Completed Event: Women's Tennis versus Jayhawk Invitational on January 15, 2026
Final
Women's Tennis
vs Jayhawk Invitational
Sunday, February 1
Lawrence, Kan.
12 p.m. CT
University of Kansas
1
vs
4
Clemson
Kansas Falls to Clemson 4-1 Sunday Afternoon
2/1/2026 2:36:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas women's tennis lost its first match of the season to No. 21 Clemson in a 4-1 match on Sunday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Kansas falls to 3-1 on the season, while Clemson improves to 6-1 on the year.
"I think we got beat by the better team today," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "I feel like we weren't tough enough mentally and emotionally to beat a good team like Clemson today. Those are things we've got to get better at and improve, because we're going to play plenty of good teams this spring. But I didn't necessarily love our responses when we faced diversity today."
In doubles action, Kansas dropped two matches to give Clemson the doubles point. It is the first time this season that the Jayhawks have surrendered the doubles point. Kyoka Kubo and Heike Janse van Vuuren picked up a win on court one however, as they defeated the Tigers' Jade Groen and Rinon Okuwaki 6-2 to move to 4-0 on the season.
The Jayhawks were able to pick up one singles win on court one, as Kubo won 6-1, 6-2 over Groen to give Kansas its only point of the day. Kubo moved to 4-0 on the season in singles play. Clemson found wins on courts two, three and five to clinch the match with a score of 4-1.Â
On court four, McCarty was leading the match over Ria Bhakta 7-5, 2-1 before the match went unfinished.Â
UP NEXT
The Jayhawks will take to the road for the first time this season, traveling to Wichita, Kansas to take on Wichita State on Sunday, February 8. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m. CT.
Results
Doubles:Â
Singles:Â
Kansas falls to 3-1 on the season, while Clemson improves to 6-1 on the year.
"I think we got beat by the better team today," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "I feel like we weren't tough enough mentally and emotionally to beat a good team like Clemson today. Those are things we've got to get better at and improve, because we're going to play plenty of good teams this spring. But I didn't necessarily love our responses when we faced diversity today."
In doubles action, Kansas dropped two matches to give Clemson the doubles point. It is the first time this season that the Jayhawks have surrendered the doubles point. Kyoka Kubo and Heike Janse van Vuuren picked up a win on court one however, as they defeated the Tigers' Jade Groen and Rinon Okuwaki 6-2 to move to 4-0 on the season.
The Jayhawks were able to pick up one singles win on court one, as Kubo won 6-1, 6-2 over Groen to give Kansas its only point of the day. Kubo moved to 4-0 on the season in singles play. Clemson found wins on courts two, three and five to clinch the match with a score of 4-1.Â
On court four, McCarty was leading the match over Ria Bhakta 7-5, 2-1 before the match went unfinished.Â
UP NEXT
The Jayhawks will take to the road for the first time this season, traveling to Wichita, Kansas to take on Wichita State on Sunday, February 8. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m. CT.
Results
Doubles:Â
- Kubo/van Vuuren (KU) def. Groen/Okuwaki (CLEM), 6-2
- Cisovska/Parravicini (CLEM) def. Arystanbekova/Putilina (KU), 6-3
- Nielson-Gatenby/Aslanisvili (CLEM) def. McCarty/VanPelt (KU), 6-2
Singles:Â
- Kubo (KU) def. Groen (CLEM), 6-1, 6-2
- Cisovska (CLEM) def. van Vuuren (KU), 6-2, 6-2
- Okuwaki (CLEM) def. Arystanbekova (KU), 6-2, 6-2
- McCarty (KU) vs. Bhakta (CLEM), 7-5, 2-1 (unf.)
- Nielson-Gatenby (CLEM) def. Putilina (KU), 6-3, 6-0
- Aslanisvili (CLEM) vs. Cho (KU), 6-4, 5-1 (unf.)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Jade Groen / 0 [CU]
12
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Romana Cisovska / 0 [CU]
66
21
#3 Singles Match
12
Rinon Okuwaki / 0 [CU]
66
22
#4 Singles Match
123
Ria Bhakta / 0 (71/-) [CU]
51UF
72UF
#5 Singles Match
12
Tal Neilson-Gatenby / 0 [CU]
66
30
#6 Singles Match
123
Artemis Aslanisvili / 0 [CU]
65UF
41UF
Order of Finish:
1,5,2,3
Players Mentioned
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