WACO, Texas – The Kansas women’s tennis team secured the No. 9 seed in the Big 12 Tournament and are set to face Kansas State who is the No. 8 seed. These teams will open the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Championship with first serve at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 22 on the Hurd Grandstand Courts.
The Jayhawks (7-12) and the Wildcats (7-11) battled twice during the regular season, splitting the contests with one victory each.
Back on March 21, Kansas notched a 4-1 win over Kansas State inside the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The Wildcats couldn’t keep up in doubles play as Carmen Manu and Tiffany Lagarde raced out to a 6-1 win, finishing first on the afternoon. Sonia Smagina and Vasiliki Karvouni followed with a dominating 6-1 victory. With a sweep on courts three and one, Kansas took the doubles point. Manu completed her match with sets of 6-4 and 6-0. Karvouni’s match was fundamentally sound, as she routed her competition 6-1 and 6-2. The Jayhawks now held a commanding 3-0 lead over
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The ninth-seeded Kansas women’s tennis team will take on eighth-seeded Kansas State in the opening day of the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 22 at 10 a.m. in Waco, Texas.
The Jayhawks finished the 2020-21 season with a 7-12 overall mark and are set to face a Wildcat team with seven wins and 11 losses. The two teams met twice during the regular season, splitting the series with one win each. Back on March 21, Kansas notched a 4-1 win over the visitors inside the Jayhawk Tennis Center. On April 3, Kansas State posted a redemptive but narrow victory of 4-3 in Manhattan.