No. 4 Women's Tennis Downs Kansas, 6-1
4/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 5, 2008
LAWRENCE, Kan. -
The second-ranked Baylor women's tennis team won the doubles point and too the top five singles matches to defeat No. 70 Kansas 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the
The Lady Bears are now 16-2 on the season against nationally ranked opponents.
Baylor started out by winning the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. The second-ranked team of Zuzana Zemenova and Lenka Broosova defeated Elizaveta Avdeeva and Edina Horvath 8-4 on court one. Jana Bielikova and Zuzana Chmelarova secured the point for the Lady Bears with an 8-4 win at number three doubles over Maria Martinez and Magdalena Tokarczyk. The No. 57 team of Taylor Ormond and Jelena Stanivuk were upset on court two, 8-6, by Lauren Hommell and Kunigunda Dorn.
The Lady Bears got singles wins at the top five positions. No. 24 Zemenova downed Tokarczyk 6-3, 6-0 at number one singles, while No. 28 Ormond topped Avdeeva 6-2, 6-4 on court two. No. 13 Broosova defeated Horvath 6-1, 6-0 at flight three singles, and No. 81 Bielikova bested Dorn 6-2, 6-3 on court four.
Chmelarova downed Yuliana Svistun 6-4, 6-3 on court five, while the Jayhawks picked up their lone point on court six as Stephanie Smith defeated Natalie Holmes 6-3, 6-1 at number six singles.
Baylor returns to action on Sunday as the Lady Bears continue play in the state of
No. 4 Baylor 6, No. 70
Singles Matches
1. Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def.
2. Taylor Ormond (BU) def. Elizaveta Avdeeva (KU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Lenka Broosova (BU) def.
4. Jana Bielikova (BU) def. Kunigunda Dorn (KU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Yuliana Svistun (KU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Stephanie Smith (KU) def. Natalie Holmes (BU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles Matches
1. Zemenova/Broosova (BU) def. Avdeeva/Horvath (KU) 8-4
2. Lauren Hommell/Dorn (KU) def. Ormond/Stanivuk (BU) 8-6
3. Chmelarova/Bielikova (BU) def. Maria Martinez/Tokarczyk (KU) 8-4