Kansas University bolted to a 3-0 lead, but Denver rallied for a 4-3 college tennis victory over the Jayhawks on Sunday at Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Nina Khmelnitckaia and Janet Koch at No. 1 and Smith Hinton and Anastasiya Rychagova at No. 3 won doubles matches to claim the doubles point, then Khmelnitckaia (No. 4) and Maria Jose Cardona (No. 6) earned straight-set singles victories for a 3-0 lead.
Denver swept Nos. 1-3 and at No. 5 singles for the match win.
Kansas will host Baylor at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at JTC.
DENVER 4, KANSAS 3
Doubles
Nina Khmelnitckaia-Janet Koch, KU, def. Julia O’Loughlin-Maureen Slattery, 6-3
Maria Jose Cardona-Summer Collins, KU, vs. Bianca Mok-Morgan Barnhill, 4-3, unfinished
Smith Hinton-Anastasiya Rychagova, KU, def. Charlotte Derbyshire-Evy Van Genechten, 6-3
Singles
O’Loughlin, Denver, def. Rychagova, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Mok, Denver, def. Hinton, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
Slattery, Denver, def. Koch, 7-6, 6-0
Khmelnitckaia, KU, def. Van Genechten, 6-2, 6-3
Barnhill, Denver, def. Collins, 6-3, 6-3
Cardona, KU, def. Derbyshire, 6-0, 6-0
