HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. ? Kansas University’s women’s tennis team defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology, 4-1, on Wednesday, improving its dual match record to 6-3. The Jayhawks took the doubles with wins by Dylan Windom and Maria Jose Cardona, and Paulina Los and Maria Belen Luduena. In singles, KU received wins from Los, Windom and Victoria Khanevskaya.
Kevin AndersonKansas University’s tennis team recorded its first sweep of the season with a 7-0 rout of UMKC on Wednesday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
The Jayhawks played strong from start to finish, beginning the match with a 2-for-3 performance in doubles.
Paulina Los and Victoria Khanevskaya easily downed Jessica Ball and Gabby Pintos, 8-1, to start the Jayhawks off with a win. Ekaterina Morozova and Dylan Windom then took the doubles point for KU with an 8-5 victory.
Laura Bouet and Suzan Lisenby were the only UMKC pair to earn a doubles win, taking it down to the wire, defeating Amy Barnthouse and Erin Wilbert, 9-7.
In singles play, Los extended her win streak to four with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Bouet. Khanevskaya easily disposed of Jillian Yakomich, 6-3, 6-0. Morozova followed with another easy victory over Eva Dalvai, which clinched the match for KU.
After Windom downed Lisenby in the No. 4 position, Wilbert fought off Chelsea Horner in the second set of the No. 3 singles match.
In the final singles match, KU’s Barnthouse went up by one set before Ball fought back in the second. The two battled back and forth, with Ball forcing a tiebreaker. But Barnthouse never trailed in the tiebreaker, winning it 6-3, capturing the sixth-singles match with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) victory.
Kansas moved to 6-4 with the victory.
