No. 15 Baylor WT Falls at No. 23 UCF, 5-3

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 7, 2025

No. 15 Baylor WT Falls at No. 23 UCF, 5-3
Bears take wins on Courts 1 and 4
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 15 Baylor women’s tennis fell in its first road conference match on Friday evening at the USTA National Campus to No. 23 UCF, 5-2.



The Bears (11-2, 2-1) lost the doubles point but were able to earn wins on Courts Four and One, coming up shy against the Knights (11-1, 2-0).



THE RUNDOWN

Baylor started hot with the duo of freshman Wenfei Yu and junior Lauren Littell earning a 6-3 victory on Court Three. However, the Knights responded by taking both Courts One and Two, 6-3 and 6-4 respectively.



Moving into singles, UCF’s Olivia Lincer took senior Liubov Kostenko to the wire, picking up a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win. BU answered with a Court Four win from freshman No. 85 Na Dong taking down the Knight’s Jade Psnoka 7-5, 6-2.



On Court One, senior Cristina Tiglea picked up a ranked win against No. 82 Aya El Aouni 6-4, 6-4 to tie up the match at two a piece.



Even though they won the first set in a tiebreaker, both Kennedy Gibbs and Yu weren’t able to take the second set, being forced to go set number three. While in the third set, both could not complete the comeback with Yu falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 and Gibbs losing 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 to give UCF the win.



Playing through the match, sophomore Zuzanna Kubacha was in a hard fought battle but fell to UCF’s No. 87 Sophia Biolay 7-5, 7-5, with the Bears losing 5-2.



WHAT’S NEXT

BU will head to Houston to finish out their first road trip on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.



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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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