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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK10"></a><a name="OLE_LINK23"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><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_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 15, 2021</span></b></span></span><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></p>
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No. 23 Baylor WT Begins Season Saturday with Pair vs. Prairie View A&M</span></b></span></span><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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">First match indoors, second match could be indoors or outdoors depending on weather</span></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kyle Robarts, 254-405-9492, </span><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</span></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2020-21 Baylor Women’s Tennis Media Resources: </span></b><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/MediaWTennis"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://baylorbea.rs/MediaWTennis</span></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"><br>
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WACO, Texas - </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">The Baylor women's tennis team will open the 2021 season Saturday in a doubleheader vs. Prairie View A&M at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The first match will take place at the Hawkins Indoor
Tennis Center with the second match held either at Hawkins or the Hurd Tennis Center depending on weather.<br>
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Baylor is coming off a 10-2 season in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season where the Bears went 2-0 in league play before the pandemic cut the season short.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><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></p>
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<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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