Kansas University handily won the doubles point, then took five of six singles matches for a 6-1 college tennis victory over SMU on Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
KU’s Maria Jose Cardona and Summer Collins at No. 2 and Smith Hinton-Anastasiya Rychagova at No. 3 each earned a 6-3 victory in doubles.
Rychagova (No. 1) and Janet Koch, Nina Khmelnitckaia, Collins and Cardona (at Nos. 3-6) then took two-set singles victories for the match win.
KU will host Denver at noon on Sunday.
Doubles
Nina Khmelnitckaia-Janet Koch, KU, vs. Vaszillisza Bulgakova-Hristina Dishkova, 5-5, unfinished
Maria Jose Cardona-Summer Collins, KU, def. Ana Perez-Lopez-Dasha Sharapova, 6-3
Smith Hinton-Anastasiya Rychagova, KU, def. Macie Elliott-Mary Wright, 6-3
Singles
Rychagova, KU, def. Dishokva, 7-5, 6-1
Bulgakova, SMU, def. Hinton, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Koch, KU, def. Yana Erkeeva, 6-2, 6-3
Khmelnitckaia, KU, def. Sharapova, 6-2, 7-5
Collins, KU, def. Perez-Lopez, 6-2, 6-0
Cardona, KU, def. Wright, 6-3, 6-2
