May 11, 2007
WACO, Texas -
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2007 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
HOSTED BY BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor Tennis Center - Waco, Texas
Saturday, May 12 - Sunday, May 13, 2007
FIRST ROUND
Saturday, May 12
11 a.m. - Baylor vs. Oral Roberts
2 p.m. - Texas A&M vs. TCU
SECOND ROUND
Sunday, May 13
2 p.m. - Regional Championship
TICKETS
ALL SESSION PASS
Reserved seating - $30.00
General Admission - Adults - $8, Students - $5
DAILY
Tickets purchased on a daily basis (two men's matches on Friday, all three matches on Saturday and Sunday's women's match) are priced daily at $10 for reserved seats, $5 for adult general admission and $3 for student (under 18) general admission seating (this includes Baylor students with ID).
WOMEN'S TENNIS BEGINS PLAY IN 10TH NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Bears enter tournament as No. 13 seed.
Baylor's No. 13 women's tennis team heads to the NCAA Championships for the 10th time in school history and will be hosting first and second rounds for the third time in program history. The Bears are seeded No. 13 in the tournament.
Baylor ended the regular season with a 19-6 overall record and a 10-1 Big 12 record, earned a share of the regular season title and claimed the BIg 12 Championship crown for the second straight season. The Bears, 22-6 on the season, currently boast a 14-match win streak which began with a win at Pepperdine March 14.
The Bears also hosted first and second rounds in Waco in 2006 and 2001. Baylor is undefeated in first and second round matches played in Waco.
Baylor is 8-9 in NCAA Championship contests and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2006, a program first.
BAYLOR NOTES
- Of the Bears 28 regular season matches, Baylor played 21 teams ranked in the nation's top 66, including three teams ranked in the nation's top 10. Additionally, only five teams on Baylor's schedule were unranked, all Big 12 programs.
- BU won its fourth Big 12 title in 2007. The other three were won in 2003 (shared with Texas A&M), 2005 and 2006.
- Three Baylor singles players are currently ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA): No. 18 Zuzana Zemenova, No. 49 Zuzana Cerna and No. 74 Lenka Broosova.
- Two doubles pairs are also ranked in the ITA polls: No. 40 Klara Zrustova and Lenka Broosova and No. 49 Iva Mihaylova and Zuzana Zemeonva.
- Baylor duo Mihaylova and Zemenova are undefeated in the 2007 season, boasting a 15-0 record [No. 2 (1-0), No. 3 (14-0)]
- Five players have posted 20-win seasons in the 2007 season: Lenka Broosova (35), Iva Mihaylova (33), Zuzana Cerna (30), Klara Zrustova (26) and Zuzana Zemenova (21).
- Baylor is undefeated (13-0) on the season when winning the doubles point.
- BU has skunked 14 teams this season, eight of which were ranked.
- The Bears have swept all six singles courts 11 times this season, including the last four matches of the Bears' regular season.
- In 2007, Baylor never lost a match in which they won the doubles point.
SCRIVANO NEARING 100 AT BAYLOR
Baylor head coach Joey Scrivano is nearing 100 victories in his tenure at Baylor. He is 98-40 in his five season at the Bears' helm.
NUMBERS BY COURT
- In singles this season, BU is 19-8 at No. 1, 18-8 at No. 2, 24-4 at No. 3, 18-8 at No. 4, 17-9 at No. 5 and 22-5 at No. 6.
- Baylor has won 22 straight matches at No. 3 singles, 12 straight matches at No. 2 singles and 13 straight matches at No. 6 singles.
