Monday, March 9, 2009
In their first two outdoor matches of the season, the Jayhawks continued to struggle in the doubles rounds as they fell to BYU, 4-3, and Tulsa, 6-1.
The Jayhawks are now 5-5 and will begin Big 12 play this Friday.
Playing in the No. 1 position, the new doubles tandem of senior Edina Horvath and freshman Kate Morozova defeated BYU’s Kristina Doerr and McCall Jones, 8-4. This turned out to be the team’s only doubles victory of the entire weekend.
Singles and Doubles Records
Singles: Freshmen 13-8 Sophomores 5-5 Juniors 2-7 Seniors 10-10 Total 30-30
Doubles: 13-17 Overall: 43-47
After losing the early doubles point, the Jayhawks fought back when Morozova, freshman Erin Wilbert and senior Yuliana Svistun won their singles matches. But by the time Morozova achieved the team’s first singles win, BYU had already picked up its fourth point, winning 4-3.
“Overall I think we’re improving. I feel like we competed well, but came up on the short stick. I wasn’t real pleased with the doubles, but I felt they bounced back in singles and competed hard,” coach Amy Hall-Holt said.
Morozova defeated BYU’s ranked player, Kristina Doerr, 6-4, 6-4.
“Morozova keeps impressing me every time she sets out. She set a high bar for herself out there on the court, and right now with all of them I don’t expect anything less,” Hall-Holt said.
The dual match ended with a smiling Hall-Holt embracing Wilbert and Svistun,
After watching her daughter win her team-best seventh singles match of the season on Friday, Karen Wilbert was in attendance again for Saturday’s match versus Tulsa, witnessing Wilbert achieve her eighth singles victory. She traveled from Lafayette, La. and Wilbert said her mother was surprised to see a louder, fist-pumping Erin.
“I think she’s kind of shocked. She said that she’s never seen me play this way before. I’m usually not so, ‘Come on!’, but it means so much more whenever you’re playing for your team than if your just playing for yourself. I’m glad that she’s here; she’s a real good support system for me,” Erin Wilbert said.
After taking early leads at both the No. 2 and 3 doubles positions, the new pairings of Svistun/Dzuba and Wilbert/Dorn fell 8-6 and 8-5, respectively. Horvath and Morozova played at the No. 1 position again, but this time lost 8-5.
Although it fought assiduously, the Jayhawks’ only singles victory came from Wilbert when she defeated Tulsa’s Rebecca Row 6-2, 6-1. Wilbert has been working hard to improve her consistency, which she said played a role in her win.
“I was just making a lot of balls. It was really important today, especially with the wind,” Wilbert said. “I’ve been working really hard, and I’ve gone out and just performed well. Doubles is another story; we’re still kind of working on that.”
This weekend showed that the squad can compete with ranked teams. Hall-Holt’s said her expectations of each player increases every day because she has seen the level at which they can play, and when they do not, it upsets her. She said she is, however, happy with their performances in the singles rounds.
“We’re working hard, and I think these matches this weekend have helped us prepare for Nebraska on Friday. Just staying focused on getting better in practice and taking these matches and keep building for conference. That’s what it’s about,” Hall-Holt said.
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