Page 12 University Daily Kansan, March 26, 1982
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KU tennis team travels to Manhattan
By GARRY GRIGGS Sports Writer
The Kansas Jayhawks women's tennis team faces its first Big Eight test this weekend when they play in the Kansas State Invitational.
Other teams competing in the invitational will be Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa State, Wichita State, St. Louis and Southern Illinois.
The Jayhawks have already played Wichita State and Southern Illinois this year. They lost, 7-2, to the Shockers in their season opener, and were defeated by Southern Illinois, 5-4, on the team's recent spring trip.
LAST YEAR, the Jayhawks defeated Nebraska, 6-3 and 5-4, and Kansas State, 7-2. On the other hand, the lost to Missouri, 7-2 and to Iowa State, 6-3.
"I'm really excited about it," Head Coach Kathy Merrion said. "It's really important for us to do well this weekend."
Merrison said she really didn't know what to expect this weekend, as the Jayahaws haven't played any of the Big Eight schools thus far.
"We've really been close to Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa State the past couple of years," she said. "Hopefully,
we will be able to get the upper hand this year.
1 am really anxious to play Wichita State again.
"WE LOST A real tough match to Southern Illinois on our spring trip, so now it's our chance to even the score with them."
Instead of competing against all the different schools in normal match play, the invitational is being broken down into individual position tournaments. That is, all the number one single players will have their own separate tournament, all the number two single players will have their own separate tournament and so on down the line through the number three doubles position.
The invitational will have a double elimination setup, with places to be awarded to the two four positions.
"This should really benefit everybody, since it will be the same format used at the Big Eight Championships," Merrion said.
ACCORDING TO senior Corry Nason, the experience the team gained on their spring trip should help them this weekend.
The Jayhawks, who are now 7-6,
finished the trip with a 2-5 mark.
"We probably played some of the toughest competition we will be playing all year on our trip," Nason said. "Even though we lost five matches, most of those were close ones. The encouraging thing about the whole trip was that we played our best tennis of the year."
"We're all pretty excited, we've really been looking forward to playing the conference schools," she said. "Hopefully, we can do well and pick up some momentum to carry with us to the Big Eight Championships."
So far this season, doubles have been carrying the Jayhawks. This hasn't surprised Merrion any.
"WE WORK very hard on doubles in practice, and it really has paid off for us," Merrion said. "The opposing team is going to really impressed with our doubles play."
"You have to have the right combinations to be successful in doubles, and that is what we have."
The same thing, however, cannot be said for the Jayhawks singles play, according to Merrion.
"Our singles play still has a way to go," she said. "If we can get our singles up to play with our doubles, we should really be in great shape."
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Rugby
TOMORROW'S GAMES
At Stowe Park
KU vs. Kansas City RPC
Wild 3-8 4
At Lawrence
Heart of America Football Unio
AT LAWRENCE
Heart of America Rugby Football Union
College Tournament
Soccer
TOMORROW'S GAMES
23rd and Iowa
TOMORROW'S GAMES
23rd and Iowa
KU Women vs. Missouri
Crew
TOMORROW'S GAME
At Purdue
KU Men and Women vs. Purdue
Jays beat Rovals
By United Press International
DUNEDIN, Fla.-Lia. inimited homeings by Willie Lupateh and Milch Webster helped pace the Toronto Blue Jays on their way to a victory yesterday over the Kansas City Royals.
Upshaw's two-run homer to right field came in a four-seven seventh innor for the Blue Jays. Webster, homered in the eighth.
Sports Writer
'Hawks open outdoor season
By DAVE McQUEEN Sports Writer
The Jayhawks, although a young and relatively inexperienced team, have turned in some fine performances so far this year. In the field, long jumper Tudek Mackenzie and shotter Sitesim Tuteu have ranked close to the top of the conference.
"Albama and LSU are both very well-balanced teams," she said. "Albama defeated us last year in the competition against Clemson or LSU."
But the team's main strength lies in the relays. At the conference meet, the mile relay队 ran a 3:45 to capture and the 880 relay队 took second.
The KU women's track team will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., this weekend to open the 182nd outdoor season in a city where they've played. Alabama, Clemson and Louisiana State.
STARTS APRIL 2nd AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU.
Next weekend, the Jayhawks will be in Cape Girardeau, Mo., for the Southeast Missouri Invitational.
The meet will be the first for the Jahyahws since the Big Eight Indoor Championships in February. KU placed fourth in that meet.
said. "It's like starting out all over again."
"I think for the first meet of the season, we'll have some good performances," the second-year coach
According to KU track coach Carla Coffey, the team's goal is to qualify as many people possible for competition with the NCAA national meet this June in Provo, Utah.
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