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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TENNIS
Strong team bond translates onto the court
CORBIN MIHELIC
cmihelic@kansan.com
Sophomore Paulina Los and junior Monica Pezzotti paced the Kansas tennis team with a first-place finish in "A" doubles draw at this weekend's Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky.
Los and Pezzotti defeated Armstrong Atlantic State University's Alekandra Filipovski and Barbora Krtickova, 8-5, in the championship match. Filipovski and Krtickova had not lost a single game in their first two matches of the tournament.
["Los and Pezzotti] are learning each other's style of game, learning each other as a person and as a player as well," coach Amy Hall-Holt said. "I think they have been very effective in learning how to play with each other, and that's why they have been pretty successful this fall."
Freshman Karen Hernandez and sophomore Claire Dreyer placed second in "B" doubles draw, losing
Paulina Los returns a ball while playing in the doubles "A" group Friday morning during the Kansas Invitational. During the spring season, Los recorded an 11-10 record while defeating three ranked teams.
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to Marlen Hakee and Olga Kalodzitsa of Armstrong Atlantic, 8-3, in the final. Sophore Amy Barnhouse and junior Victoria Khanevskaya finished fourth in "C" doubles draw.
championship, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).
Pezzotti won the third-place match in "E" draw after Alexis Garrett of Morehead State retired in the second set. Khanewskaya defeated Cleveland State's Mengdi Liu, 6-3, 6-1, to place third in "F" draw, while Los lost the "C" draw third-place match to Mara Schmidt, 6-0, 6-0.
Dreyer went 1-2 to place sixth in "D" draw, and Hernandez lost a third-set tiebreaker in the "B" draw seventh-place match.
Hall-Holt said she is pleased with the team's overall results at the Kentucky Invitational, especially considering two of her top players did not attend the tournament. She has been particularly impressed with her team's chemistry so far this season.
"With the diversity of our team — with different cultures and different backgrounds — it is very important that we focus on the team chemistry and team bonding." Hall-Holt said. "I think, for the most part, our team has really come together and
"Our team has really come together and I think by having such a tight team chemistry this year, there is a lot of quality tennis."
Barnthouse had the Jayhawks' best singles finish, losing a heartbreaker to Eastern Kentucky's Carmen Rodriguez in the "G" draw
AMY HALL-HOLT
Coach
I think by having such a tight team chemistry this year, there is a lot of quality tennis. It's bringing the team together, forcing them to perform for each other and I think it's very exciting."
Calif., to compete in the ITA/Riviera Women's All-American Tennis Championships, which begins tomorrow.
Senior Ekaterina Morozova and sophomore Dylan Windom both missed the Kentucky Invitational as they traveled to Pacific Palisades,
doubles draw and will be the first Jayhawks to play in the main draw since 1990. Morozova will also be in the singles qualifying bracket.
"It's a very prestigious tournament," Hall-Holt said. "it's an honor and it's very humbling to be here and to play against the high-calliber players that they are going to be playing against."
The duo is one of 24 teams selected to compete in the main
three weeks with a home tournament from Oct. 21-23. Spring play will begin Jan. 12 at the Hawaii Invitational.
The fall portion of the women's tennis season ends in less than
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MLS
Back-to-back goals leave Sporting KC in tie
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Jose's Chris Wondolowski and Sporting Kansas City's Teal Bunbury scored within a minute of each other
as the teams played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.
Wondolowski broke open what had been a dreary match in the 85th minute by burying a left-footed volley at the far post.
Bunbury responded running onto
a bouncing lead pass from C.J. Sapong.
Kansas City (11-9-12) moved two points ahead of second-place Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference.
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NFL
Haley's sideline pep talk spurs Chiefs to victory KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three straight losses, an offense that couldn't punch it into the end zone — the frustration started to boil over for Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Matt Cassel had just skipped the
Matt Cassel had just spiked the ball on third down to force another
field goal, and the quarterback was greeted at the sideline by coach Todd Haley. An animated conversation ensued, some choice words exchanged, the TV cameras catching all of it in gory detail.
Whatever message Haley delivered must have been received.
Cassel hit Dwayne for a 52-44 fourth-quarter touchdown pass,
Ryan Succop was perfect on five field-goal attempts and the Chiefs held off the Minnesota Vikings 22-17.
"It's just part of the game," Cassel said of the sideline flare-up. "You hug, you make up, you do high-fives and you just move on to the next play. It's part of football."
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