship can be followed at big12sports.com.
in Waco, Texas.
- Edited by Mackenzie Clark
Coach Chapman said the team's focus was getting healthy and preparing for a strong opponent in Oklahoma State.
"We are going to take a few days off and get healthy and get ready for the Big 12 tournament." Chapman said in a press release.
Kansas will square off with Oklahoma State in the first match of the day at 9 a.m. Friday in the Hurd Tennis Center
No. 124 sophomore Katarina Adamovic. The Cowgirls will use their depth and experience to wear down a Kansas team that features a roster with only two players who have played in the Big 12 championships.
Cowgirls, it will face the winner of two-seed No. 16 Texas Tech, and either seven-seed Oklahoma or 10-seed West Virginia. Barring a major upset, the Jayhawks would face a Texas Tech team that finished 7-2 in the conference, including a 4-0 sweep of the Jayhawks in Lawrence.
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