K-State Stifled by Texas
Apr 19, 2009 | Tennis
WAMGEO, Kan. – Kansas State women’s tennis ended its regular season on Sunday afternoon, but No. 32 Texas came out victorious in the finale, 6-1, at a chilly Wamego Recreation Complex. K-State enters next week’s Big 12 Championships with a 4-14 overall record and a 1-10 mark in conference play. Texas enters the postseason with a 14-6 record and 10-1 league mark.
K-State’s lone singles victory on Sunday came from freshman Mariya Slupska. Playing at the number two position, Slupska outlasted Krista Damico in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. The product of Kiev, Ukraine has won two of her last three outings and is 12-17 in her first season in a K-State uniform.
Kansas State will take part in the 2009 Big 12 Women’s Tennis Championships beginning on Thursday in Norman, Okla.
(32) Texas (14-6, 10-1 Big 12) vs. Kansas State (4-14, 1-10 Big 12)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Wamego, Kan. – Wamego Recreational Complex
(32) Texas 6, Kansas State 1
Doubles
1. (34) Vanja Corovic/Marija Milic (UT) def. Antea Huljev/Nina Sertic (KSU), 8-6
2. Krista Damico/Amanda Craddock (UT) def. Mariya Slupska/Natasha Vieira (KSU), 8-4
3. Stephanie Davison/Caroline Larsson (UT) def. Petra Chuda/Katerina Kudlackova (KSU), 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. (121) Vanja Corovic (UT) def. Antea Huljev (KSU), 6-4, 6-4
2. Mariya Slupska (KSU) def. Krista Damico (UT), 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
3. Caroline Larsson (UT) def. Nina Sertic (KSU), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
4. Maggie Mello (UT) def. Katerina Kudlackova (KSU), 7-5, 6-2
5. Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Petra Chuda (KSU), 6-1, 6-0
6. Amanda Craddock (UT) def. Natasha Vieira (KSU), 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4*, 1, 2, 3
* - match decided
