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Tennis team serves up win
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Julia Sidorova, Riga, Latvia, freshman, sets up to smack a two-handed backhand in an April 2 match against Nebraska. Sidorova and the rest of the women's team travel to Ames, Iowa, for a Big 12 Conference meet today against Iowa State.
The Kansas women's tennis team didn't give up a set in singles play Wednesday, and the strong performance handed the team an 8-1 victory against Kansas State.
By Andy Rohrback
Kansan sportswriter
The Jayhawks started the meet with solid singles play. Christie Sim picked up her match at the No. 1 position over Yana Dorodnova 7-6, 6-3. At the No. 2 spot, Kris Sell defeated Lena Piliptchak 6-4, 7-6. Freshman Brooke Chiller won out of karen Nicholson 6-1, 6-3, and Bianca Kirchhof defeated Dinah Watson at the No. 4 spot by the same score. Amy Trytek won at the No. 5 position over Chris Schulte 6-3, 7-6, and the most decisive victory was won by Julia Sidorova over Nikki Lagerstrom at No. 6, 6-1, 6-0.
The team's only loss came in doubles play. After Chiller and trytek beat Dorodnova and Piliptchak 8-5 and Sim and Sell beat Schulte and Nicholson 8-6, Kirchhof and Maria Abatjoglou fell to the Wildcats' Lagerstrom and Watson 8-4.
Coach Roland Thornqvist said his team's focus in practice had
"Doubles is the one thing we'd love to improve on," he said.
The win marks Kansas' sixth consecutive conference win, bringing its record to 10-11, 6-1 in the Big 12. Like the men's team, the women's team now holds second place in the conference behind powerhouses Texas and Texas A&M, which are tied for the lead.
been on doubles recently because K-State long had been known to have strong doubles.
Kansas has four conference matches left; two are this weekend against Iowa State today and Colorado on Sunday.
"That weekend is obviously a very big weekend for us," Thorquist said. "Colorado has stepped up and been a great club this year."
But the Jayhawks' conference record validates them as a contender for the conference title. Both the Longhorns and the Aggies will visit Kansas the weekend of April 19.
"I'm looking forward to seeing Texas," he said. "Everybody's talking about Texas as being the premier team in the conference. We have them at home this year, and it'll be fun."
'Hawks fly south to play Red Raiders
Texas Tech boasts 30-4 record overall, 12-3 in conference
By Harley V. Ratliff
Kansan sportswriter
Now, the bad news: The Jayhawks have to spend their weekend playing what could be the
First, the good news: The Kansas baseball team gets to escape the unseasonably cold weather and the bizarre spring snow that's gripping Lawrence.
most imposing team in the Big 12 Conference, Texas Tech.
Kansas will begin its conference series against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the top ranked team in the Big 12, at 7 oncth at Dan Law Field in Lubbock, Texas.
Although they have returned just one starter, the Red Raiders have been able to get the most from their inexperience. Texas Tech
The Raiders enter the series against the Jayhawks with a dominating 30-4 record, including 12-3 in the conference. They are ranked in the top 10 by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls.
has been led by a group of dominating young pitchers and the league's most prolific hitter.
Sophomore pitchers Monty Ward (6-1) and Shane Wright (6-0) and junior pitcher Jason Gooding (7-0) have combined to win more games than any other trio in the Big 12.
"Our pitching staff has really been the key to our success so far this season," Texas Tech head coach Larry Hayes said. "We didn't think that we had much of a team coming back. But our sophomores have really been able to step it up."
While the underclassman man the pitching mound, it is a Red
Raider senior who has been the team's offensive spark.
Third baseman Joe Dillon has been virtually unstoppable at the plate. The big righty from California has put up conference MVPL-like numbers — batting .392 while hitting a league-leading 21 home runs and 57 RBI. Hayes said Dillon had exceeded his preseason expectations.
"We were expecting him to step up and assume the leadership role on the team," Hayes said. "And Joe has hardly disappointed."
The teams will finish the series with a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and Sunday.
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