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No. 63 Kansas Comes Up Short at No. 44 Baylor
3/15/2026 3:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas – No. 63 Kansas battled strong but ultimately dropped a 4-1 match to No. 44 Baylor on Sunday afternoon in Waco, Texas.
"Baylor handled the conditions better than we did today," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "That's a credit to them. I feel like we had a really good chance to win the doubles point and let it slip away and that may have proved pivotal in the match. Hopefully, it will be a lesson learned for us."
Kansas dropped to 7-7 (3-2 Big 12) this season, while Baylor improved to 9-4 (5-1 Big 12).
The Jayhawks remained close with the Bears in doubles play, but ultimately dropped two matches to give Baylor the doubles point. Kansas' Heike Janse van Vuuren and Meg McCarty took their match on court two, as they defeated Luna Iukovic and Neda Rahimkhani 6-4.
Zuzana Kubacha and Gabrielle Villegas picked up a win over Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina 7-5 on court one, and Na Dong and Alian Zack took down Kyoka Kubo and Meriem Ben Ezzedine 7-5 on court three.
In singles play, Kansas picked up one win and was leading two other matches but dropped three courts to lose 4-1. On court five, Nahyeong Cho took down Ivkovic in straight-sets 6-3, 6-3 for Kansas' only point of the day. Arystanbekova was leading her match against Mu-Jie Tzeng 7-5, 3-0, and Putilina was leading Villegas 7-6 (4), 1-0 before both matches went unfinished.
Baylor took matches on courts one, two and four, with No. 44 Dong defeating No. 45 Kubo 6-2, 6-1; No. 100 Kubacha taking down van Vuuren 6-3, 6-4; and Zack picking up a win over McCarty 6-2, 6-2.
UP NEXT
Kansas will return home for a pair of Big 12 home matches, starting on Friday, March 20 against Houston. The match is slated to begin at 5 p.m. CT from the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Results
Doubles:Â
"Baylor handled the conditions better than we did today," Kansas head coach Todd Chapman said. "That's a credit to them. I feel like we had a really good chance to win the doubles point and let it slip away and that may have proved pivotal in the match. Hopefully, it will be a lesson learned for us."
Kansas dropped to 7-7 (3-2 Big 12) this season, while Baylor improved to 9-4 (5-1 Big 12).
The Jayhawks remained close with the Bears in doubles play, but ultimately dropped two matches to give Baylor the doubles point. Kansas' Heike Janse van Vuuren and Meg McCarty took their match on court two, as they defeated Luna Iukovic and Neda Rahimkhani 6-4.
Zuzana Kubacha and Gabrielle Villegas picked up a win over Yerkezhan Arystanbekova and Anna Putilina 7-5 on court one, and Na Dong and Alian Zack took down Kyoka Kubo and Meriem Ben Ezzedine 7-5 on court three.
In singles play, Kansas picked up one win and was leading two other matches but dropped three courts to lose 4-1. On court five, Nahyeong Cho took down Ivkovic in straight-sets 6-3, 6-3 for Kansas' only point of the day. Arystanbekova was leading her match against Mu-Jie Tzeng 7-5, 3-0, and Putilina was leading Villegas 7-6 (4), 1-0 before both matches went unfinished.
Baylor took matches on courts one, two and four, with No. 44 Dong defeating No. 45 Kubo 6-2, 6-1; No. 100 Kubacha taking down van Vuuren 6-3, 6-4; and Zack picking up a win over McCarty 6-2, 6-2.
UP NEXT
Kansas will return home for a pair of Big 12 home matches, starting on Friday, March 20 against Houston. The match is slated to begin at 5 p.m. CT from the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Results
Doubles:Â
- Kubacha/Villegas (BU) def. Arystanbekova/Putilina (KU), 7-5
- van Vuuren/McCarty (KU) def. Ivkovic/Rahimkhani (BU), 6-4
- Dong/Zack (BU) def. Kubo/Ben Ezzedine (KU), 7-5
- No. 44 Dong (BU) def. No. 45 Kubo (KU), 6-2, 6-1
- No. 100 Kubacha (BU) def. van Vuuren (KU), 6-3, 6-4
- Arystanbekova (KU) vs. Tzeng (BU), 7-5, 3-0 (unf.)
- Zack (BU) def. McCarty (KU), 6-2, 6-2
- Cho (KU) def. Ivkovic (BU), 6-3, 6-3
- Putilina (KU) vs. Villegas (BU), 7-6 (4), 1-0 (unf.)
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
21
Na Dong / 0 (44/-) [BAY]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
34
Zuzanna Kubacha / 0 (100/-) [BAY]
66
#3 Singles Match
123
73UF
Mu-Jie Tzeng / 0 [BAY]
50UF
#4 Singles Match
12
22
Alian Zack / 0 [BAY]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Luna Ivkovic / 0 [BAY]
33
#6 Singles Match
123
70UF
Gabrielle Villegas / 0 [BAY]
61UF
Order of Finish:
1,4,5,2
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