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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 – Jan. 5, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">WT Ranked No. 11 in ITA Preseason Top 25<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears open the season Jan. 14 in Las Vegas</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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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 ranked No. 11 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Preseason Coaches Poll. The Bears finished last season at No. 14.<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">Baylor went 24-5 last year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bears return a trio of key contributors from the
2021 spring season in Mel Krywoj, Alicia Herrero Linana and Paula Barañano. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Krywoj and Herrero Linana finished the fall ranked fourth in the country as a tandem after winning the ITA Regionals and advancing to the
semifinals of the ITA Fall Nationals.<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 addition to the returning letterwinners, Alabama transfer Isabella Harvison will be eligible after sitting out the spring semester in
2021. Hannah Pinto also returns for her sophomore campaign as BU welcomes a talented class of five freshmen – Alina Shcherbinina, Anita Sahdiieva, Ana Carmen Zamburek, Olivia Malm and Brooke Thompson.<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">Baylor opens its season on the road at the Bella the Ball Collegiate Invitational in Las Vegas. Play is slated to begin on Jan. 14.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
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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="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">2022 ITA Preseason Top 25 Women's Tennis Poll</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
<b>RANK TEAM</b><br>
1 Texas (8)<br>
2 Pepperdine (3)<br>
3 North Carolina (1)<br>
4 Georgia<br>
5 UCLA<br>
6 Duke<br>
7 Virginia<br>
8 NC State<br>
9 California<br>
10 Ohio State<br>
<b><i>11 Baylor</i></b><br>
T12 UCF<br>
T12 Georgia Tech<br>
14 Texas A&M<br>
15 Florida State<br>
16 Michigan<br>
17 Stanford<br>
18 USC<br>
19 Oklahoma<br>
20 Florida<br>
21 LSU<br>
22 Tennessee<br>
23 Princeton<br>
24 Miami (FL)<br>
25 Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-447-8610</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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