Monday, April 23, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Men win, women lose as tennis season ends
Monica Sekulov, Hamersley, Australia, senior, competes in her last home match. Kansas played Southern Methodist at the Robinson courts court's Saturday. The women lost 6-1 in the final match of the regular season. Photo by J. E. Wilson/KANSAN
By Aaron Johnson
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansan women' tennis team fell and the men's team was victorious in each squad's final match of the season.
The men's team continued to improve its chances of qualifying for the NCAA Championships by defeating No. 47 Tulsa in a critical regional battle yesterday afternoon in Tulsa, Okla.
The No. 54 Jayhawks (15-10, 5-3) followed the lead of junior Quentin Blakeen, who won his ninth straight match and his 18th in 19 tries, as they defeated Tulsa 5-2 in their last regular-season match in program history. The men's tennis program is being cut by the Athletics Department at the end of the season.
Blakeney defeated No. 75 Dan McGregor 6-1 and 6-0, bringing his win total this season to 32 games, matching Trent Tucker's school record set in 1996-97.
"The win improves our chances for the NCAA Championships tremendously," said Kansas coach Ross Nwachukwu, whose team rebounded from a 5-2 loss on Saturday to Texas Christian. "This was a match we couldn't lose, and I made the guys aware of this before we played."
The Jayhawks started the match on a positive note by winning the doubles point, which set the stage for Kansas' impressive top singles play.
The Jayhawks' top three singles players did not disappoint.
The win moves the Jayhawks ahead of Tulsa (12-13) in Region V as they head into their respective conference championships.
Eleazar Magallan, Rodrigo Echagarray and Blakeney provided the stability the Hawks needed by winning each match in straight sets.
Saturday, the Jayhawks were unable to match-up with No.4 Texas Christian in Fort Worth, Texas, losing 5-2.
Blakeney beat No. 53 Trace Fielding 6-3, 4-6,
6-4, and, along with partner Pete Stroer,
defeated Fielding and Jimmy Haney 8-2 in
doubles play.
The Jayhawks will now turn their attention to the Big 12 Championships, which begin this weekend in Waco, Texas.
The 'Hawks will take on Oklahoma State at 11:00 m Friday.
one women's team could not overcome No. 21 Texas A&M yesterday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo., falling 6-1.
The loss evens Kansas' record to 11-11 and drops the Jayhawks to 4-6 in the Big 12 Conference. The loss also ends the weekend on a sour note for the Jayhawks, who defeated No. 44 Southern Methodist Saturday in Lawrence, 5-2.
Freshman Courtney Steinbock delivered Kansas its only win at the No. 3, lesions position against Texas A&M, defeating Olivia Karlikova6-3, 6-2.
"Courtney played really well," said Kansas coach Kilmency Waterman. "She went out and took care of business."
Kansas will now focus on next week's Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas.
Edited by Jason McKee
By Brandon Stinnett sports @kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Bowling team rolls through round one of championships
Phase one of the Kansas men's bowling teams 'three-part quest for a national championship went as planned last night at the Intercollegiate Bowling Championship in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Jayhawks entered the three-day event intent on securing a first-round bye in today's double elimination portion of the tournament. Kansas finished round-robin play in sixth place, with the top eight teams earning byes. The tournament is a 16 team field.
"We did a really good job," coach Mike Fine said.
Although Kansas didn't dominate the way it did at the Midwest Sectional Qualifier in March, the Jayhawks aren't hanging their heads. Senior Tom Partridge said the team struggled picking up spares and picking the right spots on the lane to bowl.
"We didn't tear it up by any means," Partridge said. "But I think we know what we did wrong and can fix it."
Kansas will face the winner of No. 11 Saginaw Valley State and No. 14 Utah State tomorrow at 12:40 p.m. The Jayhawks must win three straight matches to reach the finals on tomorrow. Otherwise, it would take at least
five consecutive victories in the losers' bracket to advance, a challenge Fine said he hoped to avoid.
"It's very important," he said. "We need to stay in the winners' bracket for as long as possible."
"I think just getting to Saturday is a good accomplishment," he said. "Obviously, if we can get there without any losses, it's a bonus."
Fine said he thought the Jayhawks could overcome any challenge thrown at them, but the high-caliber opposition created problems.
Partridge said winners' bracket or losers' bracket made little difference to him; the Jayhawks just needed to stay alive.
"We bowled really well, but this is tough competition," Fine said. "It's a toughformatandchallenginglaneconditions."
The format during last night's round-robin competition benefited Kansas' team cohesiveness. Five bowlers from each team bowled two frames that were tallied into one game score.
That same format will be carried into today's double-elimination competition.
"It doesn't help us as much as it hurts other teams that are more individually-focused," Partridge said.
Edited by Courtney Croigmile
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