The Kansas women’s tennis team is set for a doubleheader on Sunday to take on the University of Iowa at 10 a.m. and the University of South Dakota at 3 p.m. at the Jayhawk Tennis Facility.

“It will be a long, long day,” sophomore Erin Wilbert said. “We had a doubleheader last year and I remember it being one of the longest days of my life.”

Wilbert’s personal plans for success on Sunday include lots of carbs and lots of sleep. The second part of that plan, however, may take a hit because the team will be attending the men’s basketball game Saturday night as a part of this weekend’s Recruit Den.

At Recruit Den, prospective players meet with advisors, eat with the team, attend the team’s matches, and do other activities like a watch movie or a basketball game with the current athletes.

“It is just trying to sell the program and trying to sell the university,” head coach Amy Hall-Holt said. “It is going to be a really exciting weekend.”

On her own recruiting trip, Wilbert stayed with senior Kuni Dorn. Dorn joked that Wilbert’s stay with her was the reason for her decision to come and play at Kansas.

“I think that whenever they come they see how close we are,” Wilbert said. “I think they like that idea.”

Being close will help the team get through the matches this weekend.

“It is going to be tough, it is always tough to play two matches a day, but I think we are all in really good shape,” Dorn said. “We have really good strengths and we practice a lot, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

The Iowa team that Kansas will face this weekend is led by sophomore Sonja Molnar, who is the 65th-ranked singles player in the country according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. In the summer of 2008, she was the National under 18 singles champion and doubles runner up, and she was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year last spring. The team is 1-1 right now, and will stop in Manhattan to play Kansas State on Saturday.

“We are very excited about getting Iowa here and South Dakota and playing some competitive tennis,” Hall-Holt said.

— Edited by Cory Bunting