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4 WEEK IN REVIEW
TENNIS
Kansas faces tough upcoming matches
The Kansas tennis team is set to finish the regular season with four conference matches at home, where the team has gone 5-3 on the season and 1-1 in conference play. Kansas dropped to 9-10 overall and 1-6 in conference after losses to Missouri and Colorado during the weekend.
Freshman Vika Khanevskaya recorded victories in singles for both matches at the No. 6 spot on the team. The No.1 doubles team of sophomores Kate Morozova and Erin Wilbert won their last match against the No. 72-ranked doubles team of Monica Milewski and Ania Anuszkiewicz from Colorado 8-4.
The Jayhawks have lost their last four matches, including rivalry losses to Kansas State and Missouri. With six of the conference teams ranked nationally in the top 75 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the Jayhawks will face three of the teams in their last four matches of the season including the team atop the rankings.
Weston White/KANSAN FILE PHOTO Sophomore Erin Wilbert clinches her fist after teammate Ekaterina Morozova won a point at the net. Kansas defeated Iowa State 4-3 overall during a match earlier this season, which marked its 32nd consecutive victory against the Cyclones.
Kansas will first face No.59 Oklahoma State at 2 p.m.on Friday.After that the Jayhawks will face No.37 Oklahoma at noon on Sunday, followed by Texas Tech on April 23 and No.1 Baylor on April 25 to finish out their regular season.
— Kathleen Gier
ROWING
Rowers pull out victories in 4 races last weekend
The women's rowing team's first varsity four-person boat won two races last weekend as the Jayhawks raced against Rhode Island, Bucknell, and Old Dominion in Lewisberry, Pa. The second varsity eight and the novice eight also notched victories in their races. It was the first time this season that the Jayhawks raced outside the Midwest.
The Varsity four boat had previously defeated the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Kansas State in Kansas City, Kan., and Oklahoma University in Oklahoma City. Their victories this weekend brings
The rowing team has the weekend off from competition before the team heads up to St. Paul, Minn., for a head-to-head race against the University of Minnesota. The race in Minnesota will be the last tune-up opportunity for the Jayhawks before the Big 12 Championship. Then it will be regionals and the NCAA Championship races.
the season total for the varsity four boat to five victories.
Ethan Padway
SOFTBALL
Team earns first Big 12 victory against Baylor
The Kansas softball team has struggled at the beginning of conference play and lost its first seven games. The team finally got its first Big 12 Conference victory Sunday against Baylor. Kansas currently sits in last place in the Big 12 at 17-22 (1-7).
Some of this season's struggles could be because of the difficult schedule Kansas has had to face. All eight games to open conference play have been against ranked opponents in one of the two major polls. Also, six of 10 teams in the Big 12 are currently ranked in the ESPN.com poll.
Kansas will have a little more breathing room to end the season, as only two of the
remaining five Big 12 series are against ranked teams. Kansas will also have nonconference games Drake, Creighton and Wichita State that the team may be able to use as confidence builders.
With only a month left in the regular season, look for Kansas to finish much stronger down the stretch. Kansas will host Nebraska tonight, play a doubleheader at Creighton on Thursday, and then return home for a two-game series against No. 11 Oklahoma State this weekend.
-Zach Getz
THE WAVE APRIL 14,2010
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN