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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 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor WT Concludes Fall Slate at Big 12 Individual Championships</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Four doubles wins highlight the fall season finale<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<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">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span><a href="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby_hild@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="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STILLWATER, Okla. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Four Baylor women’s tennis student-athletes traveled to the 2022 Big 12 Individual Championships this weekend, hosted by Oklahoma State.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday saw both doubles teams come out on top, as Anita Sahdiieva and Liubov Kostenko fought for a 7-6 (1) victory and Paula Barañano and Alina Shcherbinina bested their opponents, 6-4. In singles action
on opening day, Barañano soared past Kansas State’s Rosanna Maffei, 6-2, 6-1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On day two, the duo of Barañano and Shcherbinina battled to a 6-2 win over Oklahoma State’s Alana Wolfberg and Raquel Gonzalez, while Sahdiieva picked up her first singles win of the weekend with a 6-1,
3-6, 6-1 performance against OSU’s Wolfberg. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In the event finale on Sunday, Barañano and Shcherbinina secured Baylor’s fourth doubles win of the weekend with a 7-5 win over the Cowgirls’ Amber Hochstatter and Sofia Rojas. Shcherbinina wrapped up action
for the Bears with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Wolfberg. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“The group showed resiliency throughout the weekend,” head coach Joey Scrivano said. “We will continue working on our mental game and keep getting better in our response to adversity. We were challenged
in a lot of matches, but we were staying positive and optimistic through them. We’re going to continue to put in the work in order to be prepared for the spring.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears are set to announce their spring slate in the coming weeks, and it will be posted on
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-tennis/schedule">BaylorBears.com</a> when available.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">- BaylorBears</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">.com</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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