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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 1, 2026</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor WT Drops Tightly Contested Battle to No. 6 Arizona State, 4-3</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="ab0c0cf9-792d-42e8-933c-fe45fbeb13d3" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas –</b> Baylor women’s tennis lost to No. 6 Arizona State on Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center, 4-3, in a back-and-forth battle. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (5-4, 1-1) fought hard against the top-10 Sun Devils (9-3, 1-1) but ultimately came up short.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears came in hot, winning the doubles point to strike first. Kennedy Gibbs and Neda Rahimkhani fell to Lily Taylor and Aiya Nupbay, 6-1, but Baylor didn’t let the early
loss slow it down.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Na Dong and Alian Zack defeated their ASU opponents 6-3, followed by Zuzanna Kubacha and Gabrielle Villegas winning their match 7-5 to secure the doubles point for the Bears.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ASU responded immediately, dominating early in singles and winning the first set on all six courts. Vivian Ovrootsky defeated Gibbs first on Court Three, 6-2, 7-6, tying the
match at one-all.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor pushed the remaining matches to third sets. Zack pulled out a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win to give Baylor its second point, but ASU answered with Sarang Lim defeating Luna Ivkovic,
6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to even the score.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dong responded with a strong, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2, victory to put Baylor ahead 3-2. ASU tied it once again, with Sara Svetac defeating Kubacha, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, on Court Two. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It all came down to Mu-Jie Tzeng on Court Four against Taylor. After long rallies and tight points, Taylor pulled ahead, winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to face the University of Cincinnati on Friday, March 6, at 11 a.m.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWTennis</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(7, 61, 30);"><b>Colin Pirtle</b> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, Soccer, W. Tennis) </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span></p>
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