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Monday, August 19, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
New players, coach boost tennis teams
By Tommy Gallagher
Kansan sportswriter
With a number of their players returning, the Kansas tennis teams seem poised to improve on their impressive spring seasons.
The Jayhawk women finished the year with a 21-7 mark and ranked 20th in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll. Senior Kyle Hunt is the feature attraction on the team, having made an enormous impact in her first year as a transfer from North Carolina State.
The Australianian-born Hunt reached the NCAA singles championship match last season but lost, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, to No.4-seed Jill Craybas of the University of Florida.
The loss came at the end of a season in which Hunt won the National Clay Courts doubles title with recent graduate Jenny Atkerson, and also the National Indoor Championships singles title.
Hunt's 49-4 record in singles competition and success in the NCAA tournament earned her All-American status and a No. 6 ranking at the end of the season.
Other returning players include seniors Bianca Kirkhof and Amy Trytek, juniores Maria Abatijoglou and Christie Sim and sophomore Kris Sell. And although Brooke Shiller from Warnambool, Australia, and Julia Sidovia from Riga, Latvia, are only freshmen, head coach Chuck Merzbacher expects them to be as mentally tough as the seniors.
aThe newcomers have international experience, which will
make them tough," Merzbacher said. "We have more experience than we've ever had, which means we'll have a real solid team from top to bottom with no holes."
Although the men's team finished 25-6 and ranked 11th nationally, their season ended more abruptly than that of their female counterparts.
The men's team lost to the University of Georgia, 4-1, in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament on the Bulldogs' home court.
The Jayhawks' one point came from victories by the No. 1 doubles team of junior Enrique Abaro and former Jayhawk Michael Isroff and the No. 3 doubles team of sophomores Fernando Sierra and Luis Uribe.
"We played with a lot of heart and determination out there today," head coach Michael Center said afterwards. "We were defeated by a good Georgia team and by the 95-degree heat. We just weren't used to those conditions."
It was the last match for Center, who resigned at the end of the summer to accept a position in private business.
As head coach of the Jayhawks, Center had been named conference and regional coach of the year for the past three seasons.
"It's hard to leave Lawrence and the University of Kansas," Center said. "But I have a great opportunity in the business world."
Mark Riley, who had been head coach the past three seasons at Drake University, will take Center's place.
Riley posted a 47-26 record at
1996-97 Kansas men's tennis schedule
Sept. 26-29 National Clay Courts ... Oct. 4-6 Tulsa Invite ... Oct. 17-20 ITA All-American ... Oct. 24-28 Regional Rolex ... Nov. 2-3 Regional Team Playoff ...
Jan. 25 BALL STATE
Jan. 31 NEW MEXICO
Feb. 1 ARKANSAS
Feb. 6-9 Rolex Indoors
Feb. 15 Minnesota
Feb. 20-23 National Team Indoors
Feb. 28 DRAKE
March 2 Tulsa
March 8 Oklahoma
March 9 Oklahoma State
March 11 TEXAS
March 13-16 Blue-Grey Tournament
March 22 New Mexico
March 25 Fresno State
March 29 TEXAS A&M
April 2 Missouri
April 5 NEBRASKA
April 6 COLORADO
April 18 Baylor
April 20 Texas Tech
 April 24-27 Big 12 Championships
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Tufas, Okla.
Austin, Texas
Wichita
Des Moines, Iowa
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Nine of 11 players return from lastyear's team, including Abaroa, who was selected on the 1955 Big Eight All-Conference Team and
The team will lack senior leadership, however.
earned All-America honors in singles play as a sophomore.
It is fielding a squad with four juniors, five sophomores and two freshmen.
1996-97 Kansas women's tennis schedule
Fall 1996
sept. 26-29 National Clay Courts ...Baltimore, Md. ...All Day
Oct. 11-13 Arizona State Fall
Tournament ...Tempe, Ariz. ...All Day
Oct. 24-27 All-American
Championships ...Pacific, Palisades, Calif.TBA
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Championships ...Omaha, Nb. ...All Day
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Feb. 1 Duke ...Williamsburg, Va ...TBA
Feb. 6-9 Rolex National Indoor Championships ..Dallas, Texas ..All Day
Feb. 15 NOTRE DAME ...2 p.m.
Feb. 16 SYRACUSE ...2 p.m.
Feb. 20-23 Team Indoors ..Madison, Ws ..All Day
Mar. 1 AUBURN ...2 p.m
Mar. 8 Bringham Young ..Provo, Ut ..11 a.m.
Mar. 9 Utah ..Salt Lake City ..11 a.m.
Mar. 14 Baylor ..Waco, Texas ..noon
Mar. 15 Texas Tech ..Lubbock, Texas ..noon
Mar. 25 Stanford ..Palo Alto, Calif ..1:30 p.m.
Mar. 27 UNLV ..Las Vegas, Nev ..10 a.m.
Mar. 28 Arizona State ..Las Vegas, Nev ..10 a.m.
Mar. 29 Georgia ..Las Vegas, Nev ..10 a.m.
Apr. 2 NEBRASKA ..2:30 p.m.
Apr. 2 Missouri ..Kansas City, Mo ..8 p.m.
Apr. 5 Oklahoma State ..Stillwater, Oka ..10 a.m.
Apr. 6 Oklahoma ..Norman, Okla ..10 a.m.
Apr. 9 KANSAS STATE ..3 p.m.
Apr. 11 Iowa State ..Ames, Iowa ..2 p.m.
Apr. 13 COLORADO ..10 a.m.
Apr. 19 TEXAS ..noon
Apr. 20 TEXAS A&M ..noon
Apr. 24-27 Big 12 Championship ..Austin, Texas ..All Day
May 1-4 NCAA Regionals ..TBA ..All Day
May 17-25 NCAA Championships ..Palo Alto, Calif ..All Day
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