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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 – May 7, 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 Advances to 2nd Round of NCAA Tourney with 4-0 Win over TAMCC
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears beat Islanders, will face Duke Saturday</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">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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 women’s tennis team swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Friday, 4-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Hurd Tennis Center.<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 victory gives the Bears (24-4) the opportunity to face Duke in the second round Saturday at 5 p.m. with the win over the Islanders (22-5).
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor took wins on the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles courts to begin the match at 1-0. The No. 31-ranked pair of Angelina Shakrhaichuk and Mel Krywoj won 6-2 and improved to 10-1 in dual-match
play on the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After freshman Audrey Boch-Collins gave the Bears a 2-0 lead on the No. 6 court, the senior, Shakhraichuk, won the 80<sup>th</sup> singles match of her career on No. 3 to move Baylor
to within one match of the clincher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paula Barañano had the match-sealing win with a 6-2, 6-4 win on No. 5.<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="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Head Coach Joey Scrivano on today’s match…</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“The most important thing is that our team was fully present and accepted the challenges that Corpus Christi was presenting today. They just accepted that Corpus
Christi was a good team that will challenge us, and it is what it is. We just have to do our job and I am just really proud of the team [because] they did that. This Corpus Christi team is no joke. They’ve had a great year, they were competitive, and super
well coached. I am really proud of our team.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On tomorrow’s match-up with Duke…</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“They have a lot of good players and are really well coached and you can see why. They had a great season and there’s a reason they are in the NCAA tournament. They
can play.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Angie Shakhraichuk on a 4-0 win allowing for ample recovery time in the second round…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Yeah, I was ready for it. Since it’s hot, late, and we usually play during lunch time, it was great so we can recover [and] mentally relax and be ready for tomorrow.”<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 face No. 2 seed Duke in the Waco Regional. The Blue Devils are ranked No. 18 in the country and 16-6 overall. The match will take place at 5 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center
and the winner will advance to Orlando, Fla. for the Sweet 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></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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