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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK11"></a><a name="OLE_LINK12"></a><a name="OLE_LINK23"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 14, 2021</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor
WT Ranked No. 23 in ITA Preseason Top 25</span></b></span></a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears open the season Saturday at home</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kyle
Robarts, 254-405-9492, </span></span></span><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"></span></span></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2020-21 Baylor Women’s Tennis Media Resources:
</span></b></span></span><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaWTennis"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaWTennis</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK28"></a><a name="OLE_LINK27"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK3"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK28"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO,
Texas – </span></b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK28"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK3"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK4"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
Baylor women’s tennis team ranked No. 23 in Thursday’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association Preseason Top 25 rankings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are coming off a 10-2 season overall in 2020 and
a 2-0 mark in Big 12 play before the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season short. At season’s end last year, Baylor was ranked No. 22.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor returned nearly all contributing members from the
Spring of 2020 with four freshmen added to the mix in 2021. Back for the Bears are seniors Jessica Hinojosa & Angelina Shakhraichuk, juniors Kristina Sorokolet, Livia Kraus, Alicia Herrero Linana & Mel Krywoj and sophomore Paula Barañano. Those seven players
combined for a 43-13 dual-match record in the spring last season.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Audrey Boch-Collins, ranked the No. 2 recruit in the nation
by TennisRecruiting.net for the class of 2020, leads the four freshmen group along with Caroline Kotarski, Hannah Pinto and Sara Ziodato.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor opens the season Saturday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis
Center with a doubleheader vs. Prairie View A&M at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2021 ITA Preseason Top 25 Women’s Tennis Poll</span></u></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RANK TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1 North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2 UCLA<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3 Texas<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4 Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5 Pepperdine<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6 Duke<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7 Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8 NC State<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9 Florida State<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10 Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11 Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12 Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 Ohio State<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">14 South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15 Vanderbilt<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16 Wake Forest<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">17 Southern California<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">18 UCF<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">19 California<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20 Arizona State<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">21 Florida<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">22 Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">23 Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">24 LSU<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">25 Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK12"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">www.BaylorBears.com</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Kyle Robarts</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director, Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3042 | C: 254-405-9492</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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