No. 25 Baylor WT Bests San Diego in Tight 4-3 Battle

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 9, 2025

No. 25 Baylor WT Bests San Diego in Tight 4-3 Battle
The Bears rack up their sixth win in seven matches
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


SAN DIEGO – No. 25 Baylor women’s tennis (6-1) beat San Diego (4-4), 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center in a hard-fought contest.



The Bears picked up their fifth doubles point of the season and garnered wins on Courts Four, Three and Five to gain the sixth win of the season.



THE RUNDOWN

Starting off the match, the pair of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu had a commanding 6-1 victory on Court Three. The Court Two pair of Na Dong and Sierra Berry started down 0-3, before making a comeback to win the court, 6-4, and clinch the doubles point for BU.



In singles, No. 85 Dong continued her dominance in collegiate dual matches, earning a, 6-2, 6-4, win on Court Four. The Toreros responded with Claudia de las Heras defeating Liubov Kostenko, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, on Court Two.



In her second match as a ranked competitor this season, No. 117 Kubacha kept her hot streak going taking a 6-3, 7-5 dub on Court Three. On Court One, USD’s No. 26 Kailey Evans bested Cristina Tiglea, 7-6 (1), 6-3, to cut BU’s lead to 3-2.



In a very back and forth match, Kennedy Gibbs clinched the victory for the Bears and was able to pick up a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 win on Court Five. Playing through, Yu fell to the Torero’s Gabby Gregg 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Court Six, but Baylor was victorious, 4-3.



HIGHLIGHTS

  *   No. 85 Na Dong continues her undefeated collegiate dual match streak at eight-straight decisions.



WHAT’S NEXT

BU will stay on the road, this time to Champaign, Ill., as they face Illinois on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Atkins 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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