Kansas University’s women’s tennis team defeated No. 44 Southern Methodist 5-2 on Saturday at Robinson Courts in the Jayhawks’ final home match of the season.
The bottom of KU’s lineup came through with four victories, clinching the win for the 52nd-ranked Jayhawks. Freshman Emily Haylock extended her singles winning streak to six matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Kit Carson in No. 5 singles. Courtney Steinbock, Lisa Mallaiah and Christi Wagenaar also earned singles victories for Kansas.
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KU’s final regular-season match will be today at the Plaza Tennis Center in Kansas City, Mo., where the Jayhawks will meet No. 21 Texas A&M.
No. 1 Dee Dee Herring, SMU, def. Monica Sekulov, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 Megan Russell, SMU, def. Cheryl Mallaiah, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 3 Courtney Steinbock, KU, def. Patricia Ubeda-Diaz, 6-3, 7-6.
No. 4 Lisa Malaiah, KU, def. Chrissie Terrill, 7-6, 6-3.
No. 5 Emily Haylock, KU, def. Kit Carson, 6-4, 6-3.
No. 6 Christi Wagenaar, KU, def. Siayarch Rambally, 7-5, 6-1.
No. 1 C. Steinbock-Kristen Steinbock, KU, def. Carson-Russell, 8-3.
No. 2 Haylock-Sekulov, KU, def. Herring-Terrill, 9-7.
No. 3 Sara Love Swaney-Ubeda-Diaz, SMU, def. C. Mallaiah-L. Mallaiah, 9-8.
