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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 6, 2023</span></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor WT Season Ends in Second Round of NCAA Tournament<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">The Bears fell to the No. 2 national seed Texas A&M on Saturday</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, </span><a href="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu" title="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0078D7">Shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:#212121">BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas –</span></b><span style="color:#212121"> Baylor women’s tennis (17-14) saw its season come to an end in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday,
falling 4-0 to the No. 2 Texas A&M Aggies (29-2). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#212121">“It was a great match today,” head coach Joey Scrivano said. “We would have liked to squeak out the doubles point and some of these singles matches, but ultimately it just came down
to a few points here and there. But that’s tennis and we’ve made a lot of improvements this season and that’s what it’s all about for us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Baylor jumped out in front in doubles action across all three courts, before the Aggies held on for a 6-4 win on No. 3 for an early edge. A 6-3 decision on court one gave A&M the point, despite Anita Sahdiieva
and Isabella Harvison sitting at a 5-3 advantage on No. 2 against #35 Mia Kupres and Mary Stoiana.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">A 6-3, 6-3 win on court four propelled the Aggies to a 2-0 advantage, meanwhile Paula Barañano and Isabella Harvison outlasted their A&M opponent in the opening frame, winning each of their tiebreakers to take
their respective sets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">A&M used a 6-3, 6-4 victory on No. 5 to hold a 3-0 lead, before clinching the match on No. 1 with a 7-5, 6-3 win.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">RESULTS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#212121">Singles <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 1 – #2 Mary Stoiana def. #114 Alina Shcherbinina: 7-5, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 2 – Anita Sahdiieva vs. #58 Salma Ewing: 4-6, 4-3 (unfinished)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 3 – #83 Isabella Harvison vs. #68 Mia Kupres: 7-6(8), 2-3 (unfinished)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 4 – #108 Jayci Goldsmith def. Liubov Kostenko: 6-3, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 5 – Daria Smetannikov def. Daniella Dimitrov: 6-3, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 6 – Paula Barañano vs. Jeanette Mireless: 7-6(3), 0-6, 1-1 (unfinished)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#212121">Doubles <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 1 – #22 Salma Ewing/Jayci Goldsmith def. Paula Barañano/Daniella Dimitrov: 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 2 – Isabella Harvison/Anita Sahdiieva vs. #35 Mia Kupres/Mary Stoiana: 5-3 (unfinished)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">No. 3 – Gianna Pielet/Jeanette Mireles def. Alina Shcherbinina/Brooke Thompson: 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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