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/ SPORTS / MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
TENNIS
Jayhawks split weekend matches
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BY KATHLEEN GIER
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Sophomores Ekaterina Morozova (left) and Erin Wilbert congratulate each other after winning a point in their doubles match against Iowa State. Morozova and Wilbert won 8-3 and Kansas defeated Iowa State overall 4-3, marking their 32nd consecutive victory against the Cyclones Fridav at the Juhawk Tennis Complex.
Junior Maria Martinez stretches out to return a shot Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Complex. Kansas defeated Iowa State in a 4-3 decision that notched their 32nd straight victory over the Cyclones.
The Kansas tennis team split matches this weekend, first defeating Iowa State 4-3 and then losing to No. 43 Nebraska 5-2.
On her birthday, sophomore Erin Wilbert led the Javahawks to win in singles and doubles against Nebraska. Wilbert and partner, sophomore Mare Morozova won the doubles point and Wilbert won the only singles point of the day, after her match went into three sets.
"Whether it is the first set, the second set or the third set you have to keep that high intensity to compete," coach Amy Hall-Holt said. "I felt we put ourselves out in a good position today against a high-ranked team."
The doubles team of Morozova and Wilbert recorded its third straight victory.
"It ite feels great, I really like playing with Erin and I think we are doing really well this season even if we are playing at the number one position and playing the really good teams," Morozova said. "I think we are really competitive."
In her singles match, Morozova faced Mary Weatherholt, who is ranked 70th in the nation in singles. She fell in both sets.
"In the second set she was not missing anything," Morozova said. "She was making a lot of balls and I was trying really hard, but I could not do anything. She was playing really well."
same position whether it is pointing this way or that way. I was just trying to figure out on one side I needed to hit the ball harder and on the other side I needed to put it back," Morozova said.
Kansas fought through strong wind in its second set of matches on the outdoor courts at home.
"I was not really worried about the wind because we both are at the
Against Iowa State, Kansas lost the doubles point but won with singles victories from Wilbert, Morozova, freshmen Sara Lazarevic and Vika Khanevskaya and senior Kuni Duni.
On Thursday, the layhawks will travel to Manhattan to take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 2 p.m.
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White Sox Carlos Quentin was hit by a pitch twice, but drilled a two-run home run in between being plunked. Former Royal Mark Teahen was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
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Royals starter Luke Hochevar was roughed up for six runs — five earned — and nine hits in five innings, while Kansas City scored three runs in the first off Chicago's Daniel Hudson. The two teams combined for 31 hits. The
CAP CANA, Dominican Republic — When Fred Couples joined the Champions Tour, most everyone predicted success befitting a 15-time PGA Tour winner and Masters champion.
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four hits, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 10-8 comeback win over a Chicago White Sox split squad Sunday.
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"I had a great stretch of golf in 1992," said Couples, who won three
Couples won his third straight start on the 50-and-over tour Sunday, shooting a course-record 10-under 62 at Jack Nicklaus-designed Punta Espada for a two-
Judging from his first four events, everyone was right.
victory tie
over Corey
Pavin in the
Cap Cana
Championship.
ship.
Guillen went 4 for 4 with two RBIs to raise his spring average to 342.
"I did a lot of things that were very good out there today."
COREY PAVIN Golfer
Pavin was the victim of a bad break when his second shot at the par 4 14th hole hit a greenside sprinkler head and bounced 60 yards over the green into a waste area. He was unable to recover and made a bogey, losing the lead
Couples hasn't had a score higher than 68 and is 77 under in 12 senior rounds. He earned $240,000 for a four-event total of $931,000.
tournaments, including the Masters,
in a two-month period then,
"but I must say that these four
weeks on the Champions Tour
I'm not missing many shots."
Couples began the day two strokes behind Pavin and one back of Nick Price.
Couples made 11 birdies in the final round and finished the tournament at 21-under 195. Pavin closed with a 66.
The 50-year-old Couples is the first player in Champions Tour history to win three of his first four tournaments, and the eighth to win three straight starts, leaving him one behind the tour record set by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1987.
"It was an unbelievable day," said Couples, who made five birdies in a row from the second through sixth hole. "The first six or seven holes, there was an eagle, birdies and putts going in from everywhere."
The ACE Group Classic and Toshiba Classic winner after finishing second in the season-opening event in Hawaii.
for the first time since the seventh hole.
"I did a lot of things that were very good out there today," said Pavin, who made an eagle with a chip-in at the par-5
Royals come back against White Sox
sixth hole to tie for the lead, five birds and one bogey, "and one bad break does not make a tournament, but it doesn't help any."
Russ Cochran, never a factor in the chase for first place, shot a 67 to finish third at 14 under. Price, who shot himself out of contention with a watery approach shot and double bogey at the 15th hole, had a 71 to tie for fourth at 13 under with Tom Pernice Jr. (67) and Bernhard Langer (67).
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In the opening nine holes, Couples, Price and Pavin made 11 birdies and an eagle.
Couples ran off five more birdies in a row from the 11-15 and maintained a one-shot lead over Pavin when both birdied the par-5 15th. Of Couples' birdies, only one came from outside 30 feet and eight came from inside 15 or less. Couples will play the PGA Tour's Houston Open next week, then head to Augusta National for the Masters.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — J.J. Redick had 23 points and career highs of eight assists and seven rebounds in place of an injured Vince Carter, helping the Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 103-97 on Sunday night.
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Carter left 95 seconds into the game with the injury, two days after he sprained his right ankle in a win over Minnesota. It was not immediately clear how long Carter could be sidelined.
The Magic broke away from a tight game with an 18-7 run late in the fourth quarter. The spurt included a jumper by Redick that rolled around the rim four times until sinking, with Redick laughing it up all the way back downcourt.
Billups finished with 18 points for the struggling Nuggets, losers of four of their past five games.
It was that kind of night — after it began with an immediate twist.