Hawkeyes top Kansas, 6-1

March 5, 2004

OVERLAND PARK, KS –

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The Iowa women’s tennis team topped the Kansas Jayhawks, 6-1, Friday evening. The Hawkeyes improve to 7-2 in dual meets.

In doubles, Meg Racette and Hillary Mintz defeated the sister team of Courtney and Kristen Steinbock, 8-6. At the No. 2 spot, Chelsea Glynn and Anastasia Zhukova easily defeated Emily Haylock and Ashley Filberth, 8-1. Deni Alexandrova and Hilary Tyler won against Brittany Brown and Christine Skoda, 8-2, at No. 3 doubles.

Iowa won five of the six singles matches against Kansas. At the No. 1 spot, Racette downed Courtney Steinbock, 7-5, 6-0. Mintz defeated Haylock at No. 2, 7-5, 6-0. Zhukova won against Skoda, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. At the No. 4 position, Glynn topped Brown, 6-3, 6-0. Tyler won at the No. 6 spot against Filberth, 6-3, 6-0.

The Hawkeyes will compete tomorrow at Missouri beginning at 11 a.m.

RESULTS
Iowa — 6

Kansas — 1

Singles
No. 1 Meg Racette (I) def. Courtney Steinbock (KU) — 7-5, 6-0
No. 2 Hillary Mintz (I) def. Emily Haylock (KU) — 7-5, 6-0
No. 3 Anastasia Zhukova (I) def. Christine Skoda (KU) — 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Chelsea Glynn (I) def. Brittany Brown (KU) — 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 Kristen Steinbock (KU) def. Deni Alexandrova (I) — 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Hilary Tyler (I) def. Ashley Filberth (KU) — 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 Racette/Mintz (I) def. C. Steinbock/K. Steinbock (KU) — 8-6
No. 2 Glynn/ Zhukova (I) def. Haylock/Filberth (KU) — 8-1
No. 3 Alexandrova/Tyler (I) def. Brown/Skoda (KU) — 8-2