Baylor WT Season Ends in Second Round of NCAA Tournament

[Hild, Shelby]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 6, 2023

Baylor WT Season Ends in Second Round of NCAA Tournament
The Bears fell to the No. 2 national seed Texas A&M on Saturday

For more information contact: Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, Shelby_hild at baylor.edu<mailto:Shelby_hild at baylor.edu>

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Baylor women’s tennis (17-14) saw its season come to an end in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, falling 4-0 to the No. 2 Texas A&M Aggies (29-2).

“It was a great match today,” head coach Joey Scrivano said. “We would have liked to squeak out the doubles point and some of these singles matches, but ultimately it just came down to a few points here and there. But that’s tennis and we’ve made a lot of improvements this season and that’s what it’s all about for us.”

Baylor jumped out in front in doubles action across all three courts, before the Aggies held on for a 6-4 win on No. 3 for an early edge. A 6-3 decision on court one gave A&M the point, despite Anita Sahdiieva and Isabella Harvison sitting at a 5-3 advantage on No. 2 against #35 Mia Kupres and Mary Stoiana.

A 6-3, 6-3 win on court four propelled the Aggies to a 2-0 advantage, meanwhile Paula Barañano and Isabella Harvison outlasted their A&M opponent in the opening frame, winning each of their tiebreakers to take their respective sets.

A&M used a 6-3, 6-4 victory on No. 5 to hold a 3-0 lead, before clinching the match on No. 1 with a 7-5, 6-3 win.

RESULTS
Singles
No. 1 – #2 Mary Stoiana def. #114 Alina Shcherbinina: 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 – Anita Sahdiieva vs. #58 Salma Ewing: 4-6, 4-3 (unfinished)
No. 3 – #83 Isabella Harvison vs. #68 Mia Kupres: 7-6(8), 2-3 (unfinished)
No. 4 – #108 Jayci Goldsmith def. Liubov Kostenko: 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Daria Smetannikov def. Daniella Dimitrov: 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 – Paula Barañano vs. Jeanette Mireless: 7-6(3), 0-6, 1-1 (unfinished)

Doubles
No. 1 – #22 Salma Ewing/Jayci Goldsmith def. Paula Barañano/Daniella Dimitrov: 6-3
No. 2 – Isabella Harvison/Anita Sahdiieva vs. #35 Mia Kupres/Mary Stoiana: 5-3 (unfinished)
No. 3 – Gianna Pielet/Jeanette Mireles def. Alina Shcherbinina/Brooke Thompson: 6-4

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Shelby Hild | Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-405-7591

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