Completed Event: Women's Tennis versus Jayhawk Invitational on January 15, 2026
Final
Women's Tennis
vs Jayhawk Invitational
Friday, January 30
Lawrence, Kan.
5 p.m. CT
University of Kansas
4
vs
1
Nebraska
Kansas Rolls to 4-1 Win Over Nebraska Friday Afternoon
1/30/2026 8:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas women's tennis battled to a tough 4-1 win over Nebraska Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
With the victory, Kansas improved to 3-0 on the season, marking the second-straight season the Jayhawks started the season 3-0.
"It was a good battle," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "Nebraska's a tough team. They make you compete, and we needed to be pressured and pressed in a deep, tough match. The score was 4-1, but it was a really close match, and that's what you need this time of year, to be put in the battle and be pressed into tough and difficult situations and face adversity. I felt like we did a pretty good job with it, and hopefully we can build some momentum and move forward from here."
Kansas opened the match with a strong start in doubles action, taking the first two matches to secure the doubles point. On court one, the duo of Kyoka Kubo and Heike Janse van Vuuren continued their hot start to the season as they dominated Nebraska's Emma Rizzetto and Tiziana Rossini 6-1. The KU pair moved to 3-0 on the season with the win.
The Jayhawks secured the doubles point on court two, as Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina picked up their first win of the season by taking down Reya Lee Coe and Yuzu Miyoshi in a quick 6-2 match. Court three featured Kansas' Meg McCarty and Kinley VanPelt, but the match went unfinished.
Nebraska tied the match at 1-1 by picking up a singles win on court five as Nebraska's Catherine Gagnon defeated Kansas' Nahyeong Cho 6-3, 6-4.
Kansas responded by taking two straight matches to build a commanding 3-1 lead. Court six finished second, with Putilina taking down Coe in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Featured on court one was Kansas' Kubo, who battled to a tough 6-4, 7-6(5) win over Maria Taranova to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Court four was the winning court for the Jayhawks, where Arystanbekova went down in the first set 3-6 but battled back to win the next two sets, 6-1, 6-2, to win the court over Katie Spencer, and to clinch the 4-1 outcome for Kansas. The matches featuring Kansas' van Vuuren and McCarty went unfinished.
UP NEXT
Kansas will close out the weekend against No. 21 Clemson on Sunday, February 1 at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The match is slated to begin at 12 p.m. CT.
Results
Doubles:
With the victory, Kansas improved to 3-0 on the season, marking the second-straight season the Jayhawks started the season 3-0.
"It was a good battle," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "Nebraska's a tough team. They make you compete, and we needed to be pressured and pressed in a deep, tough match. The score was 4-1, but it was a really close match, and that's what you need this time of year, to be put in the battle and be pressed into tough and difficult situations and face adversity. I felt like we did a pretty good job with it, and hopefully we can build some momentum and move forward from here."
Kansas opened the match with a strong start in doubles action, taking the first two matches to secure the doubles point. On court one, the duo of Kyoka Kubo and Heike Janse van Vuuren continued their hot start to the season as they dominated Nebraska's Emma Rizzetto and Tiziana Rossini 6-1. The KU pair moved to 3-0 on the season with the win.
The Jayhawks secured the doubles point on court two, as Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina picked up their first win of the season by taking down Reya Lee Coe and Yuzu Miyoshi in a quick 6-2 match. Court three featured Kansas' Meg McCarty and Kinley VanPelt, but the match went unfinished.
Nebraska tied the match at 1-1 by picking up a singles win on court five as Nebraska's Catherine Gagnon defeated Kansas' Nahyeong Cho 6-3, 6-4.
Kansas responded by taking two straight matches to build a commanding 3-1 lead. Court six finished second, with Putilina taking down Coe in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Featured on court one was Kansas' Kubo, who battled to a tough 6-4, 7-6(5) win over Maria Taranova to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Court four was the winning court for the Jayhawks, where Arystanbekova went down in the first set 3-6 but battled back to win the next two sets, 6-1, 6-2, to win the court over Katie Spencer, and to clinch the 4-1 outcome for Kansas. The matches featuring Kansas' van Vuuren and McCarty went unfinished.
UP NEXT
Kansas will close out the weekend against No. 21 Clemson on Sunday, February 1 at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The match is slated to begin at 12 p.m. CT.
Results
Doubles:
- Kubo/van Vuuren (KU) def. Rizzetto/Rossini (NEB), 6-1
- Arystanbekova/Putilina (KU) def. Coe/Miyoshi (NEB), 6-2
- Taranova/Trigosso (NEB) vs. McCarty/VanPelt (KU), 4-3 (unf.)
- Kubo (KU) def. Taranova (NEB), 6-4, 7-6(5)
- van Vuuren (KU) vs. Rizzetto (NEB), 3-6, 7-6(6), 2-1 (unf.)
- Arystanbekova (KU) def. Spencer (NEB), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- McCarty (KU) vs. Rossini (NEB), 6-2, 5-7, 2-3 (unf.)
- Gagnon (NEB) def. Cho (KU), 6-3, 6-4
- Putilina (KU) def. Coe (NEB), 6-4, 6-3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Maria Taranova / 0 [NEB]
46
67
#2 Singles Match
1234
Emma Rizzetto / 0 [NEB]
661UF
372UF
#3 Singles Match
123
Katie Spencer / 0 [NEB]
612
366
#4 Singles Match
1234
Tiziana Rossini / 0 [NEB]
273UF
652UF
#5 Singles Match
12
Catherine Gagnon / 0 [NEB]
66
34
#6 Singles Match
12
Reya Lee Coe / 0 [NEB]
43
66
Order of Finish:
5,6,1,3
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