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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 20,2008
》 TENNIS
UMKCsweep prepares women for Kentucky series
Jayhawks travel to Lexington for first time since 1989; face Richmond for first time in school history
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Junior Vuliana Svistun follows through on a serve during a doubles match Saturday against UMKC. The Jahyawens went 7-0 against UMKC
BY ALEX DUFEK
adufek@kansan.com
The Kansas tennis team recorded their second straight sweep of the season on Saturday, defeating UMKC 7-0.
The Jayhawks won every match in straight sets and only lost nine games on the day. The victory improves the team's dual play record to 2-3 on the year.
"I think the girls played well with a lot of confidence and that's what
we needed going into this weekend playing Kentucky," coach Amy Hall-Holt said.
By winning in both singles and double play, junior
not lost since Jan. 19, during the Hawaii Spring Invitational, and
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Edina Horvath, improved her win streak to 10 matches. Horvath has
remains undefeated in dual play.
Horvath and partner senior Elizaveta Avdeeva defeated the Kangaroos' Chaleen.
and Emily Lindsay to stay undefeated in dual play and lift their overall
record this spring to 7-1.
In other doubles play, the jayhawk pair of sophomore Kunigunda Dorn and junior Yuliana Svistun blanked Caitlin Burke and Akshara Reddy on their way to an 8-0 victory.
Senior Lauren Hommell and freshman Maria Martinez defeated Holly Davis and Nicole Kofron of UMKC, 8-1.
In singles play, the Jayhawks won three of their six matches without dropping a game. Freshman Magdalena Tokarczyk along with Martinez and Svistun notched shutout victories.
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Tokarczyk, who began the year at the No. 2 singles position, played her last three matches at the No.1 spot. Her shutout victory over Chelsea Horner improves her overall singles record to 6-1, and her record at the No.1 position to 2-1.
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Hall-Holt said it's not important to the girls what position they play, as long as they are able to contribute to the end result.
"Magdalena just wants to play," Hall-Holt said. "I don't think she cares which spot she plays in. She just wants to contribute to the team and it's the same with all of our girls."
The Jayhawks also received singles victories from Avdeeva, Horvath and senior Stephanie Smith.
After an impressive home-stand, Kansas will take their two-match win streak on the road. The Jayhawks will head east in an attempt to claim tennis dominance over schools in Kentucky.
Coach Hall-Holt said she believes playing schools like the 29 ranked Kentucky Wildcats will help get the Jayhawks where they need to be for Big 12 play.
"By playing some of these higher ranked teams it's definitely going to help us prepare for when we get into conference and we face Baylor, Texas and Texas A&M," Hall-Holt said.
Kansas heads to Lexington on Saturday to face the Wildcats for the first time since 1989. Sunday, the Jayhawks head to Richmond to take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels for the first time in school history.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
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