Baylor
#21 Texas
Women's Tennis Wins Fourth Straight Big 12 Title
4/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 19, 2008
The third-ranked Baylor women's tennis team swept No. 21 Texas to clinch its fourth-straight Big 12 regular season title on Saturday afternoon at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
Baylor won two of three singles matches and cruised through all six singles matches to secure the No. 1 seed at next week's Big 12 Tournament in
"This was a tough match for us," said head coach Joey Scrivano. "We have a lot of respect for
No. 7 Zuzana Zemenova and Lenka Broosova defeated No. 20 Vanja Corovic and Marija Milic 8-5 at number one doubles. After No. 55 Taylor Ormond and Jelena Stanivuk were upset at number two doubles 8-5 by Stephanie Davison and Caroline Larsson, Jana Bielikova and Zuzana Chmelarova downed Courtney Zauft and Abby Liu 8-5 on court three to clinch the doubles point.
"Our No. 1 doubles team really gave us a spark early," said Scrivano. "The team they were playing has given us a lot of trouble in the past, and they got ahead of them early and gave our team a lift. We also got a boost at No. 3 doubles. They were able to close out their match and give us the doubles point which was a pretty big momentum boost for us."
Stanivuk made quick work of Sarah Lancaster 6-1, 6-1 on court five to extend Baylor's lead to 2-0. No. 25 Zemenova gave the Lady Bears a 3-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 64 Corovic. Zemenova improved her career conference singles record to 37-0, with each match coming at No. 1 singles.
The Lady Bears clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win for No. 77 Bielikova over Larsson on court five. No. 15 Broosova rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat Zauft 2-6, 6-3, 10-3 at number two singles. No. 36 Ormond also rallied from a one-set deficit to down Davison 1-6, 6-0, 6-4 on court three. Chmelarova became the third-straight Baylor player to overcome a first set loss, defeating Maggie Mello 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-8 to complete the 7-0 sweep.
Baylor returns to action next weekend as the Lady Bears participate in the Big 12 Women's Tennis Tournament in
No. 3 Baylor 7, No. 21 Texas 0
Doubles - Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1 No. 7 Broosova/Zemenova (BU) def. No. 20 Corovic/Milic (UT) - 8-5
2 Davison/Larsson (UT) def. No. 55 Ormond/Stanivuk (BU) - 8-5
3 Bielikova/Chmelarova (BU) def. Liu/Zauft (UT) - 8-5
Singles - Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4, 2, 3, 6
1 No. 25 Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def. No. 64 Vanja Corovic (UT) - 6-2, 6-1
2 No. 15 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. Courtney Zauft (UT) - 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
3 No. 36 Taylor Ormond (BU) def. Stephanie Davison (UT) - 1-6, 6-0, 6-4
4 No. 77 Jana Bielikova (BU) def. Caroline Larsson (UT) - 6-2, 6-2
5 Jelena Stanivuk (BU) def. Sarah Lancaster (UT) - 6-1, 6-1
6 Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) Maggie Mello (UT) - 6-7 (3), 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
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