March 22, 2015 Complete Results
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - The sixth-ranked Baylor women's tennis team remained perfect in Big 12 action by topping No. 21 TCU, 4-1, at the Hurd Tennis Center Sunday.
Baylor improved to 16-4 and 3-0 in conference action, while TCU fell to 10-6 overall and 3-1 in league play.
The Lady Bears dropped the doubles point to start the match. On court two, Rachael James-Baker and Kelley Anderson opened the day with a 6-2 victory over Palina Dubavets and Alexis Pereira. However, Kiah Generette and Theresa Van Zyl fell to Simona Parajova and Sofiko Kadzhaya 6-3. Similarly, the 10th-ranked Ema Burgic and Blair Shankle lost to No. 38 Stefanie Tan and Seda Arantekin on court one 6-4 to give the Horned Frogs a 1-0 lead.
TCU would not score another point. The bottom of the lineup came through for BU in singles play.
Van Zyl (9-3) made quick work of Pereira on court six by a score of 6-3, 6-3 to even up the match. Next, Anderson (6-3) topped Arantekin 6-2, 6-4 on court five. Then, James-Baker (7-4) defeated Dubavets 7-5, 6-4 after coming back from a 2-5 deficit in the first set. Finally, Shankle (11-2) beat Kadzhaya 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) in a tiebreak on court three to clinch the match for Baylor. '
NOTABLES
? Baylor improved to 11-1 at home on the year and 2-0 at the Hurd Tennis Center.
? BU now leads the all-time series against TCU 16-15.
? Baylor is 9-3 against top-25 opponents in 2015.
? BU has won 18 straight Big 12 regular season matches and have not lost a conference match since March 27, 2013.
? Baylor is 119-10 in Big 12 matches under Scrivano.
TOP QUOTE #1
"It was a great team effort. I'm extremely proud of the team. They just had great focus today and great determination. It was a great team win" - head coach Joey Scrivano on the win
TOP QUOTE #2
"Blair and the entire team just did a great job of competing. There were a lot of examples today of just great focus and determination. [Blair] was the fortunate one to cap it off, but the entire team played the right way today." - Scrivano on Blair's tiebreak win
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will host No. 55 Rice at the Hurd Tennis Center on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
For the latest news on the Baylor women's tennis team follow its official Twitter account: @BaylorWTennis.
