Tennis concludes losing road trip

Monday, April 2, 2007

The Kansas tennis team fell to No. 69 Texas Tech, 5-2, on Sunday in Lubbock, Texas, concluding a weekend on the road. Kansas lost 7-0 to No. 16 Baylor on Friday in Waco, Texas. The 0-2 weekend drops Kansas to 4-11 overall and 2-4 in Big 12 Conference play.

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Junior Lauren Hommell and sophomore Yuliana Svistun recorded the two victories for Kansas against Texas Tech. Hommell defeated Kerryn Potgieter, 6-0, 6-3, at the No. 4 singles position, and Svistun won her team-best 10th match of the season against Maria Jose Andres at the No. 5 spot.

The No. 1 doubles duo of junior Elizaveta Avdeeva and sophomore Edina Horvath suffered its first conference loss against Texas Tech, dropping their overall record to 12-4 and conference record to 5-1. The duo recorded their league-leading fifth conference victory Friday. winning against Baylor’s Zuzana Cerna and Zuzana Chmelarova.

Avdeeva experienced a tough weekend at No. 1 singles, falling twice in three-set matches. Avdeeva took No. 38 Cerna of Baylor to three sets on Friday before losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Avdeeva coupled that with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, loss Samantha van der Drift of Texas Tech on Sunday.

Kansas will hit the road again Saturday when it returns to action at Missouri.

Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd can be contacted at rdodd@kansan.com.

—Edited by Ashley Thompson

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