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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 4, 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 Freshmen Show Out at TCU Jae Foundation Fall Open<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Yu, Dong go undefeated in singles competition<o:p></o:p></span></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
wrapped up its time at the Jae Foundation Fall Open at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center over the weekend with a 13-3 record.<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">Freshmen Wenfei Yu and Na Dong had impressive runs with both going undefeated in singles competition, earning three victories
against athletes from Arizona, Cincinnati and Northwestern. <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">Yu and her partner Sierra Berry went undefeated in doubles action during the weekend, garnering three wins.
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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">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Yu, Dong and Berry all earned victories on Thursday, with Dong constructing a close victory over Arizona’s Josie Usereau
1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (13-11). Kennedy Gibbs fell to former Bear Danielle Tuhten 6-1, 6-4 in her only singles match of the weekend.<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 doubles, the pairing of Gibbs and Dong finished 2-1, earning a victory over Northwestern’s Mika Dagan Fruchtman and Neena
Feldman 6-4. <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">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to compete in the ITA Sectional Championships beginning Nov. 7 and Houston to compete
in the Rice Invitational beginning Nov. 8. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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