Friday, January 24
Lawrence, Kan.
4:00 P.M.
Creighton University
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Women’s Tennis Drops Season-Opener at Kansas, 4-0
1/24/2025 6:22:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Creighton women's tennis team opened its 2025 spring dual season suffering a 4-0 loss at Kansas on Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center in Lawrence, Kan.
The Bluejays fell to 0-1 on the season with the loss, while the Jayhawks improved to 2-0 following its 7-0 win over Kansas City earlier in the day.
"Credit Kansas, they are a strong team and deserved the win today," said head coach Tom Lilly. "I liked our doubles play and we had an opportunity to take that point but fell just a little short. We competed in a few singles spots well and will need to step it up even more tomorrow against a strong Missouri State team in our home opener."
Kansas claimed the first point of the match, clinching the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions. Junior Ana Paula Martinez and freshman Olivia Minikel
picked up the Bluejays lone win of the match, taking down Kansas' Kyoka Kubo and Jasmine Adams, 6-1, at the No. 2 doubles spot.
In singles play, Kansas raced to the victory, capturing straight set victories at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions. Senior Valerie Negin won her first set at the No. 2 singles spot, before Kansas clinched the 4-0 victory.
Creighton returns to Omaha and opens up the home portion of their schedule against Missouri State on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. inside the Hanscom Tennis Center.
The Bluejays fell to 0-1 on the season with the loss, while the Jayhawks improved to 2-0 following its 7-0 win over Kansas City earlier in the day.
"Credit Kansas, they are a strong team and deserved the win today," said head coach Tom Lilly. "I liked our doubles play and we had an opportunity to take that point but fell just a little short. We competed in a few singles spots well and will need to step it up even more tomorrow against a strong Missouri State team in our home opener."
Kansas claimed the first point of the match, clinching the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions. Junior Ana Paula Martinez and freshman Olivia Minikel
picked up the Bluejays lone win of the match, taking down Kansas' Kyoka Kubo and Jasmine Adams, 6-1, at the No. 2 doubles spot.
In singles play, Kansas raced to the victory, capturing straight set victories at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions. Senior Valerie Negin won her first set at the No. 2 singles spot, before Kansas clinched the 4-0 victory.
Creighton returns to Omaha and opens up the home portion of their schedule against Missouri State on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. inside the Hanscom Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
31UF
Gracie Mulville / 0 [KU]
64UF
#2 Singles Match
12
7UF
He Janse van Vuuren / 0 [KU]
6UF
#3 Singles Match
12
12
Maria Titova / 0 [KU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
12
Kyoka Kubo / 0 [KU]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
13UF
Meriem Ben Ezzedine / 0 [KU]
64UF
#6 Singles Match
12
20
Anna Putilina / 0 [KU]
66
Order of Finish:
4,3,6
Players Mentioned
Creighton Men's Tennis Final Point and Celebration vs. Xavier, 4/19/25
Saturday, April 19
Creighton Men's Tennis Postgame vs. North Dakota, 3/30/25
Sunday, March 30
Creighton Women's Tennis Postgame vs. North Dakota, 3/29/25
Sunday, March 30
Crieghton Men's Tennis Postmatch vs. Butler, 2/16/25
Sunday, February 16
