Kansas tennis team draws bye at Big 12

? No. 3 seed Kansas has a bye and won’t have to play until Friday in the Big 12 Conference women’s tennis championships at the Texas A&M tennis facility.

Kansas will meet the winner of today’s match between No. 6 seed Kansas State and No. 11 seed Iowa State at 4 p.m. on Friday.

Senior Cheryl Mallaiah will be at No. 1 singles for the Jayhawks and team with freshman Aurelie Bejar in No. 3 doubles.

Twin sisters Courtney and Kristen Steinbock will play at No. 1 doubles where they have posted an 11-2 record against Big 12 competition. Courtney Steinbock will also play No. 3 singles.

Also scheduled to perform for the Jayhawks are Emily Haylock at No. 2 singles, Paige Brown at No. 4 singles, Bejar at No. 5 singles and Kim Lorenz at No. 6 singles.

Lorenz, a junior from Omaha, Neb., has a team-high 23 victories this season after winning only nine matches last year.

Haylock and Brown will be KU’s No. 2 doubles tandem.

Kansas, 9-2 in conference play and 15-5 in all duals, went into last year’s Big 12 meet as the No. 7 seed and failed to advance out of the quarterfinals.