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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor WT Travels to ITA Texas Regional<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bears compete in second qualifying tournament to NCAA Individual Championships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">FORT WORTH, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor women’s tennis
takes the road to TCU for the ITA DI Texas Regional Championship at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, held Thursday through Monday.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will join Division I programs from across the state to compete for the regional singles and doubles titles. Last
season in the tournament hosted at Baylor, juniors Brooke Thompson, Sierra Berry and Liubov Kostenko were able to pick up singles wins in the opening round of the main draw before they eventually fell in their respective matches in the second round.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">After an off week for training, the Bears return to action following the season-opening H-E-B Invitational at home and the
All-American Championships in North Carolina that ran through Sept. 29. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In Cary, Zuzanna Kubacha, Kennedy Gibbs and Na Dong were able to each earn a singles win in the first two days of competition.
No. 27 Cristina Tiglea fought in her first tournament as a Bear, but fell 0-2 in the main singles draw.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In the Texas Regional, the Bears will have Lauren Littell and Thompson in the qualifying draw, while Nanaka Sato, Berry,
Dong, Gibbs, Kostenko, Kubacha, Tigela and Wenfei Yu will be participating in the main draw.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Texas Regional opens on Thursday with two rounds of qualifying singles, while the main draw of singles and doubles commences
on Friday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The finalists in singles play and the doubles champions will earn a spot in November’s NCAA Individual Championships held
back home in Waco. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Admission to the Friedman Tennis Center is free in Fort Worth. Results and updated draws will be posted at the conclusion
of each match on the <a href="https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/ITA/Tournaments/overview/437AB70E-8F78-4844-ACDC-BF954F44B8E3">
<span style="color:blue">tournament website</span></a>. Live streams will be provided through
<a href="https://web.playsight.com/facility/tcu/home"><span style="color:blue">Playsight</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWTennis.
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