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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 25, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">No. 8 Baylor WT Falls to No. 2 Texas in Big 12 Title Match, 4-0<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears await seeding for upcoming NCAA Tournament</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Robarts, 254-405-9492,
</span><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The No. 8-ranked Baylor Bears fought their way back to the Big 12 Championship title match for the first time since 2015 Sunday, however, the No. 2-ranked Longhorns took home the crown
at the Hurd Tennis Center with a 4-0 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The loss dropped Baylor to 23-4 on the season while the Longhorns improved to 25-1. The Bears’ only four losses this season have come at the hands of the Longhorns and Baylor’s 23
victories are the most since winning 28 in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In doubles, Audrey Boch-Collins and Alicia Herrero Linana were batting No. 42-ranked Peyton Stearns and Charlotte Chavatipon, but at 6-6, the Bears couldn’t quite score the point
before Texas took the doubles point with wins on No. 1 and No. 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Longhorns took points two through four on courts No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 respectively in straight sets for the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THEY SAID IT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Body"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach Joey Scrivano on doubles …<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“They settled in a little quicker than we did. They were able to just kind of get loose and start hitting freely just a little sooner than we did. And, in doubles, it’s so short,
that can be the difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scrivano on singles play …<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“That’s the challenging part. When you have to respond after losing the doubles point. It’s just not easy. You really have to build your confidence and get ready for an uphill battle.
This team has done that incredibly well all year long, but Texas is a really good team. They’re a national championship caliber team. So, when they have the lead, it’s a real, real challenge. We just needed to settle in a little sooner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor will await the selection of the NCAA Committee for its seeding in the upcoming Tournament. Selection Monday is May 3 at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<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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