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Hawkeyes Fall At Kansas

The University of Iowa women's tennis team fell, 4-1, to Kansas on Sunday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.

LAWRENCE, Kansas -- The University of Iowa women's tennis team fell, 4-1, to Kansas on Sunday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.

Kansas (3-0) started the match by claiming the doubles point, with victories on courts one and three. The Hawkeye duo of Dianne Hayashida and Nikita Vishwase held a 5-4 lead when their match was called.   

Iowa (2-1) opened singles play by capturing its lone point on court five with Barbora Pokorna’s 6-3, 6-2 straight-set victory over Meriem Ben Ezzedine. Hayashida fought through a tough match against Gracie Mulville on court one, while No. 89 Tereza Dejnozkova came up short against Maria Titova in three sets. Kansas sealed the match with a tiebreaker win on court four.  

Both Marisa Schmidt and Pia Kranholdt saw their respective matches called before completion. Schmidt won the first set against Kyoka Kubo, 6-0, but the match was unfinished. Kranholdt split sets with Yerke Arystanbekova, losing the first (2-6) and winning the second 7-6(2), but the match was left unfinished in a third-set tiebreak. 

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA BOROS

"Today was a good, hard, competitive battle on the road against a good Kansas team. We faced some good adversity and unfortunately, we didn’t have four points today. I’m sure that we’re going to learn a lot and regroup. We look forward to a competitive match at home against Iowa State later this week.” 

UP NEXT  

The Hawkeyes will return to Iowa City to take on Iowa State on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. (CT) at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. Admission is free to the public.

Kansas 4, Iowa 1

Singles Results 

No. 1 – Gracie Mulville (KU) def. No. 75 Daianne Hayashida (UI): 7-5, 6-3 

No. 2 – Maria Titova (KU) def. No. 89 Tereza Dejnozkova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 

No. 3 – Marisa Schmidt (UI) vs. Kyoka Kubo (KU): 6-0, 2-6, 3-2 (DNF) 

No. 4 – Jasmine Adams (KU) def. Nikita Vishwase (UI): 6-4, 7-6(7) 

No. 5 – Barbora Pokorna (UI) def. Meriem Ben Ezzedine (KU) : 6-3, 6-2 

No. 6 – Pia Kranholdt (UI) vs. Yerke Arystanbekova (KU): 2-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (DNF) 

Order of Finish: 5,1,2,4 

Doubles Results  

No. 1 –Mulville/Janse van Vuuren (KU) def. Dejnozkova/Pokorna (UI): 6-3 

No. 2 – Hayashida/Vishwase (UI) vs. Adams/Kubo (KU): 5-4 (DNF) 

No. 3 – Arystanbekova/Putilina (KU) def. Schmidt/Kranholdt (UI): 6-4 

Order of Finish: 1,3