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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – April 16, 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">WT Earns No. 6 Seed, Face No. 11 Seed WVU in First Round on Wednesday</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;color:black;background:white">Baylor Faces West Virginia at 12 p.m. on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After a strong 2024 season that saw the Baylor women’s tennis go 9-3 at the Hurd Tennis Center, the No. 36 Bears have earned the six seed and will face 11<sup>th</sup> seed West Virginia at 12 p.m. on Wednesday in the first
round of the 2024 Big 12 Conference Championships, hosted by Oklahoma State at Greenwood Tennis Center.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The entirety of the championships will be available for streaming on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor (16-11, 7-6 Big 12) will face off with West Virginia (14-11, 3-9 Big 12) in the first round of the tournament, with the winner advancing to square off with the winner of three-seeded Oklahoma (16-5,
11-2 Big 12) and 14-seeded Houston (2-18, 0-13 Big 12) on Thursday at 3 p.m. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The semifinals will start on Friday at 6 p.m. and the championships are on Saturday at 6 p.m. All matches will be broadcast live ESPN+. Oklahoma State (24-0, 13-0 Big 12) earned the No. 1 seed and Texas
(19-4, 12-1 Big 12) sits as the No. 2 seed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oklahoma State (No. 1), Texas (No. 7), Oklahoma (No. 18), Texas Tech (No. 25), Baylor (No. 36), BYU (No. 40), TCU (No. 46), UCF (No. 50), Kansas (No. 54) and Kansas State (No. 73) are all ranked in the ITA
rankings on April 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor posted a 4-0 win over then No. 60-ranked West Virginia on March 3 in Morgantown. Miska Kadleckova, Liubox Kotenko and Zuzanna Kubacha each earned efficient singles wins, while Kadleckova/Danielle
Tuhten and Isabella Harvison/Kostenko posted doubles wins. The win was the second in a seven-match win streak for the Bears.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor is looking for its ninth all-time Big 12 tournament title, all under Coach Joey Scrivano, who led the Bears to six consecutive tournament championships from 2006-11.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears have been led in 2024 by senior Miska Kadleckova, who has going 15-4 and 14-4 at the No. 1 spot in singles. Isabella Harvison owns a 12-4 mark in singles, while Zuzanna Kubacha has gone 11-10 in
singles. Kadleckova owns a team-leading 15-5 mark in doubles, including a 12-4 record on line two.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">West Virginia has gone 70-61 as a team in singles and 31-30 in doubles. Momoka Nagato leads the team with a 13-7 record, including 4-2 on line one and 8-4 on line two. Maja Dodik has gone 12-8, with Tatiana
Lipatova going 10-3 and Michaela Kucharova has gone 9-1. Nagoato and Kucharova have each combined to win 11 doubles matches while Borderau has gone 12-5 in doubles in 2024.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2024 Big 12 Women's Tennis Championship Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wednesday, April 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 1 - No. 7 TCU vs. No. 10 Kansas State - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 2 - No. 6 Baylor vs. No. 11 West Virginia - Noon/ 1 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 3 - No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Houston - 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 4 - No. 4 Texas Tech vs. No. 13 Cincinnati - 3 p.m. CT/ 4 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 5 - No. 5 BYU vs. No. 12 Iowa State - 6 p.m. CT/ 5 p.m. MT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 6 - No. 8 UCF vs. No. 9 Kansas - 6 p.m. CT/ 5 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thursday, April 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 7 - No. 2 Texas vs. Winner of Match 1 - 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 8 - Winner of Match 2 vs. Winner of Match 3 - 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 9 - Winner of Match 4 vs. Winner of Match 5 - 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 10 - No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. Winner of Match 6 - 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday, April 19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 11 - Winner of Match 7 vs. Winner of Match 8 - 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Match 12 - Winner of Match 9 vs. Winner of Match 10 - 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Saturday, April 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Championship Match - 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 210-845-8651</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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