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Freshman Victoria Khanewakya returns a foreshadow shot Friday afternoon during plays. Kansas was 19 over one inland and ended with two Kansas players in the finals.
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Kansas crushes Drake, 6-1
BY KATHLEEN GIER
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'The women's tennis team had their first match up of the spring season and defeated the Drake Bikldogs, 6-1 In Des Moines, Iowa.
Sophomore Erin Wilbert and freshman Victoria Khaneskaya won their doubles match, starting the day off well.
"It was really good for us to get the first doubles point because that gave us motivation to play the singles matches," Wilbert said. "I was impressed with how our team came out for the first match."
Wilbert and Khanevskaya were one of two doubles teams from Kansas that won Saturday. Junior Maria Martinez and sophomore Alessandra Dzuba also won. Martinez and Dzuba are ranked 44th in the nation according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
4 In singles, five out of the six Jayhawks won their matches, including Wilbert, Khanevskaya and Martinez.
"We just played and had fun, we tried to make every ball go in," Khanevskaya said. "I felt nervous going into doubles, but it feels really good when everyone supports you."
Senior Kunigunda Dorn won the final singles match of the day despite being pushed to a third set. she finished 6-4, 4-6 and 10-8 after a tie-break in the third set.
"I knew that the whole team had won so that took pressure off of me, but I still wanted to win one more game for the team," Dorn said.
After a positive day on the court the team had some trouble getting
"Everyone is really happy." Dorn said. "Even though we are stuck we are having a lot of fun."
home when their bus broke down,
leaving the team at a Jimmy Johns
in Des Moines, Iowa.
first home match of the season.
"It gives us a lot of confidence starting the season off with a 6-1 victory," Dorn said. "We are just going to play our best when we face them."
Now the team must prepare for Friday's match up against Notre Dame at 3 p.m. It will be the team's
Edited by Allyson Shaw
Nebraska wins road game in conference
LINCOLN, Neb. — Brandon Richardson scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and Nebraska pulled away from cold-shooting Oklahoma for a 63-46 victory and its first Big 12 win Saturday night.
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Cade Davis scored 13 points to lead the Sooners (12-9, 3-4). Tommy Mason-Griffin, who scored 38 points against Iowa State on Wednesday and was averaging
Ryan Anderson added 11 points and Jorge Brian Diaz 10 for the Cornhuskers (13-8, 1-5 Big 12).
Oklahoma, winless in four conference road games, shot just 35 percent and scored its fewest points since a 62-45 loss to Texas on Feb. 23, 2008.
28. 3 in his previous three games, was held to nine.
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San Francisco deals Gonzaqa OT defeat
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SAN FRANCISCO — Dior Lowhorn hit consecutive 3-pointers in overtime and scored 22 points, leading San Francisco to an 81-77 upset of No. 13 Gonzaga on Saturday night.
San Francisco Dior Lowrone, right, Mastupa Diarea (22), and Michael Williams (5)
celebrate the upset win over Gwon Agesa Saturday. San Francisco won, 81-77, in overtime.
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Matt Bouldin scored Gonzaga's only three baskets in the extra session and the Bulldogs (17-4, 6-1 West Coast Conference) lost for the first time in 28 regular-season WCC games.
Angelo Caloiaro made a 3 with 32.8 seconds left that helped the Dons end a nine-game skid in the series.
Lowhorn went 5 of 7 on 3-pointers after coming in 8 for 47 from long range this season, sending the Dons (8-14, 3-4) to their first win over Gonzaga since a 73-70 victory on Jan. 20, 2005.
Lowhorn hit a tying 3 pointer with 9.8 seconds left in regulation after a miss moments earlier and Steven Gray missed a 3 on the other end. Kwame Vaughn's 70-foot prayer for USF bounced out off the backboard and rim at the buzzer.
Rashad Green, moved into the
starting lineup by USF coach Rex Walters to shake things up, scored 15 points and Caliaro had 11 with three 3s. USF ended a three-game losing streak.
Gray missed two free throws in OT for the Zags after making two with 25.3 seconds left in regulation.
Bouldin finished with 15 points, standout Zags freshman
Elias Harris scored 21 points and Robert Sacre added 19.
Gonzaga had won nine straight overall and 22 in a row against league opponents. The Zags had to rally from 14 points down in the second half of their 71-64 win at Santa Clara on Thursday night and then faced another tough one on the Hilltop.
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