April 7, 2002

The No. 62 ranked Missouri women's tennis team fell to No. 33 Kansas 6-1 on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. Kansas won all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point, then took five of the six singles matches. Missouri sophomore Urska Juric recorded the only victory for MU, defeating Cheryl Mallaiah in the No. 1 singles match. The Tigers will be back in action on Sunday as they take on Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan.

#33 Kansas 6, #62 Missouri 1
Doubles
1. C. Steinbock/K. Steinbock (KU) def. Juric/Sevcikova (MU), 9-8 (2)
2. Brown/Haylock (KU) def. Ruskova/Olshanskava (MU), 8-2
3. Bejar/Mallaiah (KU) def. Barry/Thompson (MU), 8-4
Singles
1. Urska Juric (MU) def. Cheryl Mallaiah (KU), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 1-0 (6)
2. Emily Haylock (KU) def. Mary Barry (MU),6-1, 6-3
3. Courtney Steinbock (KU) def. Katka Sevcikova (MU), 6-1, 6-2
4. Paige Brown (KU) def. Kristina Olshanskava (MU), 6-2, 7-5, 1-0 (4)
5. Aurelie Bejar (KU) def. Caitlin Thompson (MU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Kim Lorenz (KU) def. Lucie Ruskova (MU), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2