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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 4, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bears at ITA Fall Nationals, Big 12 Individuals</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610,
</span><a href="mailto:Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Baylor women’s tennis is taking part in two different tournaments this weekend with Alicia Herrero Linana and Mel Krywoj at the ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego, Calif., and Alina Shcherbinina,
Anita Sahdiieva, Brooke Thompson and Olivia Malm at the Big 12 Individuals in Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">The ITA Fall Nationals began on Thursday. Herrero dropped her singles match to open the day to the University of San Diego’s Abigail Desiatnikov,
7-5, 6-3. However, Herrero finished strong as she and Krywoj defeated Central Oklahoma’s Christine Canete and Mae Canete, 6-1, 6-0. The duo will play in the round of 16 on Friday against the winner between USC’s Snow Han and Salma Ewing and Penn’s Iuliia Bryzgalova
and Marija Curnic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">While the seniors are in California, the freshmen get things started in Oklahoma on Friday. Doubles matches are slated to begin in Stillwater
at 10 a.m., with singles play starting an hour later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Shcherbinina and Sahdiieva are the No. 2 seeds for the tournament and have a first-round bye in doubles. Malm and Thompson will face Anna
Turco and Manami Ukita of Kansas State on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">In singles, Shcherbinina is slated to take on Oklahoma’s Emma Staker, while Sahdiieva will face West Virginia’s Camilla Bossi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Malm and Thompson each received a first-round bye but already have opponents for the next round. Malm will face Kansas State’s Florentine
Dekkers, while Thompson will play Kansas’ Mariana Manyoma Velasquez.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:white">For the latest news on the Baylor women's tennis team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A5026">Krista Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#0A5026"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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