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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 15, 2026</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor WT Downs K-State to Remain Perfect on the Road</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, 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, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="a219f786-8925-4aac-ac76-60e76573f5a4" 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, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>MANHATTAN, Kan. –</b> No. 36 Baylor defeated No. 62 Kansas State 4-2, earning its fourth road win and extending its winning streak to five matches.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (10-4, 5-1 Big 12) remained undefeated on the road at 4-0. The Wildcats fell to 5-7 overall and 2-4 in conference play.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor dropped the doubles point to open the match. Kennedy Gibbs and Neda Rahimkhani fell 6-3, followed by Zuzanna Kubacha and Gabrielle Villegas losing
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kansas State extended its lead to 2-0 after Gabrielle Villegas was defeated 6-3, 6-3 by Varvara Bernovich in singles play, but Baylor responded quickly.
Mu-Jie Tzeng put the Bears on the board with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 comeback victory over Diana Smolinska.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Na Dong kept the momentum going, defeating Martaa Chogsomjav 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 to even the match at 2-2. Kubacha followed with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win against Maralgoo
Chogsomjav to give Baylor a 3-2 lead.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alian Zack clinched the match for the Bears with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Sasha Kyselova, securing Baylor’s fourth and decisive point.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears are staying on the road to play Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma at the Greenwood Tennis Center on March 22<sup>nd</sup> at the 1 p.m. Live
stats for the match can be found </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=653102" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="ef8a5010-8875-4539-9d31-55c390269ec2" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with
live video streamed </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://web.track.tennis/#/@public-9_6Kj2oq6bg/@public-9_6Kj2oq6bg/evt-juyKs7Z8gzc" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="88904515-205f-4ff7-b6c8-4f97a1917d03" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(7, 61, 30);"><b>Colin Pirtle</b> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications
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