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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk146720617"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 28, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor WT Hosts Annual H-E-B Invitational this Weekend</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears welcome
<a name="_Hlk146719519">Lamar, Missouri, Illinois, Denver, SMU, Tennessee, Nebraska
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span></span><a href="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The Baylor women’s tennis team will host its first event
of the fall when</span> </span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lamar, Missouri, Illinois, Denver, SMU, Tennessee and Nebraska come to town for the H-E-B Invitational, Sep. 29- Oct. 1.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The H-E-B Invitational opens Friday with doubles beginning at 9 a.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center, with singles to follow at 10 a.m., and a second round of doubles to
close the day at 1:30 p.m. In the chance of inclement weather, competition will be moved inside to the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Saturday’s schedule is identical to Friday’s format with a Cub Tennis event slated for 12 p.m. The three-day tournament wraps up on Sunday at 9 a.m. with doubles
play, followed by a round of singles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“We’ve got great competition coming to Waco this weekend,” head coach Joey Scrivano said. “The teams that are here are highly competitive. We aren’t going to have
much of an opportunity to work our way into it, so we’re going to have to battle from the start. We’ll immediately see where we stand and what areas we’re doing well in and what areas we need to improve in.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears will have four individuals competing in doubles and singles throughout the weekend as Daniella Dimitrov, Liubov Kostenko, Zuzanna Kubacha and Brooke Thompson
take the court for Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk146720617"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dimitrov posted an impressive 3-0 record last fall and looks to continue her success this weekend. Thompson’s seven career wins in the fall are the most out of any
Bear competing while Kostenko is looking to add to her three fall career wins this weekend. Kubacha, a true freshman, will be playing in her first-ever collegiate contest this weekend.
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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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