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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 3, 2024<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">Baylor WT Tops Washington State, 5-2</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">Newcomer Miska Kadleckova moved to 3-0 in singles action this spring<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">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span><a href="mailto:Shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SEATTLE –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The Baylor women’s tennis team (2-2) outlasted Washington State (4-1), 5-2, handing the Cougars their first loss of the year on Saturday afternoon.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor earned the doubles point as No. 2 and No. 3 nearly finished simultaneously. Miska Kadleckova and Danielle Tuhten picked up their second-straight win at the No. 2 position with the 6-1 decision, while
freshmen duo Zuzanna Kubacha and Zuzanna Frankowska secured the doubles point for the Bears with a 6-2 win on court three.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sierra Berry and Liubov Kostenko played out No. 1 doubles and battled their way back from a 3-1 deficit to force a tiebreaker before being edged, 7-6(7).
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In her first career win, Frankowska powered past her opponent on court six, 6-3, 6-1, to give the Bears an early 2-0 lead in the match. Kadleckova’s third win of the season pushed Baylor ahead, 3-0, before
the Cougars jumped on the board with a 6-4, 6-4 win on court two. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A straight-set win on court four brought Washington State within one, but Kostenko clinched the win for the Bears with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 decision at the No. 3 position. On the final singles court, Tuhten walked
away with the 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6) victory to give BU the 5-2 win. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears return to action tomorrow and face No. 21 Washington at 1:30 p.m. CT.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Singles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 1 – Miska Kadleckova def. Eva Alvarez Sande: 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 2 – Yura Nakagawa def. Sierra Berry: 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 3 – Liubov Kostenko def. Fifa Kumhom: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 4 – Elyse Tse def. #102 Zuzanna Kubacha: 6-4, 7-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 5 – Danielle Tuhten def. Hania Abouelsaad: 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 6 – Zuzanna Frankowska def. Martina Markov: 6-3, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 1 – Eva Alvarez Sande/Elyse Tse def. Sierra Berry/Liubov Kostenko: 7-6(7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 2 – Miska Kadleckova/Danielle Tuhten def. Yura Nakagawa/Fifa Kumhom: 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No. 3 – Zuzanna Frankowska/Zuzanna Kubacha def. Hania Abouelsaad/Martina Markov: 6-2<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>
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