Nov. 13, 2015 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
LAS VEGAS, N.V. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor women's tennis started strong with three wins on the first day of the Rebel Invitational, held at UNLV Friday. The Lady Bears recorded two singles wins and one doubles win on the day.
Elizabeth Profit and Blair Shankle teamed up to defeat Domenica Gonzalez and Isne Deheza of Texas A&M by a score of 8-1.
Both players also picked up wins in their first singles matches of the tournament. Profit defeated Ryann Foster of LSU 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.
Shankle took down Aleksandra Zenovka of TCU 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
TOP QUOTE #1
"I'm proud of the effort and focus of our girls showed today. They were up against some tough competition and found a way to endure through those difficult moments of the match." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" head coach Joey Scrivano on the match
TOP QUOTE #2
"Elizabeth is growing as a player. She's a young player and is scratching the surface with her game. Her tennis will keep improving with her commitment level." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Scrivano on Profit
TOP QUOTE #3
"Blair is still shaking off some rust but finding her form a little more with each day on the court. This tournament is great for her to get more match play under her belt." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Scrivano on Shankle
WHAT'S NEXT
On Saturday, Profit and Shankle will face LSU's Golovin and Foster at 12 p.m. CT in doubles. In singles, Profit faces Jessica Failla of USC and Shankle will take on 114th-ranked Zoe Katz of North Carolina. Both of those matches start at 1 p.m. CT.
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