Tennis fails to defeat Mizzou in doubles

Monday, April 9, 2007

When the Kansas tennis team has won the doubles point this season, the team’s record is 4-0. When it has lost the point, its record is 0-12. Unfortunately against Missouri on Saturday, the Jayhawks were unable to come away with the point.

Wavering doubles play continued to haunt a team that just hasn’t been able to win two out of three doubles matches. The team could not recover after dropping two out of the three doubles matches, and fell 4-3 to Missouri on Saturday in Columbia. Kansas dropped to 4-12 on the season and 2-5 in the Big 12 Conference, while Missouri improved to 7-10 overall and 2-7 in the Big 12.

The No. 1 doubles duo of junior Elizaveta Avdeeva and sophomore Edina Horvath continued their winning season by opening the dual with an 8-2 victory against Racquel Wagner and Katelyn McKenzie. Avdeeva and Horvath improved to 13-4 on the season and 6-1 in the Big 12.

But the tennis version of the Border Showdown quickly swung in favor of Missouri with Tiger victories in the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches. Those two victories gave Missouri the dual’s doubles point and the momentum heading into the six singles matches.

Things looked even bleaker for Kansas when junior Lauren Hommell was forced to default her match to Missouri’s Kaitlin Dunham at the No. 4 singles position. Hommell, one of many Jayhawks plagued with injuries this season, lost the first set 6-1 before injuries sidelined her for the rest of the dual.

Down 2-0, Kansas fought back with three consecutive singles victories. Avdeeva defeated Amanda Pratzel, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1 singles while Horvath took down Erika Josbena, 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 3 position. Sophomore Yuliana Svistun gained her 10th victory in her last 12 matches by defeating Katelyn McKenzie, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 5 singles.

Kansas’s comeback attempt was spoiled, though, as Missouri took the two remaining singles matches. Freshman Kunigunda Dorn lost the No. 2 singles match in three sets to Missouri’s Chrissy Svetlic, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, and Missouri’s Racquel Wagner dropped junior Stephanie Smith at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-4, in the deciding match.

Kansas dropped to 1-6 on the road this season, while Missouri improved to 5-4 at home.

Kansas will return home to take on in-state rival Kansas State at 2 p.m. this Wednesday.

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

— Edited by Ashley Thompson

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