Sept. 12, 2005

WACO, Texas -

Baylor's women's tennis team, coming off its best season in the program's history, has assembled another highly competitive schedule, head coach Joey Scrivano announced today.

"I feel really good about the schedule for 2006. I think it's one of our stronger schedules thus far, and it's going to give our team a great opportunity to only improve on the ranking that we have right now," said Scrivano. During his three seasons at Baylor, Scrivano has led the women to two Big 12 Championships and two NCAA tournament appearances.

The Bears, defending Big 12 champions, return every player off of last season's roster, including NCAA singles champion Zuzana Zemenova. At the end of last year's regular season, the women posted a program-best record of 11-0 which established a record-setting undefeated Big 12 season. The team also advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 ending the year with another program-best record, 24-6.

Baylor opens the season by hosting the Baylor Invitational for the tenth straight year from Sept. 16-18 at the Baylor Tennis Center. The rest of the fall schedule is as follows:

Sept. 16-18 - BAYLOR INVITATIONAL - Waco, Texas

Sept. 23-25 - at North Texas Invitational - Denton, Texas

Oct. 1-9 - at Riviera ITA All-American - Los Angeles, Calif.

PreQ - Oct. 1-2; Qual - Oct. 4-5

Oct. 8-10 - at NTC Invitational - Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

Oct. 14-16 - at Racquet Club Collegiate Invite - Midland, Texas

Oct. 21-25 - at ITA SW Region Championships - College Station, Texas

Nov. 3-6 - at ITA National Indoors - Columbus, Ohio

Nov. 4-7 - at Palm Spring Classic - Palm Springs, Calif.

The spring schedule boasts matches against six teams that ranked among the nation's top 15 at the end of last season, including No. 3 Texas, No. 6 Georgia Tech, No. 7 USC, No. 8 Vanderbilt, No. 13 Miami, and No. 15 Tulane.

Jan. 21 SMU Waco, Texas 2 p.m.

Jan. 28 at Iowa State* Ames, Iowa 11 a.m.

Jan. 29 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 10 a.m.

Feb. 2-5 at Team Championships Madison, Wis. TBA

Feb. 14 UT-ARLINGTON Waco, Texas 5 p.m.

Feb. 17 at Tulane New Orleans, La. 3 p.m.

Feb. 19 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. TBA

Feb. 22 TCU Waco, Texas 6 p.m.

Feb. 25 MIAMI Waco, Texas 1 p.m.

Mar. 2 FRESNO STATE Waco, Texas 6 p.m.

Mar. 4 NEBRASKA* Waco, Texas 5 p.m.

Mar. 5 OKLAHOMA STATE* Waco, Texas 1 p.m.

Mar. 11 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m.

Mar. 14 at Pepperdine Malibu, Calif. 3:30 p.m.

Mar. 15 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 3:30 p.m.

Mar. 18 ARKANSAS Waco, Texas 1 p.m.

Mar. 21 OKLAHOMA* Waco, Texas 5 p.m.

Mar. 23 GEORGIA TECH Waco, Texas 2 p.m.

Mar. 29 CALIFORNIA Waco, Texas 5 p.m.

April 1 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 12 p.m.

April 8 at Kansas State* Manhattan, Kan. 12 p.m.

April 9 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 11 a.m.

April12 TEXAS A&M* Waco, Texas 6 p.m.

April 19 at Texas* Austin, Texas 5:30 p.m.

April 22 COLORADO* Waco, Texas 4 p.m.

April 27-30 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Waco, Texas All Day

May 12-14 NCAA Rounds 1 and 2 Campus Sites All Day

May 19-28 NCAA Championships Palo Alto, Calif. All Day

* = Big 12 Conference match

All times are Central and subject to change.