No. 6 Women's Tennis Downs Oklahoma, 6-1

Women's Tennis 4/11/2008 12:00:00 AM

April 11, 2008

WACO, Texas -

Baylor swept all three doubles matches and won the top five singles matches as the sixth-ranked women's tennis team defeated Oklahoma 6-1 on Friday night at the Baylor Tennis Center. Baylor improves to 23-2 overall and remains a perfect 9-0 in Big 12 action.

"I thought that we played really well tonight," said head coach Joey Scrivano. "We have a few injuries, so we were able to play our healthy players and give some of our injured players some rest. I thought that we stayed focus tonight. We played with a lot of fight and hopefully we will be able to finish strong."

Baylor started out the contest by sweeping all three doubles matches. No. 57 Taylor Ormond and Jelena Stanivuk defeated Christi Baxley and Maria Kalashnikova 8-4 on court two. Ormond and Stanivuk jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but the Sooners pair cut the deficit to 4-3 after seven games. Baylor won three straight games to pull away 7-3 and hold on for the win.

Second-ranked Zuzana Zemenova and Lenka Broosova downed Ana Constantinescu and Chelsea Orr 8-4 at number one doubles. The Lady Bears dropped the first game, but stormed back to win five straight and take a 5-1 lead. Oklahoma battled back to cut the lead to 6-4, but the Lady Bears won the last two games to secure the doubles point.

On court three, Zuzana Chmelarova and Jana Bielikova defeated Tara Eckel and Elena Antakova by an 8-6 score. The two teams exchanged games through the first six before Baylor won two straight to make the score 5-3. The Lady Bears held on to win and sweep the doubles matches.

No. 24 Zemenova opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-0 win over No. 89 Constantinescu on court one. Oklahoma earned its lone point at number six singles as Eckel defeated Natalie Holmes 6-2, 6-1. No. 13 Broosova won 6-4, 6-0 on court two over Orr, and Chmelarova defeated Baxley 6-3, 6-2 on court five to seal the win for the Lady Bears.

"I thought that ZZ (Zemenova) was very impressive," said Scrivano. "She played against a tough freshman who is a Freshman of the Year candidate in the Big 12. I also thought that Lenka played well to get a good win over an upperclassman."

No. 81 Bielikova downed Antakova 6-3, 6-2 on court five, and Stanivuk won in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 over Kalashnikova on court three.

Baylor returns to action on Sunday as the Lady Bears play host to No. 68 Oklahoma State in the home season finale. Senior Zemenova will play in the final home match of her career and will be honored as a part of Senior Day.

#6 Baylor 6, Oklahoma 1

Singles competition - order of finish (1,6,2,5,4,3)

1. #24 Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def. #89 Ana Constantinescu (OU) 6-2, 6-0

2. #13 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. Chelsea Orr (OU) 6-4, 6-0

3. Jelena Stanivuk (BU) def. Maria Kalashnikova (OU) 6-4, 6-2

4. #81 Jana Bielikova (BU) def. Elena Antakova (OU) 6-4, 6-2

5. Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Christi Baxley (OU) 6-3, 6-2

6. Tara Eckel (OU) def. Natalie Holmes (BU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition - order of finish (2,1,3)

1. #2 Lenka Broosova/Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def. Chelsea Orr/Ana Constantinescu (OU) 8-4

2. #57 Jelena Stanivuk/Taylor Ormond (BU) def. Maria Kalashnikova/Christi Baxley (OU) 8-4

3. Jana Bielikova/Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Tara Eckel/Elena Antakova (OU) 8-6