No. 15 Baylor WT Sweeps Houston 4-0 to Close Out Weekend Road Trip

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 9, 2025

No. 15 Baylor WT Sweeps Houston 4-0 to Close Out Weekend Road Trip
Bears get fifth sweep of the season
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


HOUSTON – No. 15 Baylor women’s tennis team swept Houston, 4-0, to close out its first conference road trip of the season.



Earning their fifth sweep of the year, the third at 4-0, the Bears (12-2, 3-1) fought for the doubles point and collected singles wins on Four, Two and Three to secure the team victory against the Cougars (3-7, 0-4).



THE RUNDOWN

The duo of Kennedy Gibbs and Brooke Thompson garnered their second win of the dual-match slate with a, 6-3, Court Three dub. On Court Two, the No. 89 pair of Sierra Berry and Na Dong fell in a hard-fought battle, 7-5, to the Cougars’ Gabriela Cortes and Sophie Schouten.



The doubles point came down to Court One, which saw the No. 14 team of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea earn a, 6-4, victory, giving BU their ninth doubles point of the season.



Heading into singles up a point, Gibbs, in quick fashion, took Court Four, 6-2, 6-4. On Court Two, Kostenko battled Houston’s Iva Sepa, 7-5, 6-4, to extend BU’s lead.



No. 85 Na Dong closed out the match with a, 6-4, 6-3, victory on Court Three to give the Bears their 12th win of the season.



Nearing completion, Tiglea, on Court One, was in a highly contested match, but it was unfinished with the Cougars’ No. 122 Santa Strombacha up 7-6 (3), 2-3. Freshman Wenfei Yu was up 7-5, 4-4 on Court Five, while freshman Nanaka Sato was up in the third set at 6-4, 5-7, 2-1 on Court Six before both contests were abandoned.



HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Bears move to 12-2 on the season
  *   The Bears didn’t allow a point for the fifth time in the dual-match slate
  *   Bears earned the ninth doubles point of the year



WHAT’S NEXT

The Bears look to host Colorado on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Hurd 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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