Jan. 30, 2015 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - The Baylor women's tennis team claimed two dominating victories Friday with 7-0 wins against Pittsburgh and UT Pan America at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
MATCH 1
Baylor opened against Pittsburgh (0-1) with a win in the doubles point, as the BU duo of Kiah Generette and Rachel James-Baker topped Katherine Castro and Audrey Ann Blakely of Pittsburgh 6-1. Kelley Anderson and Theresa Van Zyl followed shortly with a 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh's Lolade Ogungbesan to clinch the point.
In singles play, Kiah Generette quickly took down Lolade Ogungbesan 6-0, 6-1. A few seconds later, Baylor freshman Leolia JeanJean defeated Callie Frey 6-3, 6-0.
Sophomore Kely Putri clinched the match for Baylor on court six over Molly Wickman 6-4, 6-1 in her first collegiate match.
Freshman Kelley Anderson found success as well, topping Amber Washington 7-6, 6-1. Junior Rachel James-Baker finished off Audrey Ann Blakely in a third-set tiebreak to win the match 4-6, 6-3, (10-8). Freshman Theresa Van Zyl finished the sweep with a 6-2, 4-6, (10-7) tiebreak win over Amanda Wickman. This was Van Zyl's first singles appearance.
MATCH 2
In doubles, the Lady Bears swept the UT-Pan American Broncs (2-2) to take a 1-0 lead in the match. The same duos of Generette and James-Baker, Anderson and Van Zyl, and JeanJean and Putri each won in the doubles effort.
In singles, JeanJean made quick work of UTPA's Reegan Greenwood by winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. The win improves JeanJean's singles record to 3-1 on the season. Generette found similar success, winning 6-1, 6-1 over Katia Stavroulaki at the No. 1 spot. The junior is undefeated in singles with a 4-0 record in 2015 dual-match play. The 101st-ranked James-Baker clinched her second win on the season, and the fourth point for Baylor, with her 6-0, 6-3 win over Dominique Esparza at the No. 2 spot.
Putri beat Natach Minc, 6-3, 6-0, at the bottom of the lineup to put BU up 5-0. Anderson and Van Zyl wrapped up the action with 6-2, 6-2 and 6-4, 6-1 victories respectively. Anderson beat Mariana Ranzahuer to bump her record up to 2-1, and Van Zyl defeated Christel Amsallem to improve to 2-0.
NOTABLES
? Baylor posted its first two sweeps of the season
? Theresa Van Zyl and Kely Putri each went 2-0 in their first action as Lady Bears
TOP QUOTE #1
"Overall we competed really hard. It's a long day, a lot of tennis. I was really proud of the way we focused for the duration of the 5 or 6 hours of tennis." - head coach Joey Scrivano on playing back-to-back matches.
TOP QUOTE #2
"It was a great opportunity to rest Blair and Ema, who have been our two top players. In doing that, it gave Kely Putri and Theresa Van Zyl a chance to get in the lineup, and that experience is invaluable. They need experience in January because you just never know down the stretch when they will be called upon." - Scrivano on switching up the lineup.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will host No. 25 Tulsa and Incarnate Word for a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 1. The matches will be at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. respectively at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. The Baylor Cub Tennis program will be held at 5 p.m.
