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Friday, March 7
Lawrence, Kan.
4 p.m. CT
University of Kansas
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#26 Arizona State
Photo by: Arun Halder/Kansas Athletics
Kansas Rolls to 4-2 Victory Over No. 26 Arizona State
3/7/2025 7:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas women's tennis team picked up its first top-30 win of the season with a 4-2 Big 12 Conference win over the No. 26 Arizona State Sun Devils inside the Jayhawk Tennis Center on Friday evening.
"It was a big win. I mean we've been in a lot of these close battles, we've lost some, we've won some. I just love the way we fought today," head coach Todd Chapman said. "We didn't give in, we fought on every court and singles and that's what that's all you can ask them to do is give your best effort whatever the score ends up being, it ends up being. I just love the freedom we played at the end of doubles and end of singles, just with confidence and the freedom that you have to play with in those big moments. I'm just really proud that we went after it."
Kansas improves to 8-5 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 Conference play, while marking their best ranked win since defeating No. 22 Old Dominion in 2023. Arizona State falls to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play this season.
Kansas started off the match by picking up two ranked wins to secure the doubles point against the Sun Devils. On court one, the pair of Gracie Mulville and Heike Janse van Vuuren defeated No. 30 Patricija Spaka and Lily Taylor 6-2 to improve to 9-3 this season. On court two, Jasmine Adams and Yerkezhan Arystanbekova played together for the first time this season and defeated No. 79 Sara Svetac and Karin Altori 6-4.
Anna Putilina and Kyoka Kubo paired up for the first time this season on court three but lost to Emilija Tverijonaite and Aiya Nupbay 1-6.Â
Kansas rolled into singles action strong, winning three out of five completed matches to secure the win over the Sun Devils.Â
On court one, Mulville picked up a ranked win by defeating No. 27 Tverijonaite 6-3, 6-3, to improve to 8-3 this season. The Jayhawks picked up another ranked win with Maria Titova's 7-5, 7-5 win over No. 45 Svetac on court two. Kansas secured the ranked win over Arizona State with Kubo's 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win on court three for the Jayhawks second straight ranked win.
The Jayhawks dropped two singles matches, with van Vuuren falling to Taylor 2-6, 4-6, and Putilina falling to Nupbay 4-6, 4-6. Meriem Ben Ezzedine faced off against Altori on court five in a tight 2-6, 6-4, 4-4 match before the match went unfinished.
Up Next
Kansas will face off against No. 31 Arizona on Sunday, March 7th at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The match will begin at 12 p.m.
ÂGallery: (3-7-2025) Tennis vs. #26 Arizona State
"It was a big win. I mean we've been in a lot of these close battles, we've lost some, we've won some. I just love the way we fought today," head coach Todd Chapman said. "We didn't give in, we fought on every court and singles and that's what that's all you can ask them to do is give your best effort whatever the score ends up being, it ends up being. I just love the freedom we played at the end of doubles and end of singles, just with confidence and the freedom that you have to play with in those big moments. I'm just really proud that we went after it."
Kansas improves to 8-5 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 Conference play, while marking their best ranked win since defeating No. 22 Old Dominion in 2023. Arizona State falls to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in Big 12 play this season.
Kansas started off the match by picking up two ranked wins to secure the doubles point against the Sun Devils. On court one, the pair of Gracie Mulville and Heike Janse van Vuuren defeated No. 30 Patricija Spaka and Lily Taylor 6-2 to improve to 9-3 this season. On court two, Jasmine Adams and Yerkezhan Arystanbekova played together for the first time this season and defeated No. 79 Sara Svetac and Karin Altori 6-4.
Anna Putilina and Kyoka Kubo paired up for the first time this season on court three but lost to Emilija Tverijonaite and Aiya Nupbay 1-6.Â
Kansas rolled into singles action strong, winning three out of five completed matches to secure the win over the Sun Devils.Â
On court one, Mulville picked up a ranked win by defeating No. 27 Tverijonaite 6-3, 6-3, to improve to 8-3 this season. The Jayhawks picked up another ranked win with Maria Titova's 7-5, 7-5 win over No. 45 Svetac on court two. Kansas secured the ranked win over Arizona State with Kubo's 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win on court three for the Jayhawks second straight ranked win.
The Jayhawks dropped two singles matches, with van Vuuren falling to Taylor 2-6, 4-6, and Putilina falling to Nupbay 4-6, 4-6. Meriem Ben Ezzedine faced off against Altori on court five in a tight 2-6, 6-4, 4-4 match before the match went unfinished.
Up Next
Kansas will face off against No. 31 Arizona on Sunday, March 7th at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The match will begin at 12 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Emilija Tverijonaite / 0 (27/-) [ASU]
33
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Sara Svetac / 0 (45/-) [ASU]
55
77
#3 Singles Match
123
Patricija Spaka / 0 [ASU]
163
646
#4 Singles Match
12
Lily Taylor / 0 [ASU]
66
24
#5 Singles Match
1234
Karin Altori / 0 [ASU]
644UF
264UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Karsyn Evans / 0 [ASU]
66
44
Order of Finish:
4,1,2,6,3
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