No. 25 Baylor WT Defeats San Diego State on the Road, 6-1

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 8, 2025

No. 25 Baylor WT Defeats San Diego State on the Road, 6-1
The Bears get the win with a singles sweep
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 (5-1) defeated San Diego State (2-2), 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Aztec Tennis Center.



The Bears lost the doubles point for the first time in 2025, but were able to bounce back and get a singles sweep to gain their fifth win of the season.



THE RUNDOWN

Starting off the match in doubles, Kennedy Gibbs and Na Dong fell to San Diego State’s Yasmine Kabbaj and Ninon Martinache, 6-2, on Court Two. On Court One, 14th-ranked Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea had a 6-5 result due to retirement, giving the two their sixth win together this spring.



To close out doubles play, Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu suffered their first loss as a pair on Court Three in a tiebreak, 7-6 (6), with the Bears dropping the doubles point for the first time this season.



In singles action, No. 117 Kubacha got her first win as a ranked singles player of the season at No. 3, 6-1, 6-1, to tie up the match at one point each. Kostenko defeated the Aztecs’ Jo-Yee Chan, 6-4, 6-3, on Court Two to give BU the lead at 2-1.



On Court Six, Yu was able to take down San Diego State’s Vesa Gjinaj, 6-3, 6-2. Tiglea followed in picking up a Court One dub, 6-2, 6-4, to clinch the match at 4-1.



Playing through, Gibbs garnered a, 7-6 (2), 4-2, ret., win on Court Five and freshman No. 85 Dong remains undefeated in spring singles action with a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (6) victory to complete the sweep in singles play.



HIGHLIGHTS

  *   No. 85 Na Dong stays undefeated in spring collegiate dual matches
  *   No. 117 Zuzanna Kubacha picks up her first win as a ranked singles competitor



WHAT’S NEXT

BU stays in California to face San Diego on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Hogan Tennis Center.



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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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