Baylor WT Sweeps Harvard in Season Opener

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 19, 2025

Baylor WT Sweeps Harvard in Season Opener
Bears have seventh 1-0 start in last 10 years
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – Baylor women’s tennis swept Harvard, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Hawkins Tennis Center. With the win, the Bears give themselves the seventh 1-0 start to spring dual match play in the last 10 seasons and stay undefeated all-time against the Crimson at 5-0.



THE RUNDOWN

The Bears fell on Court Three to Harvard’s Holly Fischer and Charlotte Owensby, 6-2, but BU fought back and clinched the doubles point with back-to-back wins on Court One and Two, including a dominant 6-1 victory on Court One from No. 13 Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea.



Freshmen No. 76 Na Dong and No. 118 Wenfei Yu started off strong earning 6-0 wins in the first set on Courts Four and Six, respectively. Both went on to win their matches with Dong earning 6-0, 6-3 and Yu garnering a second set comeback 6-0, 7-6 (3).



Zuzanna Kubacha went on to have a big victory over Harvard’s Maxi Duncan, going 6-2, 6-0 and finishing first in singles.



Finishing out play, Kostenko collected a 6-2, 6-3 victory on Court Two, Kennedy Gibbs won 6-4, 6-2 on Court Five in her first dual match with the Bears and Tiglea took the 6-4, 6-4 dub on Court One.



HIGHLIGHTS

  *   BU is now 5-0 all-time against Harvard.
  *   Freshmen Na Dong and Wenfei Yu won their first match as ranked players in their collegiate career.



QUOTABLE

Head coach Joey Scrivano

On momentum for the season…
“You know winning leads to confidence, and when you can win a lot that helps. So this is a good start, but there is a lot of things we have to improve on. I just told the team, ‘Let’s not be satisfied. We have to do simple better, we have to get back to the basics and just work our fundamentals.’ That’s what leads to winning, so that’s what we’re going to get back to doing on Tuesday.”

On freshman excelling in the first set…
“Well that’s just a testament to their focus and their professionalism. They were really ready to play. You know, your first college duel match is not always easy, there’s a lot of energy and a lot of excitement and nerves. So they handled that very well. I am really proud of them.”



WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears travel to Austin, Texas to take on BYU in the first round of ITA Kickoff Weekend at the Texas 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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