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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 5, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor WT Falls to No. 18 Florida, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Isabella Harvison earned her first victory of the year on No. 1<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, </span><a href="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> The Baylor women’s tennis team (6-2) dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 18 Florida
(3-1) Sunday afternoon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Florida has a tradition of having great teams, and we put them on the schedule because we knew they were going to push us,” head coach Joey Scrivano said “I think a lot
of programs are still figuring out who they are and where they’re going to go. We made some positive steps forward, but obviously, we’d love the results to be different. We will learn from it and grow as a team.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the loss, Isabella Harvison picked up her first victory on No. 1 singles, bouncing back 6-1, 7-5, after dropping the opening set. Freshman Daniella Dimitrov took her nationally-ranked
opponent, Anastasia Sysoeva, to a first-to-10 tiebreaker after bouncing back and taking the second set, 6-4, despite dropping the opener.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Gators claimed the doubles point to start the match by winning on No. 2 and No. 3. UF’s #58-ranked duo Rachel Gailis and Bente Spee defeated Alina Shcherbinina and Brooke
Thompson ,6-3, while Emma Shelton and Sophie Williams defeated Isabella Harvison and Anita Sahdiieva, 6-4. The Bears’ Paula Barañano and Dimitrov held a 5-3 advantage on No. 1 doubles, as the court went unfinished.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears return to action on Wednesday against Harvard at 3 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">RESULTS
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<p class="MsoNormal">No. 1 – Isabella Harvison def. Carly Briggs, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 2 – Alicia Dudeney def. Anita Sahdiieva, 7-5, 6-3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 3 – Sara Dahlstrom def. Paula Barañano, 6-0, 6-0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 4 – #63 Anastasia Sysoeva def. Daniella Dimitrov, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 5 – Rachel Gailis def. Danielle Tuhten, 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 6 – Emily De Oliveira def. Brooke Thompson, 6-1, 6-0<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 1 – Paula Barañano/Danielle Dimitrov vs. Carly Briggs/Alicia Dudeney, 5-3 (unfinished)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 2 – #58 Rachel Gailis/Bente Spee def. Alina Shcherbinina/Brooke Thompson, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 3 – Emma Shelton/Sophie Williams def. Isabella Harvison/Anita Sahdiieva, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623"> </span><span style="color:black">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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