Ilia Taranin

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Vasilisa Polunova didn’t know much about Kearney when she moved here nearly a year ago. The 19-year-old had only seen photos on the internet, and they painted a picture vastly different from her hometown of Moscow – one of the largest cities in the world. Kearney’s quiet, rural setting reminded her of a scary movie, Polunova said, but she soon learned it’s quite the opposite. The University of Nebraska at Kearney … [Read more...] about Loper Tennis: 5,000 miles from home, Polunova finds second family at UNK