UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 31, 1995
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Tennis player nets big victory
By Dan Gelston
Kansan sportswriter
On paper, Kansas sophomore Enrique Abaroa looked to have the rockiest path to winning the Rolex Region V Championship.
He had to play the No.1 seed in the tournament and the defending Big Eight Conference singles champion.
But the supposed rocky road was left flat after Abaroa steamedl through the tournament and won the championship yesterday in Wichita.
He defeated Marc Bauer of Colorado 6-2, 6-2 in the championship match. Bauer finished
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the 1995 season as the Big Eight No.1 singles champion.
"I played really good tennis this weekend," Abaroa said. "The main thing was my concentration. I was able to stay focused and fight every point."
Abaroa, the No. 3 seed, won all five of his matches in straight sets including a 6-2, 6-4 win against Rene Novotny of Drake, the tournament's No. 1 seed.
The championship win automatically qualifies the 1995 All-American for the National Indoor Championships in February.
"I was serving and volleying really well," Abaroa said. "That helped me get off to a good start in my matches. I was able to put a lot of balls in play and have them make mistakes."
For Kansas men's tennis coach Michael Center, the win is further proof that Abaroa is one of the best players in the country.
"He played with so much confidence," Center said. "I was very proud of what he accomplished. He handled himself well from the first ball of the tournament to the last ball. He showed a lot of composure out there and was very prepared. He really dominated the tournament."
The championship capped off a tournament in which Kansas proved that it is still the team to beat in the conference. The Jayhawks won 15 of 20 singles matches and six of nine doubles matches. They had three players, Abaroa, senior Victor Fimbres and sophomore Trent Tucker, advanced to the final eight.
Abaroa and senior J.P Vissepo advanced to the semifinals of doubles competition before losing on Sunday.
"I thought we looked better prepared than any of the other teams there," Center said. "It was about as good as a team could be. We feel like we're the team to beat this year."
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