Kansas faces ranked teams for last two regular matches

The KU tennis team will be playing their last two regular-season games of the season this weekend before the Big 12 Championships begin April 23.

Kansas will encounter No. 32 Texas, a team it has never defeated, at noon Saturday and No. 35 Texas A&M at 11 a.m. Sunday. Both dual matches will take place in Lawrence at First Serve Tennis, 5200 Clinton Parkway.

The Jayhawks are eighth in the Big 12 with a conference record of 4-5 and an overall record of 10-10. The Longhorns and the Aggies are second and third, respectively, in the conference.

These will be KU seniors Edina Horvath’s and Yuliana Svistun’s last two regular season matches of their NCAA careers.

Horvath does not think that history has to repeat itself.

“They are both very good teams. They are tough and consistent on the court. Last year we lost against them in very close matches, but it does not mean anything because I think we got tougher and better since last year,” Horvath said.

Horvath said that she thinks that she and her teammates will have a good chance of defeating Texas and Texas A&M if they “compete against them very hard and give our heart and 100 percent on the court.”

— Edited by Liz Schubauer