March 15, 2015 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
NORMAN, Okla. - The eighth-ranked Baylor women's tennis team completed its two-match Big 12 road trip with a 4-0 shutout victory over No. 23 Oklahoma Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis.
It was the second-straight shutout for Baylor (14-3, 2-0), after blanking No. 10 Oklahoma State, 4-0, on Friday. With the loss, the Sooners fell to 11-3 and 1-2 in Big 12 play.
In a closely contested doubles point, BU opened with a 6-4 win by Leolia JeanJean and Kelley Anderson over Simran Sethi and Lily Miyazaki on court two.
Baylor clinched the point as the 10th-ranked Ema Burgic and Blair Shankle took a 6-4 triumph over Malene Stripp and Emma Devine.
In singles action, the Bears kept the momentum rolling as JeanJean blasted past Zita Engbroks, 6-0, 6-1, at the No. 4 position.
Theresa Van Zyl was the next Bear to finish, wrapping up a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Stripp at the bottom of the lineup.
The 31st-ranked Shankle provided the clinching point, besting Sethi, 6-2, 6-3, on court two.
With the match decided, singles contests on courts one, three and five were abandoned.
NOTABLES ? The Lady Bears recorded their 10th shutout of the season.
? Baylor has now won 13 straight matches over the Sooners to lead the all-time series 19-2 and has a 15-2 series advantage under Scrivano.
? BU has won 17 straight Big 12 regular season matches and have not lost a conference match since March 27, 2013.
? Baylor is 118-10 in Big 12 matches under Scrivano.
? JeanJean has won seven eight singles matches to improve to 9-1.
? Shankle is 9-1 in dual-matches, after having won five straight matches.
TOP QUOTE #1
"I am proud of the way the ladies competed all weekend. You have to earn the right to win a tennis match and it's not an easy thing to do. We're starting to do this through better effort, energy and focus. It's not complicated stuff, but it's difficult to do." - head coach Joey Scrivano on the victory
TOP QUOTE #2
"We're right in the middle of our version of the Spurs' rodeo road trip. It's great to not have to practice as much and put all of our focus and energy into matches." - Scrivano on playing a lot of matches in a short amount of time
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will now host No.14 Miami on Tuesday at noon at the Hurd Tennis Center. The first 150 fans at the match will receive a free St. Patrick's Day shirt.
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