Monday, April 16, 2012
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Freshman Maria Belen Ludena returns a serve to her Bradley opponent during Saturday's match-up at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
The first time we'll get to see McLemore in action on James Naismith Court is Oct. 12 for Late Night in the Phog. The players will jog out of the tunnel and form layup lines. Those layup lines will slowly evolve into dunk lines.
McLemore will throw a couple dunks down. Sleepy eyes in Allen Fieldhouse will suddenly open wide.
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The Ben McLemore experience will officially and finally begin.
Kansas snagged the doubles point early in Friday's match against rival Mizzou, sealed by a 9-8 (5) tiebreaker victory at the No.2 spot for sophomore Paulina Los and freshman Maria Belen Ludueña. Junior Monica Pezzotti and sophomore Dylan Windom won had the other doubles win, an 8-4 rout.
Friday match was the first time in nearly four weeks where the Jayhawks won the doubles point, and it was the team's first in Big 12 play this season.
"The most important point is the doubles point," junior Victoria Khanevskaya said. "After getting the doubles point, it's always easier to go to the singles matches because of confidence."
But the Tigers bounced back
quickly, reeling off four straight singles wins to own what may be the final tennis chapter of the Border Showdown rivalry.
KU took the doubles point yet again in the 6-1 loss to Iowa State, but failed to pull out any singles matches. Before the match, the Cyclones were the only other team in
Windom and Dreyer's wins at the No. 4 and 5 spots only made the final score appear more competitive.
The layhawks' final opportunity to win a regular season conference match will come Saturday against the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan. Kansas State is one of three Big 12 teams not ranked, along with Kansas and Iowa State. The Wildcats currently sit at 3-5 in conference dual play.
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the big 12 without a dual match victory in conference play.
Five days later, all Big 12 teams will head to College Station, Texas to compete in this year's Big 12 Championships, which run from April 26-29.
said. "We cannot lose this match because it's winnable. We're always able, but I would say with this match we must win."
"We have to win,"Khanevskaya
McDonald played in the U.S. Army All-American bowl following his senior year of high school, and Scout.com ranked him as the eighth-best middle linebacker in his class. During his four seasons with Notre Dame, McDonald played in 28 games. He played in all 12 games of the 2009 season, and he played 11 games in 2010, but McDonald appeared in only four games in 2011 because of injuries. In one of McDonald's game appearances last season, he recorded three tackles against Navy.
By adding McDonald, Weis' first recruiting class at Kansas has 25 players,14 of whom transferred from another NCAA institution or a junior college.
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- Ethan Padway