No. 25 Baylor WT Sweeps Denver, 4-0

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 2, 2025

No. 25 Baylor WT Sweeps Denver, 4-0
Bears move to 4-1 all-time against the Pioneers in second sweep of 2025
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – No. 25 Baylor women’s tennis (4-1) swept Denver (1-4), 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center.



The Bears continues their doubles point streak for the season earning their fifth doubles point. BU also got wins on Courts Five, Three and Six in singles to clinch the win.



THE RUNDOWN

Baylor started strong with the pairing of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu defeating Denver’s No. 110 Claudia Martinez and Louise Wilkander 6-1 on Court Two. With the win, the pairing stays undefeated in doubles action at 4-0.



The No. 13 pairing of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea took down the No. 47 pair of Andrea Beltran and Marley Lambert 7-5 on Court One to give Baylor the doubles point.



In singles action, No. 118 Yu extended BU’s lead with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory on Court Five against the Pioneer’s Hana Becirovic Novak. On Court Three, the sophomore Kubacha showed her experience with an amazing second set, besting Lambert 6-3, 6-0.



Closing out the match, Sato defeated Denver’s Natalie Cinkova 6-2, 6-3 on Court Six in her second collegiate dual match to give BU the 4-0 sweep.



HIGHLIGHTS

  *   The pairing of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu stay undefeated 4-0
  *   Zuzanna Kubacha and Nanaka Sato stay undefeated, 5-0 and 2-0 in singles, respectively
  *   Baylor is 4-1 all-time against Denver



QUOTABLE

Head coach Joey Scrivano

On the match…

“It was a good win and a good team effort. Denver always gives us a really competitive match. So just proud of the ladies they competed hard today.”



On first week with ranking…

“We definitely don’t put too much weight on the rankings, we’re more focused on the process. Obviously it’s nice to see your team in the top 25, especially when you have a group of players like we do, who are so committed to the process and put in so much hard work. I love seeing them get recognized. But we have a lot more to come and this is just the beginning for this team.”



WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears head on the road for a California road trip as they face San Diego State on Saturday at 2 p.m. and San Diego at noon on Sunday.

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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 940-564-0351

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