Friday, October 19, 2007
After taking first place in the Flight E bracket at the Hoosier Classic in Indiana, Yuliana Svistun has continued her winning ways by advancing to the main singles draw of the ITA Central Region Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
The Ufa, Russia, junior needed to win two matches to advance to the main singles draw. She did just that by beating Air Force’s Christine Abayan 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (5) and then Colorado’s Jendian Franzi 6-3, 6-2 to qualify.
Svistun will join the 64-player singles bracket, which opens play on Thursday. The bracket includes fellow Kansas players Elizaveta Avdeeva and Kunigunda Dorn, who already qualified for the main draw.
Junior Edina Horvath and freshman Maria Martinez also participated in qualifying singles, but each found themselves one win short of advancing to the main draw. Horvath narrowly missed qualifying losing a close three-set match to Colorado’s Gleisy Torres Torres 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (8).
Later this week Avdeeva and Horvath also will defend their doubles title from last year’s tournament. They will be in a good position to win the event again, as they have been given the No. 2 seed. Avdeeva and Horvath have already found doubles success this season by taking second place in the Cissie Leary Tournament in the first event of the season.
— Pat Tefft
CLUB VOLLEYBALL
Club team plays host to ‘Rock Chalk Festival’
The Kansas club volleyball team will begin the 2007-2008 season on Saturday with the seventh annual “Rock Chalk Festival” tournament at Robinson Center. The Kansas A team will start the day against border state rival Nebraska at 9 a.m.
Pool play games will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and after the seeding is determined, the championship round will take place. Kansas will be represented by three teams on Saturday. The teams will be compete against 11 different clubs including: Kansas State’s A and B teams, Drake, Nebraska, Truman State’s A and B teams, Colorado State’s A and B teams, Arkansas, Minnesota, and MNSU-Mankato.
— Emily Muskin
SWIMMING
Swimmers get feet wet in first meet of season
After more than a month of practice, the Kansas swimming and diving team will see its first competition today at the Big 12 Relays in Ames, Iowa. The relays will continue tomorrow at Northern Iowa. The dive team will compete in an exhibition against Missouri, Iowa State and Texas A&M.
The team, which is hoping to build on a third place finish at the Big 12 Championships last season, began regular practices Sept. 10 after completing a month-long series of offseason workouts that began in August.
The Jayhawks placed fourth at the Big 12 Relays a year ago and steadily improved as a team throughout the season. Two swimmers qualified and competed in the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis following the regular season and the team’s finish at the Big 12 Championships.
Although the squad lost several team members to graduation last year, it has welcomed nine athletes who hope to contribute to the Jayhawks’ success this season.
A challenging schedule awaits the Jayhawks this year, which includes a tough conference schedule that complements high-level competitions at the Kenyon Nike Invite and the Houston Diving Invitational, both of which are in November.
They will also host a meet against Missouri next Friday that will provide a good test for the squad and a chance for redemption. Last year, the Tigers defeated the Jayhawks in Columbia, Mo., before Kansas responded by beating out Missouri for third place in the conference later in the season.
— Scott Toland
MLB
Joe Torre ends speculation, leaves after 12 years
Longtime New York Yankees manager Joe Torre rejected a 1-year, $5 million contract with the team Thursday, ending his 12-year career with the franchise. Torre won four World Series titles in New York. He is rumored to be replaced by former Yankees Joe Girardi or Don Mattingly.
— Erick Schmidt
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