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Kansas Tennis Opens Fall Season at Nebraska Invitational
9/29/2026 1:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas women's tennis opened its fall season at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska, competing against Nebraska, Iowa State, Missouri, Minnesota, Wichita State and Denver throughout the three-day tournament.
The Jayhawks opened the Husker Invitational with strong performances in both singles and doubles play.
Yerzekhan Arystanbekova led Kansas in singles action, earning a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Wichita State's Alisa Ozgun. Anna Putilina also picked up a singles win, defeating Denver's Yunfei Cai, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, while Meg McCarty earned a three-set victory over Missouri's Leticia Bazan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
In doubles action, Polina Koneva and McCarty earned an 8-3 victory over Denver's Caroline Daugherty and Remy Nguyen. Nahyeong Cho and Caroline Manzi also opened the tournament with a win, defeating Wichita State's Dinara De Silva and Nebraska's Reya Lee Coe, 8-5.
Kansas continued its strong play into the second day of competition, collecting five singles victories and one doubles win.
Koneva opened the day with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Minnesota's Ksenia Hanke, while McCarty earned a 6-0, 6-3 win over Denver's Sofia Mavor. Arystanbekova also picked up her second singles victory of the tournament, defeating Wichita State's Alina Vysochenko, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Hyejeong Ahn battled past Denver's Yunfei Cai, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, and Cho earned a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 comeback victory over Missouri's Alba Salles Canudas.
Koneva and McCarty added another doubles victory, defeating Wichita State's Dinara De Silva and Alisa Ozgun, 8-1.
The Jayhawks closed out the Husker Invitational with four singles and three doubles victories. Arystanbekova defeated Missouri's Alba Salles Canudas, 7-5, 7-6 [7-4], while Ahn, Cho and Manzi also earned singles wins. In doubles, Arystanbekova and Manzi, Koneva and Putilina, and Cho and McCarty each picked up victories to close out the tournament.Â
Kansas will next compete in the Big 12 Invitational, Oct. 2-4, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.Â
Doubles Results
Friday Doubles ResultsÂ
Nahyeong Cho/Caroline Manzi (KU) def. Dinara De Silva/Reya Lee Coe (WSU/NU), 8-5
Whiteside/Skelton (MU) def. Yerzekhan Arystanbekova/Anna Putilina (KU), 8-5
Polina Koneva/Meg McCarty (KU) def. Caroline Daugherty/Remy Nguyen (DU), 8-3
Millie Day/Valentina Vargas (ISU) def. Hyejeong Ahn/Simryn Jacob (KU), 8-6
Saturday Doubles ResultsÂ
Katie Spencer/Conley Raidt (NEB) def. Yerzekhan Arystanbekova/Anna Putilina (KU), 8-3
Polina Koneva/Meg McCarty (KU) def. Dinara De Silva/Alisa Ozgun (WSU), 8-1
Valeska San Martin Ramirez/Gabriella Kellner (ISU) def. Hyejeong Ahn/Simryn Jacob (KU), 8-1
Nora Knezevic/Massiva Boukirat (UMN) def. Nahyeong Cho/Caroline Manzi (KU), 8-6
Sunday Doubles Results
Polina Koneva/Anna Putilina (KU) def. Nora Knezevic/Massiva Boukirat (UMN), 8-4
Yerzekhan Arystanbekova/Caroline Manzi (KU) def. Leticia Bazan/Alba Salles (MU), 8-4
Millie Skelton/Evelyn Whiteside (MU) def. Hyejeong Ahn/Simryn Jacob (KU), 8-4
Nahyeong Cho/Meg McCarty (KU) def. Caroline Daugherty/Ruby Hansen (DU), 8-5
Singles Results
Friday Singles Results
Yerzekhan Arystanbekova (KU) def. Alisa Ozgun (WSU), 6-1, 7-5
Millie Day (ISU) def. Hyejeong Ahn (KU), 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
Remy Nguyen (DU) def. Simryn Jacob (KU), 6-2, 6-1
Conley Raidt (NU) def. Nahyeong Cho (KU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Dinara De Silva (WSU) def. Polina Koneva (KU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Paulina Jurkowska (DU) def. Caroline Manzi (KU), 6-3, 6-4
Anna Putilina (KU) def. Yunfei Cai (DU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Meg McCarty (KU) def. Leticia Bazan (MU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Saturday Singles Results
Katie Spencer (NEB) def. Anna Putilina (KU), 6-7 [3-7], 6-4, 6-3
Meg McCarty (KU) def. Sofia Mavor (DU), 6-0, 6-3
Millie Skelton (MU) def. Caroline Manzi (KU), 6-1, 6-2
Polina Koneva (KU) def. Ksenia Hanke (UMN), 6-3, 6-0
Hyejeong Ahn (KU) def. Yunfei Cai (DU), 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
Dinara De Silva (WSU) def. Simryn Jacob (KU), 6-2, 6-1
Yerzekhan Arystanbekova (KU) def. Alina Vysochenko (WSU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Nahyeong Cho (KU) def. Alba Salles Canudas (MU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Sunday Singles Results
Nahyeong Cho (KU) def. Yunfei Cai (DU), 6-0, 6-3
Massiva Boukirat (UMN) def. Polina Koneva (KU), 6-1, 6-3
Yerzekhan Arystanbekova (KU) def. Alba Salles Canudas (MU), 7-5, 7-6 [7-4]
Evelyn Whiteside (MU) def. Meg McCarty (KU), 6-7 [5-7], 6-1, 6-1
Valentina Vargas (ISU) def. Anna Putilina (KU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
Hyejeong Ahn (KU) def. Sofia Mavor (DU), 6-4, 6-1
Caroline Manzi (KU) def. Remy Nguyen (DU), 6-4, 6-1
Gabriella Kellner (ISU) def. Simryn Jacob (KU), 6-2, 6-2
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