Kansas hopeful about upcoming tennis match

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Kansas women’s tennis team remains optimistic for its match against UMKC Wednesday despite a tough 7-0 loss to No. 6 Notre Dame Friday.

“We played well. We all played well and we could win, but we didn’t,” freshman Vika Khanevskaya said. “We need to move forward and we are looking forward to the next match.”

Photo by Mike Gunnoe

Freshman Sara Lazarevic forehands the ball in the doubles match Friday. Kansas lost to No. 6 Notre Dame 7-0.

In looking past the loss to Notre Dame, the team is remaining supportive.

“I think this match brought us closer together as a team and I think with that we can do a lot of great stuff coming up,” freshman Sara Lazarevic said.

This will be the third time this season the Jayhawks face the Kangaroos. The first was the KU Tournament in September and the second was the Jayhawk Invitational in November. In the tournament, five singles players and two doubles teams battled against UMKC. Kansas won six of the nine matchups and two of their losses came after injuries or retiring from the match.

On Sunday UMKC fell to 5-2 after losing to Montana State. Freshman Eva Dalvai, who won her singles match, and sophomore Jillian Yakominich who won her singles and doubles at the No. 5 and No. 3 spots, led the team. Junior Chelsea Horner, from Overland Park, is a former Blue Valley Northwest standout and played at the No. 2 singles spot and No. 1 doubles spot Sunday with Dalvai.

With coach Amy Hall-Holt, the Jayhawks are 3-0 against the Kangaroos.

Today’s matches are set for 2 p.m. at the Jayhawk Tennis Facility.

“I think we are ready and I think we will do really well,” sophomore Ekaterina Morozova said.

— Edited by Kirsten Hudson

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