Friday, February 23, 2007
In a season packed with injuries and inconsistent play, the No. 1 doubles duo of junior Elizaveta Avdeeva and sophomore Edina Horvath has been a stabilizing tour de force. Despite the team’s 2-7 record, Avdeeva and Horvath have been consistent winners at the No. 1 doubles position, posting a 7-2 record.
“The chemistry between us really works,” Avdeeva said. “We can feel each other. I can feel when she’s working, and it gives me that attitude to work.”
The duo began their partnership last fall and were an instant success, winning the ITA Central Region Championships in Tulsa, Okla., Avdeeva remembers immediately becoming comfortable with Horvath.
“It just kind of happens like that. Our first match we enjoyed playing with each other. It just worked.”
The duo has become even more polished during the spring, and has shown an uncanny knack to instinctively know where the other is going to be.
“Chemistry is just a huge part of college tennis regardless,” coach Amy Hall-Holt said. “They mesh well together, and it’s important to have that chemistry and that motivation towards each other. You know once you step out on the court, my partner’s going to help me get it done.”
Avdeeva and Horvath will once again need to play well this weekend. Following a 4-3 victory against Utah, the team will try to make it two in a row as it travels on the road to play Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma State comes into the dual 3-0 and ranked 41st in the Fila/National Tennis Rankings. The Cowgirls have wins over Arkansas-Little Rock, Rice and Indiana State. Kansas lost a close 4-3 dual when the two teams met last year.
“It seems that when we head to Oklahoma we tend to pick it up a notch,” Hall-Holt said. “We had the win over Utah, and the girls have gotten their motivation and now they realize every time we step out on the court, how important it is to be a team and to take accountability.”
The dual will be the third road trip of year for the Jayhawks and the third time playing outdoors.
The team is currently 0-2 on the road after losses to Syracuse and Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C. Still, Hall-Holt felt good after a strong workout Thursday.
“They got out and they worked hard and the momentum was going. If we can take what we did today and our attitudes, I think we’ll do well this weekend.”
Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd can be contacted at rdodd@kansan.com
— Edited by Will McCullough
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