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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 20, 2022<sub><o:p></o:p></sub></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">No. 26 Baylor WT Gets Road Dub at West Virginia, 5-2<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Bears start Big 12 play 4-0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610,
</span><a href="mailto:Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">MORGANTOWN, W. Va. –
</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">No. 26 Baylor (13-4, 4-0) defeated West Virginia 5-2 Sunday morning at the Summit Tennis Academy. This marks the second-straight season, and 11<sup>th</sup> time in program history, that the
 Bears have opened Big 12 play 4-0.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">After dropping the doubles point, Alicia Herrero Linana tied things up at one with her win on court two over Anastasia Bovolskaia, 6-2. 6-4.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">No. 123 Alina Shcherbinina gave the Bears the lead with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Tatiana Lipatova on court four.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Isabella Harvison kept things rolling for the Bears with her win on court one over Kendall Kovick, 6-3, 7-5.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Mel Krywoj then clinched the victory for Baylor with her 7-3, 6(3)-7, 6-2 win on court three over Momoko Nagato.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">The two teams played the match out, and Paula Barañano got the final point for the Bears, 4-6, 7-6(3), 1-0 (10-5) over Michaela Kucharova.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Alina Shcherbinina has won a team-best 15 matches.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Paula Barañano also had double-digit wins on the season with 14.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b>TOP QUOTE</b><br>
Joey Scrivano on the match…<span style="background:white"><br>
</span><span class="normaltextrun">&quot;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Our team was relentless today. It’s been a heck of a road trip with challenges every step of the way but kept working the process and focusing on the task. This team
 is becoming great at getting knocked down and bouncing back up again. That’s what the mentally disciplined athletes do. Now, we need to recover and get back at it next week. Another tough road trip ahead, and we are excited for the challenge.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>UP NEXT</b><br>
No. 26 Baylor stays on the road with matches at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State next weekend.<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;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">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">&nbsp;</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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