April 17, 2004

The Tigers battled windy conditions in today's win against Iowa State. Two weeks without match-play let the team rest up and come out strong. Mizzou evens up its conference record at 5-5 and 12-8 in overall play.

A doubles sweep for the Tigers set the tone for the rest of the match. Urska Juric and Katka Sevcikova blanked Iowa State's Sabrina Evers and Eve Soriano, winning 8-0. Freshman Yelena Olshanskaya and Erika Josbena followed suit with an 8-4 win. At No. 3 doubles, Hana Kraftova teamed up with Mary Barry to get an 8-2 win over Charlotte Liungkrantz and Jill Palen.

Big singles wins from Sevcikova and Lucie Ruskova closed out the sweep for Mizzou. Both won in tight matches at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively. Juric easily took out Iowa State's Evers, winning 6-1, 6-1. Sevcikova had a slow start against Iowa State's Soriano, but came back to win 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-5. Kraftova, Olshanskaya, and Barry all came up with solid two-set wins. At No. 6, Ruskova got through a close first set to win 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Mizzou takes on rival Kansas at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Lawrence. This is the last match before the Big 12 Championships April 29 in Norman, Oklahoma.

Singles

1. Urska Juric (MU) def. Sabrina Evers (ISU), 6-1, 6-1

2. Katka Sevcikova (MU) def. Eve Soriano (ISU), 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-5

3. Hana Kraftova (MU) def. Jill Palen (ISU), 6-2, 6-2

4. Yelena Olshanskaya (MU) def. Beth Chermel (ISU), 6-1, 6-0

5. Mary Barry (MU) def. Danielle Uscinski (ISU), 6-2, 6-0

6. Lucie Ruskova (MU) def. Charlotte Ljungkrantz (ISU), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

Doubles

1. Juric/Sevcikova (MU) def. Evers/Soriano (ISU), 8-0

2. Josbena/Oshanskaya (MU) def. Chermel/Uscinski (ISU), 8-4

3. Kraftova/Barry def. Ljungkrantz/Palen (ISU), 8-2