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Monday, March 3, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Women's tennis sweeps meet
Team prepares for road games
By Andy Rohrback Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's tennis team found a way to win.
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in their first meet at Alvamai Tennis Club this semester, the Jayhawks swept the Auburn Tigers 9-0 Saturday, winning their second consecutive home meet. Kansas beat Syracuse Feb. 16 at Wood Valley Racquet Club in Topeka.
"That's what I wanted," Kansas women's tennis coach Roland Thomqvist said. "It was good to get a 9-0, but I still think we could've played better."
The Tigers had to default the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches. Two Auburn players, Kristy Ogle and Lucy Altman, had transferred from Australia and their eligibility was in question, said Auburn coach Randy Holden. Auburn's other No. 3 doubles player, Tara Fitzmorris, suffered a nerve injury to her leg.
Brooke Chiller and Amy Trytek celebrate their No. 1 doubles victory. The Jayhawks swept the Auburn Tigers 9-0 Saturday at Alvamar Racquet Club.
Despite winning two matches by default, the Kansas team didn't let up. Holden said.
"Obviously, Kansas is a very good team," he said. "They definitely took it to us. They jumped on us and just never let us breathe, basically."
Kansas won four of five matches in straight sets. The No. 4 match stretched into three sets, but Kansas' Bianca Kirchhof picked up the match 6-7, 6-1, 6-2, defeating Auburn's Heidi Stewart.
Julia Sidorova made her presence felt as well. She won her match without giving up a game.
"I played well. I'm happy with my match," Sidorova said of her 6-0, 6-0 win. "You get more comfortable on the court the more you win."
"What happened the first set is I let her get to me mentally," Kirchhof said. "I started to tell myself, 'Let's get your stuff together and play tennis.'
Beginning March 8, the Jayhawks will play eight consecutive meets on the road, including Big 12 Conference meets at Baylor and Texas Tech. The road trip begins at Brigham
Young University, ranked No. 2 in Region V competition. Kansas holds the No.1 spot.
"That's a very big match for us,"Thornqvist said. "By the time we head into Big 12 competition, we've seen the best the country has to offer."
The Jayhawks will have to continue without Kylie Hunt. Hunt had surgery on her knee last week and will redshirt the 1997 season. Thorquist said he expected her to return next season to finish out her eligibility.
Tennis team wins,loses one
Abaroa, Avila defeated by Drake 8-3, Tulsa 8-4
By Andy Rohrback Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's tennis team picked up one win and one loss during the weekend, beating the Drake Bulldogs 5-2 but falling to the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes in a tight 4-3 meet.
The doubles team of Enrique Abaroa and Xavier Avila, ranked No. 6 nationally, fell to Drake 8-3 and to Tulsa 8-4.
Kansas, 5-3 overall, dropped both doubles points 2-1 by losing matches at the No.1 and No.3 positions.
"I expect more from our No. 1 team," Kansas coach Mark Riley said. "We're just not playing good doubles."
Only the No. 2 doubles team, Fernando Sierra and Luis Uribe, picked up their matches. Sierra and Uribe beat their Drake opponents 8-4 and won in Tulsa on a tie-breaker 9-7.
Losing the doubles point isn't something the Jayhawks are used to.
"We need to work a lot on doubles," Avila said. "Last year, we won a high percentage of the doubles points."
"For me, it was a surprise that we lost that point," Sierra said. "I think maybe they were just a little more prepared for us."
The Drake meet, at Alvamar Tennis Club,
4120 Clinton Parkway, seemed to favor the visiting Bulldogs as Abaroa, playing at the No. 1 singles spot, fell to Robert Novotny in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. But Kansas won the last five singles matches, each in straight sets.
"It shows that we're a good team, that we can come back after losing the dou
bles point," said Riley, who is undefeated at home.
The meet was clinched when Tucker, 15-8 overall, defeated Drake's Stephen Doig at the No. 5, 6-2, 0-0.
Knowing that the meet was on the line bad an effect on Tucker.
"It's always on your mind," he said. "You have to turn it into a positive. It makes me pretty excited."
Drake coach Dave Paschal said he was satisfied with his team's performance.
"We wanted the doubles point," he said.
"Overall, I think we competed pretty well."
Riley was the former coach for Drake, and Paschal was coach at Southern Illinois. Drake's conference rival.
In Tulsa, Abaroa dropped the No.1 match, and Sierra and Uribe also caved to their opponents.
Avila and Tucker won their singles matches, as did Andrew Lumpkin.
Kansas vs. Oklahoma: At the game
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Shelly Canada blocks two Oklahoma players as the ball passes in front of them. Kansas played its final regular season game Saturday in Allen Field House.
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Coach Washington consoles Angie Halbleib during Senior Day pregame ceremonies. Halbleib and the Jayhawks won their final home game against Oklahoma 92-69.
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