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Women's Tennis 10/17/2014 12:00:00 AM
Oct. 17, 2014

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THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas -
Four Baylor women's tennis players combined to go 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles during the USTA/ITA Regional Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center on Friday.

Freshman Kelley Anderson improved her record at the tournament to 3-0 as she topped Ryan Foster of Texas, 6-3, 6-2, in the round of 32. Anderson will face third-seeded Stefanie Tan of TCU on Saturday in the round of 16.

In the same round, No. 37 Kiah Generette defeated Danielle Wagland of Texas by a score of 7-6 (13-11), 7-5. She advances to the round of 16 as well, and faces No. 93 Natalie Beazant from Rice.

Meanwhile, the 78th-ranked Blair Shankle blew past Savannah Durkin of Rice 6-0, 6-2. In the round of 16 she will take on the tournament's top seed, No. 13 Breaunna Addison of Texas.

In doubles, Anderson and Shankle defeated Reegan Greenwod and Katia Stavroulaki of UT Pan American, 8-4, to open the day. The duo then moved on to the round of 16, defeating the Texas pairing of Ryann Foster and Wagland, 8-2. Anderson and Shankle will face Palina Dubavets and Alexis Pereira from TCU in the quarterfinals Saturday morning.

Earlier in the day, Generette and junior Rachael James-Baker were eliminated from the tournament by Rice's Savannah Durkin and Solomiy Zinko, 8-6. That was the Lady Bears' only defeat through the first two days of the tournament.

HIGHLIGHTS
? Anderson and Generette both extended their winning streaks to five.
? Shankle improves her record to 4-1 in singles play.
? The Lady Bears are 10-1 through two days of tournament play in both singles and doubles competition.

WHAT'S NEXT
The tournament continues Saturday morning with doubles matches at 9 a.m., followed by two rounds of singles action at the Hurd Tennis Center. In doubles, the third-seeded Anderson and Shankle will face Greenwood and Stavroulaki (UTPA). In singles action starting at 10:45 a.m., Shankle will take on Durkin (Rice), Generette battles Beazant (Rice) and Anderson faces Tan (TCU). Winners in the morning will continue action at 3 p.m. with the singles quarterfinals.

For the latest news on the Baylor women's tennis team follow its official Twitter account: @BaylorWTennis.

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Players Mentioned

Kelley Anderson

Kelley Anderson

5' 6"
Freshman
Rachael James-Baker

Rachael James-Baker

5' 6"
Junior
Blair Shankle

Blair Shankle

5' 8"
Freshman
Kiah Generette

Kiah Generette

5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kelley Anderson

Kelley Anderson

5' 6"
Freshman
Rachael James-Baker

Rachael James-Baker

5' 6"
Junior
Blair Shankle

Blair Shankle

5' 8"
Freshman
Kiah Generette

Kiah Generette

5' 10"
Freshman