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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 22, 2026</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor WT Falls to Oklahoma State on the Road, 4-1</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="f262a5f4-de3a-4c03-8735-53cd472258cc" 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: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STILLWATER, Okla. –</b> No. 36 Baylor women’s tennis dropped its Sunday afternoon match to No. 26 Oklahoma State at Greenwood Tennis Center, 4-1, after a competitive battle
between the two teams. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (10-5) are now at a 6-2 conference record after losing their first road match of the season. OSU (8-6) has a conference record of 5-2, defeating the Bears in a bounce-back
win. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, 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, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor started strong with Kennedy Gibbs and Luna Ivkovic dominating Melisa Ercan and Karolina Lincer to win their match, 6-2. Oklahoma State responded by defeating the Bears
on the next two courts to take the doubles point. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 12<sup>th</sup>-ranked Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp topped Zuzanna Kubacha and Gabrielle Villegas on Court One, 6-3, while Olivia Lincer and Luca Udvardy defeated
Na Dong and Alian Zack, 6-4. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Singles started out with a point coming in for the Bears, as Karolina Lincer forfeited her Court Six match against Villegas to even out the match. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Cowgirls picked back up with Komar defeating the No. 117 Kubacha, 6-1, 7-6(2). Finishing next, No. 27 Nijkamp defeated Zack, 6-2, 6-4. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The match was clinched at the No. five singles spot, as Melisa Ercan defeated Ivkovic, 6-4, 7-5.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dong was in the midst of a three-set battle on court one, trailing 2-0 in the third set against No. 74 Oliva Lincer. Mu-Jie Tzeng was also fighting through a third set, leading
1-0 to Udvardy before the match finished. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, 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, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor faces No. 25 TCU in Fort Worth on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. CT. </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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