B/ SPORTS / MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Strong singles play aids Kansas victory
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
Thanks to Ekaterina Morozova and injuries on the other side, the tennis team won 5-2 against Denver at the Jayhawk Tennis Center Sunday.
The Jayhawks already had an advantage in their last singles and doubles matches but Denver was short a player because of injury. So the Jayhawks only had to win one doubles match to make it best out of three, and Morozova
and Dylan Windom won the No.
1 match, 8-6.
Kansas looked well on its way to an easy victory, with Natalie Dunn winning the first singles match. But Denver won the next two matches, closing the deficit to one. Seal it away, Morozova beat Denver's top player, Sophia Berner, in her singles match and Kansas was victorious.
Kansas is now 3-4 on the season and plays Houston next at 11 a.m. Saturday at home.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
SWIMMING & DIVING
Team members came together for a strong fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships. Ten freshmen and sophomores finished in 15th place or higher 17 times at the championships, breaking previous records.
Team places fourth in tournament
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER
bschuster@kansan.com
The final two days of the Big 12 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships were all about record-breaking finishes for the Jayhawks, alas the University of Kansas ended the tournament in fourth place.
In assisting the Jayhawks on day three, Stephanie Payne, a junior from Derby, broke Kansas' record for the fastest 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4 minutes 12.18 seconds during a preliminary race, surpassing the previous record of 4:13.33. Payne broke the record later on in the finals that she had just set with a time of 4:11:94, and finish fourth place in the race.
"This is one Big 12 Championship that I won't forget." Payne said.
With the 400-yard individual medley being the second event of the day,starting off strong set the tone for the rest of the day's events.
had so many swimmers coming back for finals and scoring points." Amanda Maez, a senior from Albuquerque, N.M., said.
Abigail Anderson, a junior from Hendersonville, Tenn., finished with her season-best time of 53:47
Rebecca Swank, sophomore from Wichita, gave the Jayhawks their best finish of the day coming in at fifth place in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:34.17, which also beat her fastest time of the season by more than 10 seconds.
in the 100-yard butterfly, while finishing 6th in the race. Anderson would also finish 8th with a time of 53:88 in the 100-yard backstroke.
With Texas A&M still leading the tournament with 635 points, and defending champions Texas
competed at a really high level."
"Abigail Anderson in her two
At the end of day three, Kansas had moved up one spot in the standings from fifth to fourth place with 260.5 points.
"This is one Big 12 Championship that I won't forget."
STEPHANIE PAYNE Junior
close behind them with 628 points, the final day of the championships became crucial for each of the teams still trying to win the title.
By tournament's end, Texas had successfully defended their title accumulating 948 points, and overtaking an A&M team that had led the tournament since the first day. Texas A&M ended up finishing second, followed by Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa State.
derson in her two events was absolutely rock solid," coach Clark Campbell said. "It's a really tough double that she did with the 100 fly and the hundred back, plus she had the relay as well. For being in five races today, she
Kansas had a strong showing on day four and earned 149 points, which was the most points earned on a single day of competition all season for the Jayhawks.
"Tonight we were awesome. We
Edited by Becca Harsch
100