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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 23, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Barañano, Kostenko Roll to Third Round in ITA Texas Regionals</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Barañano and Kostenko set for Round of 16 Matches on Saturday<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651,
</span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">FORT WORTH, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> With a pair of hard-fought singles wins, Baylor women’s tennis standouts Paula Barañano and Liubov Kostenko rolled to the third round, highlighting
the Friday results at the ITA Texas Regionals, hosted by TCU at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“I’m really proud of the way we competed today,” Baylor head coach Joey Scrivano said. “Specifically in Paula’s singles matches she dug deep and played big when the chips were down. Luba (Kostenko) was a
warrior and found the energy and belief to come back from a match point down to win. The doubles performance was strong for this time of year. I appreciate that the ladies are getting out of their comfort zone and trying new things on the court. The coachability
of this team is very high. Overall, I’m just really proud of all of the ladies today. They had a great attitude and a consistent effort through a lot of challenging matches today.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A senior out of Argentina, Barañano had a strong day while competing in both singles and doubles. She earned a pair of thrilling, three-set singles wins, topping Rice’s Saara Orav and UTSA’s Lexie Weir to
advance to the round of 16. She also teamed with Daniella Dimitrov to take down Abilene Christian’s pair, 8-2 to move to the third round.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Barañano and Dimitrov will face Jasmine Adams and Matilde Morais from North Texas at 10:45 a.m. Barañano will face TCU’s Destinee Martins at 8 a.m. in singles.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A Ukranian freshman, Kostenko posted a win in singles over Palina Saulevich from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to open the day before earning a three-set win over 14<sup>th</sup> seeded Yu-Chin Tsai from TCU
to move into the round of 16. Kostenko formed a doubles team with Brooke Thompson and posted an 8-4 winner over the team from Houston.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kostenko and Thompson will face the duo of Marlee Sein and Vivian Ovrootsky from Texas at 10:45 a.m. In singles, Kostenko will face off with Ovrootsky at 8 a.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the latest news and information on Baylor women's tennis, follow @BaylorWTennis on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday Results<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liubov Kostenko def. Palina Saulevich (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), 7-6, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kostenko def. No. 14 seeded Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Allison Zipoli (Rice) def. Daniella Dimitrova, 6-4, 6-0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Paula Barañano def. Saara Orav (Rice), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barañano def. Lexie Weir (UTSA), 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Paula Barañano/Daniella Dimitrov def. Marsha Vrsalovic/Andrea Guerrero (ACU), 8-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kostenko/Thompson def. Maria Dzemeshkevich/Sonya Kovalenko (Houston), 8-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Saturday Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kostenko vs. Vivian Ovrootsky (Texas) – 8 a.m.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Barañano</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> vs. Destinee Martins (TCU) – 8 a.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barañano/Dimitrov vs. Jasmine Adams/Matilde Morais (North Texas) – 10:45 a.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kostenko/Thompson vs. Marlee Sein/Vivian Ovrootsky (Texas) – 10:45 a.m.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Assistant AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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