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Women's Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championship
Sunday, February 15
Fayetteville, Ark.
1 p.m. CT
University of Kansas
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Arkansas
2/15/2026 5:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Kansas women's tennis battled back but dropped its match 4-3 against Arkansas on Sunday afternoon at the Billingsley Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Kansas dropped to 3-4 on the season, while Arkansas improved to 7-1 on the year.
"Losing tough matches hurts, and today hurts," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "What we choose to do from here will define what the next section of our season looks like. We have to embrace what is hard and choose to respond in a way that gives us a chance to be successful moving forward."
The Jayhawks started the match off strong, taking the doubles point over the Razorbacks. On court two, Heike Janse van Vuuren and Meg McCarty, ranked No. 73, picked up their first win of the season by taking down Jimena Gomez Alonso and Brooke Schafer 6-2. Court three sealed the doubles point for Kansas, with Kyoka Kubo and Meriem Ben Ezzedine defeating Arina Babenko and Alexan Panagiotidou 7-5.Â
Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina faced off against No. 27 Carolina Gomez Alonso and Anet Koskel but fell 6-2 on court one.
The Jayhawks were able to take two singles matches to go up 3-2 in the match, but ultimately dropped four singles matches to lose the match 4-3. On court two, van Vuuren defeated Schafer in straight-sets, 6-4, 6-3, along with Nahyeong Cho on court five as she took a 7-5, 6-3 straight-set win over Babenko.
The Razorbacks picked up wins on courts one, three, four and six. No. 22 C. Gomez Alonso defeated No. 25 Kubo 7(9)-6(7), 6-3 on court one. In the other singles matches, Koskel defeated Arystanbekova 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Panagiotidou defeated McCarty 6-3, 6-3, and J. Gomez Alonso defeated Putilina 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 to grant Arkansas the 4-3 win.
UP NEXT
Kansas will return home to finish non-conference play against Minnesota on Friday, February 20 at 5 p.m. CT and Old Dominion on Sunday, February 22 at 12 p.m. CT at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.Â
Results
Doubles:Â
Kansas dropped to 3-4 on the season, while Arkansas improved to 7-1 on the year.
"Losing tough matches hurts, and today hurts," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "What we choose to do from here will define what the next section of our season looks like. We have to embrace what is hard and choose to respond in a way that gives us a chance to be successful moving forward."
The Jayhawks started the match off strong, taking the doubles point over the Razorbacks. On court two, Heike Janse van Vuuren and Meg McCarty, ranked No. 73, picked up their first win of the season by taking down Jimena Gomez Alonso and Brooke Schafer 6-2. Court three sealed the doubles point for Kansas, with Kyoka Kubo and Meriem Ben Ezzedine defeating Arina Babenko and Alexan Panagiotidou 7-5.Â
Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina faced off against No. 27 Carolina Gomez Alonso and Anet Koskel but fell 6-2 on court one.
The Jayhawks were able to take two singles matches to go up 3-2 in the match, but ultimately dropped four singles matches to lose the match 4-3. On court two, van Vuuren defeated Schafer in straight-sets, 6-4, 6-3, along with Nahyeong Cho on court five as she took a 7-5, 6-3 straight-set win over Babenko.
The Razorbacks picked up wins on courts one, three, four and six. No. 22 C. Gomez Alonso defeated No. 25 Kubo 7(9)-6(7), 6-3 on court one. In the other singles matches, Koskel defeated Arystanbekova 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Panagiotidou defeated McCarty 6-3, 6-3, and J. Gomez Alonso defeated Putilina 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 to grant Arkansas the 4-3 win.
UP NEXT
Kansas will return home to finish non-conference play against Minnesota on Friday, February 20 at 5 p.m. CT and Old Dominion on Sunday, February 22 at 12 p.m. CT at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.Â
Results
Doubles:Â
- No. 27 C. Gomez Alonso/Koskel (ARK) def. Arystanbekova/Putilina (KU), 6-2
- No. 73 van Vuuren/McCarty (KU) def. J. Gomez Alonso/Schafer (ARK), 6-2
- Kubo/Ben Ezzedine (KU) def. Babenko/Panagiotidou (ARK), 7-5
- No. 22 C. Gomez Alonso (ARK) def. No. 25 Kubo (KU), 7(9)-6(7), 6-3
- van Vuuren (KU) def. Schafer (ARK), 6-4, 6-3
- Koskel (ARK) def. Arystanbekova (KU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Panagiotidou (ARK) def. McCarty (KU), 6-3, 6-3
- Cho (KU) def. Babenko (ARK), 7-5, 6-3
- J. Gomez Alonso (ARK) def. Putilina (KU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Players Mentioned
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
63
76
#2 Singles Match
12
66
43
#3 Singles Match
123
622
266
#4 Singles Match
12
33
66
#5 Singles Match
12
76
53
#6 Singles Match
123
371
656
Order of Finish:
2,4,1,5,3,6
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