No. 27 Kansas falls to No. 18 Baylor, 4-0
Nina Khmelnitckaia returned a point in her first-set win at the No. 4 spot.
No. 18 Baylor 4, No. 27 Kansas 0
Hurd Tennis Center
Waco, Texas
April 23, 2017
DOUBLES
| No. 1 | Shankle/Traxler (BU) def. #30 Bernard-Feigenbaum/Khmelnitckaia (KU) 7-5 |
| No. 2 | Koch/Rychagova (KU) def. Shakhraichuk/Hinojosa (BU) 6-0 |
| No. 3 | Van Zyl/Newborn (BU) win by forfeit |
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
| No. 1 | #5 Shankle (BU) def. #74 Rychagova (KU) 6-3, 6-4 |
| No. 2 | #116 Rhiann Newborn (BU) def. Bernard-Feigenbaum (KU) 6-1, 7-5 |
| No. 3 | Koch (KU) vs. Van Zyl (BU) DNF 4-6, 3-4 |
| No. 4 | Khmelnitckaia (KU) vs. Shakhraichuk (BU) DNF 6-4, 2-5 |
| No. 5 | Nikolaeva (KU) vs. Hinojosa (BU) DNF 3-6, 5-3 |
| No. 6 | Traxler (BU) win by forfeit |
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2
Stats Box Score (.PDF)
WACO, Texas – The No. 27 Kansas women’s tennis team battled hard against No. 18-ranked Baylor, but wasn’t able to rally in singles, falling to the Bears, 4-0, at the Hurd Tennis Center Sunday afternoon.
The sophomore doubles pair of Anastasia Rychagova and Janet Koch got off to a quick start in the match by blanking Angie Shakhraichuk and Jessica Hinojosa, 6-0, at the No. 2 spot. The duo has now won three-consecutive matches and improved their overall record to 13-7.
“Credit to Baylor,” said head coach Todd Chapman. “They were just too good (Sunday). We will look to regroup and prepare for the Big 12 Championship next week.”
After a back-and-forth match at the No. 1 spot, the No. 30-ranked duo of Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum and Nina Khmelnitckaia weren’t able to top the Bear’s team of Blair Shankle and Katrina Traxler, dropping the match, 7-5.
After winning the doubles point and a Kansas forfeit at No. 6 singles, Baylor went up 2-0. No. 74-ranked Rychagova couldn’t overcome No. 5 Shankle at the No. 1 spot, falling in the match, 6-3, 6-4. Bernard-Feigenbaum fought hard in her second set, but her rally fell short at the No. 2 spot, dropping the match, 6-1, 7-5.
The Jayhawks will return to Lawrence before they head to Norman for the Big 12 Championship where they will be the No. 7 seed and play No. 10 West Virginia at 1 p.m., Thursday, at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman, Okla.
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