No. 34 Baylor Women's Tennis Rallies Past No. 45 SMU, 4-2

[Ingram, Brent]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 9, 2024

No. 34 WT Rallies Past No. 45 SMU, 4-2
The Bears rise to 9-1 at home

For more information contact: Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, Brent_Ingram at baylor.edu<mailto:Brent_Ingram at baylor.edu>



WACO, Texas -- No. 34 Baylor women’s tennis defeated the No. 45 SMU Mustangs for the second time this season on Tuesday night, 4-2 at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.



The victory raises the Bears to 16-9 overall and 9-1 at home, while the Mustangs fall to 9-11. Baylor has two home matchups remaining, both against top-20 opponents in No. 20 Oklahoma and No. 8 Texas.



SMU came galloping quickly to a doubles victory, topping Baylor’s duo of Liubov Kostenko and Isabella Harvison and No. 87-ranked pair Sierra Berry and Zuzanna Kubacha on courts two and one, respectively. Court three remained unfinished trending towards the Bears, 4-3.



Despite the loss in doubles, Baylor fought back in singles play; the Bears took the overall lead at 2-1 following a lopsided 6-2, 6-0 win by Kubacha on court five and a 7-5, 6-1 win by Kostenko on court two. SMU responded with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Berry on court four to retie the match at two-apiece.



The Mustang’s point couldn’t slow Baylor’s momentum, though, as Miska Kadleckova followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win on the top court to put Baylor ahead for good. Isabella Harvison split sets with SMU’s Hadley Poyle before clinching the match for the Bears. Danielle Tuhten’s match remained unfinished, 4-6, 6-6(3-3).



The Bears return to action at the Hurd Tennis Center on Friday for a noon matchup with the No. 20 Oklahoma Sooners.



RESULTS

Singles

No. 1 – #118 Miska Kadleckova def. Drew Morris: 6-2, 6-4

No. 2 – Liubov Kostenko def. Taylor Johnson: 7-5, 6-1

No. 3 – Isabella Harvison def. Hadley Doyle: 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 – Lana Mavor def. Sierra Berry: 6-4, 6-3

No. 5 – Zuzanna Kubacha def. Maja Makoric: 6-2, 6-2

No. 6 – Danielle Tuhten vs. Caroline McGinley: 4-6, 6-6(3-3), unfinished



Doubles

No. 1 – Caroline McGinley/Lana Mavor def. #87 Sierra Berry/Zuzanna Kubacha vs.: 6-1

No. 2 – Hadley Doyle/Drew Morris def. Liubov Kostenko/Isabella Harvison: 6-1

No. 3 – Danielle Tuhten/Miska Kadleckova def. Maja Makoric/Millie Skelton: 4-3, unfinished



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Brent Ingram | Assistant AD for Communications
Men’s Tennis Sport Program Administrator
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 210-845-8651

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