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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 27, 2026</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor WT Earns 27</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b> NCAA Tournament Appearance, Opening Draw in College Station Regional Against Wisconsin</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;"><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="255d0f23-02e5-47a7-b99e-854a40f8eba8" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</u></a></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 was selected to the NCAA Tournament for the 27<sup>th</sup> time in program history Monday afternoon and earned a first-round matchup
against Wisconsin in the College Station Regional.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (13-9, 8-5 Big 12) will face the Badgers (17-7, 9-4 Big Ten) at 10 a.m. CT Saturday at Texas A&M’s Mitchell Tennis Center. Host Texas A&M will meet Quinnipiac at
1 p.m., with both winners advancing to the regional final Sunday afternoon.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears, who are making their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, enter the draw with a 38-26 all-time record in the Big Dance dating back to the program’s first
selection in 1996. Under head coach Joey Scrivano, Baylor has made 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 14-year streak from 2005-18 that featured six Elite Eight runs and two Final Four appearances.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor fell in the first round last season in Austin, dropping a 4-3 decision to Boise State.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The winner of the College Station Regional will advance to face the winner of the Los Angeles Regional, which includes USC, Sacramento State, Utah and California.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One year after the NCAA Championship was held in Waco, Texas, the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship matches will be contested May 15-17 at the University of Georgia’s
Dan Magill Tennis Complex.</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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