University of Missouri
Kansas State
Tigers Win First Round at Big 12 Tournament
4/30/2004 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
April 30, 2004
Sixth-seeded Missouri took out 11th-seeded Kansas State in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Women's Tennis Championships held at the University of Oklahoma. A 4-2 win over the Wildcats advances the Tigers into the second round against third-seeded Oklahoma.
The Tigers started off strong with an 8-6 doubles win from Urska Juric and Katka Sevcikova. Freshmen Erika Josbena and Yelena Olshanskaya stepped up and won No. 3 doubles 8-2 to clinch the doubles point for Mizzou.
The momentum carried over into the singles matches for the Tiger freshmen. Olshanskaya defeated Wildcat Hayley McIver 7-6 (5), 6-2 at No. 4 and Josbena beat Aveen Alkhatib 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6.
Junior Mary Barry rounded out the Mizzou victory with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Judith Diaz at No. 5. Sevcikova did not finish her match at the No. 2 position because the match had already been decided.
Mizzou faces Oklahoma Friday in the second round of the Big 12 Championships.
Singles
1. Maria Rosenberg (KSU) def. Urska Juric (MU), 6-3, 6-3.
2. Katka Sevcikova (MU) vs. Jessica Simosa (KSU), DNF.
3. Paulina Castillejos (KSU) def. Hana Kraftova (MU), 6-2, 6-3.
4. Yelena Olshanskaya (MU) def. Hayley McIver (KSU), 7-6 (5), 6-2.
5. Mary Barry (MU) def. Judith Diaz (KSU), 6-2, 6-1.
6. Erika Josbena (MU) Aveen Alkhatib (KSU), 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles
1. Juric/Sevcikova (MU) def. Rosenberg/Castillejos (KSU), 8-6.
2. Simosa/Diaz (KSU) def. Barry/Kraftova (MU), 8-6.
3. Josebena/Olshanskaya (MU) def. McIver/Mickelson (KSU), 8-2.
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