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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
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Kansas tennis earns the win in home opener
JACOB CLEMEN
@jclemn9
Kansas tennis picked up its first home win of the season in exhilarating fashion, knocking off No. 49 Houston 1-3.
The Jayhawks' home opener marked the first time Kansas has won against a ranked opponent since last year and improved the team to 3-4 on the year.
"Coming out and competing, staying confident in what we're doing, being fearless and not being afraid of being successful — that's a process we are going through as a team," coach Todd Chapman said. "I couldn't be more proud of the girls and the team."
J Kansas started the day strong in doubles play. Senior Maria Belen Ludueña and her partner junior Maria Jose Cardona lost their doubles match 6-4, but freshmen summer Collins and Rachel
McNeely won their match 6-4, setting up a dramatic finish in the final doubles match.
Freshmen Smith Hinton and Madison Harrison built a 5-1 lead before Houston erased the deficit to even things at 5-5. Kansas then went ahead 6-5 and Houston rallied again to even things at 6-6. Kansas won the tiebreaker 7-6 to clinch the doubles point for the Jayhawks.
Cardona dropped the first singles point fairly quickly (6-0, 6-3) to even the score at a point apiece.
Harrison followed up the excitement of her deciding match in doubles with a singles victory (6-1, 6-4) to put the Jayhawks up 2-1.
Kansas needed victories from both Hinton and Collins if it hoped to secure the win. Hinton won her first set handily 6-1 but dropped the
Houston picked up two singles points against Ludueña and McNeely to go ahead 3-2 with two matches left to play.
second set 6-3. In the deciding set, Hinton won the first four games but surrendered four of the next five before securing the set 6-4 and the match.
The final and deciding match between Collins and Maria Cardenas, the junior from Houston, was a long and dramatic affair. Cardenas jumped to an early lead and secured the first set 6-1. Collins then took a back-and-forth second set 6-4 and had momentum heading into the final set. Cardenas took the first game but Collins won five straight to lead 5-1 but had trouble putting Cardenas away. Cardenas was able to win four straight to even things at 5-5. Collins then won the next two games to win her match and secure the victory for Kansas.
Senior Maria Ludueña celebrates a point against the University of Houston during a doubles match over the weekend.
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"I came out in the first set not very confident," Collins said. "I knew I had to change it around. ... When things aren't going your way it's hard to keep up your energy."
Chapman said Hinton and Collins "did a fantastic job staying calm" with a victory on the line and that the key to Kansas' success was staying positive and executing
comebacks.
"We have to remember that we'll be back to work on Monday but we'll enjoy it this weekend," Chapman said.
action again next weekend in Colorado against Denver on Feb. 21 and Colorado on Feb. 22.
The Jayhawks will be in
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
Men's golf kicks off spring season
NICK COUZIN
@ncouz
The Jayhawk men golfers began their spring season on Saturday in Phoenix as they played in their Alumni Match. "We got a lot of work done in Phoenix," coach Jamie Bermel said. "The guys had a little rust in their game as they hadn't competed or qualified since last fall."
In the alumni event, they
"The guys had a little rust in their game as they hadn't competed or qualified since last fall."
JAMIE BERMEL Men's golf coach
were able to play with some former KU golfers including Nate Barbee.
Barbee is currently playing professionally and has status on the Web.com Tour.
After shaking off the rust and getting back in the swing of their winning ways, the Jayhawk men's golf team will compete in the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, Calif.
Wednesday, Bermel said he will be bringing six golfers with him this coming weekend.
Those golfers include junior Ben Welle, sophomore Chase Hanna, senior Logan Philley, freshman Daniel Hudson, redshirt freshman Brock Drogosch and junior Connor Peck. He said he chose them for the experience they've had because they played in most of the events during the fall with Welle and Hanna having played in all six.
— Edited by Samantha Darling
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