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Kansas Downs Missouri 5-2
3/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
March 14, 2001
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri women's tennis team suffered its fourth defeat of the season Wednesday, falling 5-2 to Kansas at the MU Outdoor Complex. The loss drops the Tigers to 2-4 in Big 12 Conference play and 9-4 overall.
Kansas has now won 20 straight duals between the two schools.
Missouri's Kristina Olshanskaya rallied from a 5-2 deficit to win the first set in her singles match in a tiebreaker (7-4) to win that set 7-6. Olshanskaya won the second set by a 7-5 margin.
MU meets Colorado Saturday in a 2 p.m. Big 12 Conference dual.
Singles
Cheryl Mallaiah, Kansas, def. Urska Juric, MU, 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2
Jessica Ferguson, MU def. Courtney Steinbock, Kansas, 6-4, 7-5
Lisa Mallaiah, Kansas, def. Caitlin Thompson, MU, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
Christi Wagenaar, Kansas, def. Andrea Friedman, MU, 6-3, 6-3
Kristina Olshanskaya, MU, def. Kim Lorenz, Kansas, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
Emily Haylock, Kansas, def. Cassie Drake, MU, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
C.Steinbock/Kristen Steinbock, Kansas, def. Ferguson/Juric, MU, 8-4
C.Mallaiah/L.Mallaiah, Kansas, def. Olshanskaya/Marina Zelenovic, MU, 8-2
Thompson/Drake, MU, def. Lorenz/Haylock, Kansas, 9-7
