Women's Tennis Begin NCAA Championships

Women's Tennis 5/8/2009 12:00:00 AM

May 8, 2009

WACO, Texas -

WOMEN'S TENNIS SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The fourth-ranked Baylor women's tennis team hosts the first and second rounds of the 2009 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships this weekend at the Baylor Tennis Center. Baylor, who hosts the first two rounds for the fourth-straight year and the fifth time overall, will face UT-Arlington on Saturday in the first round. SMU and Texas A&M will face off in the other first-round match, with the winners meeting on Sunday afternoon. Live scoring for the first and second rounds fo the NCAA Championships can be found online at the Championship Central page on www.BaylorBears.com. Complete post-match recaps will also be available online at www.BaylorBears.com.

LAST TIME AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The fifth-seeded Baylor women's tennis team lost in the NCAA Tournament's semifinals on Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla. The Bears were defeated by the California Golden Bears, 4-3, snapping a 15-match win streak. Baylor finished its most successful season in program history at 32-3 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament semifinals. After losing the doubles point, Baylor took Cal down to the last match in singles before the contest was decided. Cal leapt out to a 2-0 lead when No. 40 Claire Ilcinkas downed 99th-ranked Jana Bielikova on court four in straight sets. Baylor would counter with two wins at courts one and three, respectively, when Zuzana Zemenova, ranked No. 25, upset 20th-ranked Susie Babos in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, and No. 18 Lenka Broosova downed No. 35 Cristina Visico, 6-3, 6-2. Broosova's victory marked her 19th straight singles win and raised her season record to 49-4. In addition, she finished the season undefeated at the No. 3 spot at 20-0. After a Baylor loss at court six, Jelena Stanivuk, who had lost the first set, 6-4, regrouped and took the final two sets, 6-3, 6-2, on court five to even the match at 3-3. In the final match on the court, Taylor Ormond, ranked No. 43, had won the first set on court two over fourth-ranked Marina Cossou, 6-4, however Cossou countered with a 6-1 second-set victory. In the final set with the match tied at 1-1, Ormond began suffering leg cramps and eventually lost the third set 6-2.

LAST TIME OUT
Baylor's fifth-ranked women's tennis team cruised to its fourth-straight Big 12 Conference championship by downing the Texas Longhorns 4-1 on a windy Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center on the University of Oklahoma campus. All four of Baylor's Big 12 Championship titles have come over Texas and the victory was Baylor's 41st consecutive over league opponents and extended its win streak to 18 matches. With the win, the Bears raised their season record to 24-4 while Texas falls to 16-7. After posting three straight-sets singles wins and a doubles triumph throughout the three days of competition, junior Csilla Borsanyi was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. For the second day in a row, freshman Nina Secerbegovic was the first Baylor player off the court. She downed UT's Amanda Craddock, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 5 singles. The victory extended her win streak to 18 matches. The Longhorns gained their only point when 116th-ranked Vanja Corovic downed 39th-ranked Taylor Ormond at the top spot, 6-3, 6-2. Juniors Lenka Broosova and Borsanyi gained the Bears their final points when Broosova downed Krista Damico, 6-0, 6-1 and Borsanyi defeated Caroline Larsson, 6-3, 6-1. Borsanyi netter her 16th straight victory while Broosova extended her win streak to 15 matches. The Bears dominated doubles play as well, winning the point with victories at No.2 and 3 doubles respectively. Freshmen Kasia Siwosz and Secerbegovic were the first tandem were the first tandem off the court with an 8-5 win over Stephanie Davison and Larsson. Ormond and Jelena Stanivuk secured the doubles point with an 8-6 win over Damico and Craddock.

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