Feb. 1, 2015 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - The sixth-ranked Baylor women's tennis team (6-0) picked up two more shutout victories Sunday with wins against No. 25 Tulsa and Incarnate Word at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
MATCH 1
Baylor started its day by cruising past Tulsa (6-2), 4-0. The Lady Bears picked up the doubles point with Ema Burgic and Blair Shankle tallying a 6-1 victory over Renata Kuricova and Ksenia Laskutova at the top of the lineup. To clinch the point, Rachael James-Baker and Kiah Generette teamed up for a 7-5 victory against Mahitha Dadireddy and Saana Saarteinen on court three.
BU carried the momentum into singles play. The 49th-ranked Shankle downed Yelena Nemchen, 6-1, 6-0 on court two. The 72nd-ranked Burgic put the Lady Bears up 3-0 as she beat Ksenia Laskutov, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot. Generette clinched the match for Baylor by taking out Rongrong Leenabancho, 6-2, 6-3 on court three.
With the contest decided, the final three singles matches were abandoned.
MATCH 2
To close out the day, Baylor dominated Incarnate Word (0-4) for a 7-0 victory. The Lady Bears won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Burgic partnered with Kely Putri to win 6-1 at the top of the lineup. Generette and James-Baker were the next duo to clinch with a 6-3 victory on court two. Theresa Van Zyl and Anderson produced a 6-3 win on court three to give BU the doubles sweep.
In singles play, the 73rd-ranked Anderson was first to finish, carding a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Sarah Savedra on court three. Both Generette and Burgic recorded 6-0, 6-0 wins on courts two and one, respectively, to give BU the victory. With the match decided, Leolia JeanJean (6-1, 6-1), Van Zyl (6-2, 6-0) and Putri (6-1, 6-1) each picked up victories on courts five, four and six, respectively.
NOTABLES
? Baylor now has four shutouts in its last four matches.
? Baylor has three-top 25 wins in 2015, after beating No. 5 Georgia, No. 5 Virginia and No. 25 Tulsa.
? Baylor has started at least 6-0 in three of the last four seasons.
? Former BU All-American Lenka Broosova is an assistant coach at Tulsa.
? Baylor lost only eight games in singles action against Incarnate Word.
TOP QUOTE #1
"It was a great opportunity to play a lot of tennis. Our underclassmen, most importantly, got a lot of practice and got to work on areas of the game that they needed to. It was a success not only in the scoreboard but also in development." - head coach Joey Scrivano on playing two doubleheaders
WHAT'S NEXT Baylor concludes its eight-match homestand to open the 2015 dual-match season by hosting another doubleheader Sunday, Feb. 8. BU will play Maryland at 1 p.m. and then face Prairie View A&M at 6 p.m. at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
