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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 14, 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. 34 WT Drops Regular Season Finale to No. 8 Texas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651,
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> No. 34 Baylor women’s tennis fell in its home finale to the No. 8 Texas Longhorns, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor concludes the regular season 16-10 overall and 7-6 in conference, and will be gearing up for the Big 12 Conference Championships beginning on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla. Texas rose to 12-1 in conference,
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The doubles decision was a close one, coming down to a third-set tiebreaker on court three. Following a Texas win by No. 37-ranked pair Malaika Rapolu and Tanya Sasnouskaya, 6-2, and a Baylor win by Miska
Kadleckova and Danielle Tuhten, 6-3, Taisiya Pachkaleva and Shachf Lieberman clinched the point over Lauren Littell and Brooke Thompson with a hard-fought, 7-6(4) decision.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Texas built an early advantage by taking court six, 6-2, 6-0, and court five, 6-3, 6-1. A 6-3, 6-1 win by No. 123 Taisiya Pachkaleva on court four sealed the match in Texas’ favor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The top three courts remained unfinished, with No. 118 Kadleckova battling No. 20 Malaika Rapolu, 5-7, 0-1, and Isabella Harvison up on No. 119 Charlotte Chavatipon, 7-5, 2-1. Luba Kostenko was ready to
split sets with No. 33 Tanya Sasnouskaya. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor wraps up the regular-season slate at The Hurd with a 9-3 mark after winning nine of its first 10 home matches and its only losses coming to top-20 foes.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears return to the courts on Wednesday for the beginning of the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Okla. Match times have yet to be determined.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Singles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 1 – #118 Miska Kadleckova vs. #20 Malaika Rapolu: 5-7, 0-1, unfinished<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 2 – Isabella Harvison vs. #119 Charlotte Chavatipon: 7-5, 2-1, unfinished<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 3 – Liubov Kostenko vs. #33 Tanya Sasnouskaya: 3-6, 5-2, unfinished
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 4 – #123 Taisiya Pachkaleva def. Danielle Tuhten: 6-3, 6-1 THREE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 5 – Vivian Ovrootsky def. Daniella Dimitrov: 6-3, 6-1 TWO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 6 – Shachf Lieberman def. Lauren Littell: 6-2, 6-0 ONE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 1 – #37 Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sasnouskaya def. Isabella Harvison/Liubov Kostenko: 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 2 – Miska Kadleckova/Danielle Tuhten def. Charlotte Chavatipon/Vivian Ovrootsky: 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 3 – Taisiya Pachkaleva/Shachf Lieberman def. Lauren Littell/Brooke Thompson: 7-6(4)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">| Assistant AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">C: 210-845-8651</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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