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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TENNIS
Jayhawks complete last week of fall season
Junior Victoria Khanevskava runs to save the ball during a match against University of Kansas Misouri Friday morning.
CORBIN MIHELIC
cmihelic@kansan.com
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As the No. 33 ranked doubles team, senior Ekaterina Morozova and sophomore Dylan Windom went into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional tournament in Tulsa, Okla., expecting to contend for a trip to the National Indoor Championship.
Instead, the duo endured a tough loss in the quarterfinals to Oklahoma State's Kanyapat Narattana and Malika Rose. 9-8(2).
"We kind of froze up and couldn't finish it out," coach Amy Hole-Holt said. "I have to give Oklahoma State credit. They came out and they took it to Kate and Dylan. It was a great match all around, but we just didn't finish it."
Morozova and Windom were the tournament's No. 2 seed, and defeated Missouri's Rachel Stuhmann and Alexandra Clark, 8-4, and Alexa Palen and Magdaluna Wiecha of Minnesota, 8-5, in their first two matches.
"We've had a great run this semester, and I'm definitely very proud of both of them," Hall-Holt said. "I'm looking forward to seeing what great things come about for next semester."
Morozova also had a solid showing in the main singles draw, but lost in the quarterfinals to Madeleine Geibert of Nebraska, 6-4, 6-3. She led early in both sets, but was hampered by back spasms throughout the match.
"She played very, very well with a lot of confidence this weekend," Hall-Holt said of Morozova. "She kind of tweaked her back a little bit in the first set of singles today but fought through it."
Windom also played in the main singles draw, but fell in the first round to Emile Carbone of Arkansas, 7-5, 6-3.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team finished its fall portion of the season at the KU Invitational in Lawrence.
Junior Monica Pezzotti and
sophomore Paulina Los were the highlights of the tournament for the Jayhawks by winning the tournament's main doubles draw. The duo took down Kansas State's Karla Bonacic and Carmen Borau Ramos, 9-8(2), in the semifinals before defeating Carolyn Chupa and Katie Kylczek of Indiana, 8-6, in the championship match.
Sophomore Amy Barnthouse
lost in the finals of Singles Draw E to Marquette's Tina Radan, 6-1, 6-3, to finish second in the draw. Los fell in the semifinals of Draw B to Indiana's Sophie Garre, 6-4, 6-2, but the third-place match was not played.
Freshman Karen Hernandez finished fifth in Draw C, while junior Victoria Khanevskaya made it to the consolation final of Draw
D. Khanevskaya's fifth-place
"Each day we keep preparing what our goals are for this offseason."
AMY HALL-HOLT Coach
match was also not played.
Khanevskaya and Los each played an extra match that did not count toward their respective singles draws. Los defeated Klyczek, 6-1, 6-0, and Khanevskaya defeated UMKC's Suzan Lisenby, 6-1, 6-1, in those matches.
The team will be back in action Jan. 12 in Honolulu for the Hawaii Invitational.
"Each day we keep preparing what our goals are for this off-season and we try to accomplish those goals as we go on," Hall-Holt said. "We look forward to coming back in January having completed those goals to go to Hawaii."
— Edited by Mandy Matney