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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, March 8, 1996
KANSAS TENNIS
Men's tennis gains higher ranking
Kansas plays today in Texas tourney
By Spencer Duncan Kansan sportswriter
The No. 16 Kansas men's tennis team has a little more swagger heading into competition today.
In the new Rolex Collegiate Tennis Rankings released Tuesday, Kansas moved from No. 22 to No. 16 in the nation.
When play begins today at the H.E.B. Invitational in Corpus Christi, Texas, the team hopes the new ranking will boost its confidence.
men's tennis coach Michael Center said. "We have been playing well and this is good for our confidence."
"It was great to move up," Kansas
The Jayhawks play at 10:30 a.m.today against No. 34 Texas Tech in the invitational. The tournament, sponsored by the H.E.B. grocery store chain, features 14 nationally-ranked teams including No. 17 South Alabama, No. 25 Michigan, and No. 35 Texas &M.
The players view the tough competition as a way to prove how good they are.
"We have been playing some of the best teams in the country," senior Victor Fimbres said. "Playing these kinds of teams gives us a legitimate chance in the NCAA tournament."
The double elimination tournament is in bracket format — winning
puts a team in a winners bracket, and a loss puts one in a losers bracket. The Jayhawks already know that whatever the outcome today, they will face either No. 28 Boise State or No. 46 Illinois in the second round.
"We will be facing some tough competition," Center said. "We are playing some of the top teams in the country."
The invitational will be played outdoors, although Kansas has spent the spring playing indoors.
"We try not to think about where we are playing," Fimbres said. "It will be a little different to move outside."
Although the Jayhawks are pleased with the direction they are moving, there was some disappointment when the rankings came out.
"The team moved up, but we had a couple of guys who went down in singles," Center said.
Sophomore Enrique Abaroa dropped in the rankings from 13th to 19th, Fimbres dropped from 36th to 78th, and sophomore Trent Tucker dropped out of the rankings after being ranked No. 96.
Overall, the rankings little to the team as long as it keeps winning.
However, the doubles team of Abaroa and senior Michael Isroff is ranked No. 21 after not being ranked in the fall.
"This team is playing really well right now," Abaroa said. "We are working hard to improve and to make sure we just win."
During the past week, the Jayhawks have seen their record drop but their national ranking rise.
"It's nice to see our ranking improve," Kansas women's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher said. "We have had a lot of chances to get into the Top 10, but we have just come up a little short."
Despite a 4-5 record, when the new Rolex Collegiate Rankings were released on Tuesday, Kansas moved from No. 25 to No. 22.
The reason was the rankings come
For the No. 22 Kansas women's tennis team, life is up-and-down.
Women enter weekend with No.1 player
By Spencer Duncan Kansan sportswriter
"It's definitely a good thing to be ranked higher," Kansas junior Kylie Hunt said. "We still have some work to do."
Kansas dropped to 4-5 last week after losing matches to No. 23 Alabama and No. 24 Auburn by just one point each.
"We need to get the job done," Merzbacher said. "It just means we have to keep working."
But the team is glad to have the better ranking.
Kansas also had changes in individual rankings. The best woman in college tennis is now a Jayhawk.
Sophomore Christie Sim, who had been ranked No. 74, dropped out of the rankings while in doubles. Hunt
"It's a great honor, but overall I would rather be ranked No. 1 at the end of the season." Hunt said.
out weeks and sometime months apart. When the information for the current rankings was compiled, Kansas was over .500 with a 4-3 record.
She is the first player in Kansas tennis history to earn a No.1 ranking.
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Hunt, a native Australian, has proven she deserves the ranking. She has a 27-3 singles record, including a 19-game winning streak dating back to October.
Hunt moved from No. 7 to No. 1 in the country on Wednesday.
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and partner junior Jenny Atkerson fell from No. 2 to No. 8.
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Above all, Kansas is looking to improve its play and its record.
Then at 10 a.m. Sunday, the Jay-hawks meet Minnesota at Woodvalley Racquet Club in Topeka.
The Jayhawks have a chance to prove worthy of their new ranking this weekend. They face Maryland at 7 tonight at Alvamar Racquet Club in Lawrence.
The weekend begins a five-match homestand for the Jayhawks. The team hopes to use the home-court advantage to turn things around.
"This team is always working hard to improve," Sim said. "We just want to go out there and win. That is all we are trying to do."
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