After rallying last week to defeat Illinois State, the Kansas tennis team (1-1) struggled to sustain any sort of rhythm in a 7-0 defeat to No. 25 Brigham Young University on Saturday in Overland Park.

Four Jayhawks lost in straight sets.

“We still have a lot to work on,” Kansas coach Amy Hall-Holt said after the match.

Junior Christine Skoda fell to Olga Boulytcheva, 1-6, 0-6. Skoda, who leads the team with 31 career singles victories, has dropped both of her matches this season.

Freshman Lauren Hommell, who posted the second-most victories on the team in the fall, behind Stephanie Smith, was ousted by Anastasia Sourkova, 3-6, 3-6. Smith was also defeated in straight set fashion to doubles specialist Dolly Chang, 1-6, 0-6. Junior Luiza Loureiro fared no better, as the Brazilian native was defeated by Hadley MacFarlane, 2-6, 4-6.

Despite the poor performance in singles, Saturday did mark the debut of Kansas freshman Elizaveta Avdeeva. A highly touted player from Obninsk, Russia, Avdeeva gave the Cougars’ Lauren Jones quite a scare in the singles match. Having taken the first set 6-1, Avdeeva lost her momentum as Jones stormed back to claim the next two sets, 1-6, 1-6.

Brigham Young’s Sofia Holden knocked off sophomore Brittany Brown in come-from-behind fashion, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (4). Brown, who won the first set, saw a second-set lead slip from her racquet during Holden’s late-match rally.

The Cougars swept the doubles competition, winning all three matches. Lauren Jones and Dolly Chang took care of business in the top slot, as the doubles tandem disposed of Hommell and Avdeeva, 8-4. Then, Hadley MacFarlane and Anastasia Sourkova continued the exceptional play for Brigham Young by knocking off Brown and Sophomore Ashley Filberth, 8-5. Olga Boulytcheva and Sofia Holden defeated Skoda and Loureiro, 8-3.

“We are just a few points away from being where we want to be as a team,” Hall-Holt said. “It is all about competing and being tough.”