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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 – Mar. 27, 2024<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">No. 31 Baylor WT Heads to Utah to Begin Three-Match Road Swing</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">Baylor faces pair of ranked opponents in tough road trip<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">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The No. 31 Baylor women’s tennis team is Utah-bound, facing off with the No. 51-ranked BYU Cougars on Thursday at 2 p.m. CT, before returning to
Texas to play the No. 25-ranked Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fans can visit the team’s schedule page on
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-tennis/schedule">BaylorBears.com</a> for ways to follow both matches.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ABOUT THE BEARS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor (15-6, 7-1) is headed to Provo with just one conference loss and on a two-match win streak after a thrilling 4-3 win over Kansas at home on Sunday. The Bears erased a 3-0 deficit to come back and
secure the victory. Miska Kadleckova continues to dominate on the top court for BU, sitting at 14-2 on the year in singles play with a 7-1 mark in league action. Meanwhile, Isabella Harvison has pieced together a nine-match win streak in singles with an 11-3
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ABOUT THE COUGARS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BYU is 4-3 in conference play, coming off of back-to-back, 5-2, road losses at Kansas and Texas Tech. The Cougars are led by No. 87 Bobo Huang at the No. 1 position, who is 11-3 this season, and 4-3 on court
one in Big 12 matches. Emilee Astle is a perfect 5-0 on court six for the Cougars while the doubles team of Tina Li and Kara Wheatley are undefeated (6-0) in conference play.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ABOUT THE LADY RAIDERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Texas Tech (13-5, 6-1) is on a four-game win streak with the team’s only loss in conference play coming at the hands of top-ranked Oklahoma State. Coming off of a 5-2 victory over BYU, the Lady Raiders also
have a match against No. 54 TCU scheduled for Thursday. The Lady Raiders are led into battle by No. 55 Cristina Tiglea, who is 5-1 in the conference, and 9-5 against nationally ranked opponents.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To stay up to date on all things Baylor women’s tennis, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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