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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, March 6, 1995
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Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Richard Deviki / KANSAK Kansas senior Nora Koves defeated Alabama's Hilde Otterman, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, at Alvamar Racquet Club yesterday, but the women's tennis team lost to Alabama after beating Syracuse on Friday.
Women's tennis gets mixed results
Jayhawks split matches with Syracuse, Alabama
By Robert Mocyddlowsky
Kansan sportswriter
It was a bittersweet weekend for the Kansas women's tennis team.
After bashing Syracuse 6-1 on Friday, the No. 10 Jayhawks stumbled against No. 28 Alabama yesterday, losing 5-3.
"we came out strong but didn't win," freshman Christie Sim said. "It was a match that we could have won, that we really should have won. We played well on Friday, but today things didn't go very well."
Kansas women's coach Chuck Merzbacher said that while he thought that the weekend was a relative success, he was saddened by yesterday's outcome.
"I'm pleased with our efforts," he said. "We really fought hard. I'm just so disappointed for the girls. We've been working extremely hard to overcome our inexperience. It was nice to get a chance to play at home, though."
Once again the Jayhawks were paced by
No. 2 senior Nora Koves, who was dominant Friday and yesterday.
Koves said she especially appreciated the chance to play at home, as her mother and grandmother made the trip from Budapest, Hungary, to see her play.
"She's seen me play at other tournaments, but she's never seen me play here," Koves said. "It was great that there are so many people there to watch us play."
Against Syracuse, Koves faced No. 11 Jana Strnadova, winning 6-3, 6-4. On Sunday she dug out of a deep first-set hole against Hilde Otterman and went on to a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory.
"Nora is back," Merzbacher said. "She's been battling lately, trying to get healthy. I really think she's back to playing the way she wants to play. She was incredible in Sunday's match."
Koves also teamed with sophomore Bianca Kirchhof at Kansas' No. 1 doubles spot, winning handily Friday night before dropping a Sunday match 6-1, 7-5.
"I think that Bianca and Nora really have the chemistry to be a solid team for us," Merzbacher said. "They just need some time to get familiar with each other. They need some more experience as a team."
On a team with just one senior, that experience in tough situations is invaluable, Merzbacher said.
"We've played an absolutely brutal schedule," he said. "That's not an excuse, but if you look at it, it makes it tough. I'd rather get our experience that way, though. If you want to be the best, you've got to play the best."
The best are yet to come for the Jayhawks. Next weekend they hit the road for matches against Louisiana State and No. 2 Texas.
"Next weekend we play Texas, and they are definitely tough, one of the best in the nation," Merzbacher said. "But we have to take things a match at a time, first-things first. Everybody is tough on our schedule."
For Koves, the coming match against Texas will provide her with a chance to claim the nation's No. 1 spot.
Koves will face No.1 Kelly Pace of Texas in a match that will preview NCAA tournament action.
"Texas might be on a level higher than us," Koves said. "If we go in and play the best we can, we should be happy with that. A good way to look at it is that Texas has something to lose, and we can only gain."
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