The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Tennis blanks Kansas, 7-0
04.18.2009 | Women's Tennis
April 18, 2009
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Texas (13-6, 9-1 Big 12) took two of three doubles contests to secure the doubles point and swept the six singles matches en route to a 7-0 victory over Kansas (10-11, 4-6 Big 12) Saturday afternoon at KU's First Serve Tennis Center. The win nails down the No. 2 seed for Texas at the upcoming Big 12 Championship set for April 23-26 in Norman, Okla.
Texas opened the match with wins at the second and third doubles slots to earn the doubles point. Sophomore Amanda Craddock and freshman Krista Damico teamed up for an 8-5 win at second doubles over Maria Martinez and Erin Wilbert. UT clinched the doubles point when junior Stephanie Davison and sophomore Caroline Larsson posted an 8-2 win at third doubles over KU's Kunigunda Dorn and Yuliana Svistun.
Texas wasted little time in picking up three singles victories to clinch the team victory. Craddock dealt Martinez a 6-3, 6-1 defeat at fifth singles, and UT junior Vanja Corovic handed KU's Edina Horvath a 7-5, 6-2 defeat at the first slot. Larsson clinched the Texas victory at third singles, where she knocked off Svistun by a 6-4, 6-4 count.
Damico stretched the Texas lead to 5-0 at second singles by defeating Kansas' Ekaterina Morozova, 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8). UT sophomore Maggie Mello tallied a 7-5, 6-4 win over Dorn at fourth singles before UT's Davison closed out the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Wilbert at the sixth slot.
Texas closes out the regular season on Sunday at Kansas State. First serve is set for 11 a.m. Central.
Texas 7, Kansas 0
Doubles - Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
1 Horvath/Morozova (KU) def. #34 Corovic/Milic (UT) - 8-3
2 Craddock/Damico (UT) def. Martinez/Wilbert (KU) - 8-5
3 Davison/Larsson (UT) def. Dorn/Svistun (KU) - 8-2
Singles - Order of Finish: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6
1 #121 Vanja Corovic (UT) def. Edina Horvath (KU) - 7-5, 6-2
2 Krista Damico (UT) def. Ekaterina Morozova (KU) - 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
3 Caroline Larsson (UT) def. Yuliana Svistun (KU) - 6-4, 6-4
4 Maggie Mello (UT) def. Kunigunda Dorn (KU) - 7-5, 6-4
5 Amanda Craddock (UT) def. Maria Martinez (KU) - 6-3, 6-1
6 Stephanie Davison (UT) def. Erin Wilbert (KU) - 6-2, 6-2