The Jayhawks coasted to a 6-1 dual-match victory against the Tulane Green Wave over the weekend, equaling last year’s overall record of 10-10.

They have two regular-season matches remaining before the Big 12 Championships are held later this month.

The doubles round was quickly over as Kansas won all three matches, holding Tulane to a combined five points on all three courts. Senior Edina Horvath and freshman Kate Morozova won first, 8-1, followed by sophomore Maria Martinez and freshman Erin Wilbert’s win, 8-1. With the doubles point already won, senior Yuliana Svistun and junior Kuni Dorn won, 8-3, to complete the doubles round sweep. Top doubles player Morozova is 8-4 when pairing with Horvath and 10-5 when pairing with Svistun.

Coach Amy Hall-Holt said that she was very pleased with the players’ performances in doubles, especially considering the up and downs they have had this season.

“They set the bar high now so I know what we need to accomplish. We’ve got to keep going after it,” Hall-Holt said after the match.

The Jayhawks’ expeditious play continued into the singles round. Morozova defeated Tulane’s Lindsay Dvorak, 6-3, 6-1, with ease. Martinez immediately followed Morozova with a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Liz Hamlin. Just an hour after the match started, the Jayhawks sealed the dual-match victory when Svistun subdued her opponent 6-3, 6-2.

“We were talking about the match in the team room and thinking, ‘We have to fight every point,’” Svistun said. “We didn’t know what they were, so we were ready for anything.”

Tulane’s entire roster is comprised of eight freshmen. This is the school’s first season of tennis since it suspended the program in 2005 because of post-Hurricane Katrina budget cuts.

“We knew they had nothing to lose so we just went out there competing,” Martinez added.

Dorn and Wilbert also won their individual matches in straight sets. Horvath, however, was unable to defeat the Green Wave’s top player Mariam Kurdadze, losing 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.

With 14 singles victories, Wilbert has surpassed Horvath’s 2008 team-high season total of 12, with Texas and Texas A&M still left to play.

“This week has been good, bouncing back from last week, and playing the way we did and competing hard. So now we’re back to 10-10, so that’s exciting,” Hall-Holt said.

— — Edited by Liz Schubauer