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Burgic, Shankle Roll Into NCAA Doubles Quarterfinals

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Women's Tennis 5/22/2015 12:00:00 AM
May 22, 2015

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WACO, Texas - The Baylor women's tennis doubles pairing of Ema Burgic and Blair Shankle advanced to the NCAA Doubles Championship quarterfinals with a straight-set victory Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.

The 14th-ranked BU duo got past Arizona State's 26th-ranked Desirae Krawczyk and Stephanie Vlad, 6-2, 7-5. The win improves the tandem's record to 13-4 on the season.

Earlier in the morning in singles play, the 22nd-ranked Burgic suffered a 6-4, 6-1 setback to No. 21 Chanelle Van Nguyen to end her championship run.

Burgic fell to 21-7 on the season and 8-7 against ranked foes. She concludes her BU singles career with a 96-29 record and a pair of singles All-American accolades. Her 96 singles wins are 10th-most in program history.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Under Scrivano, Baylor players have earned 31 All-American honors, including 16 doubles honors by nine different players.
• Burgic and Shankle give BU a doubles pairing in the quarterfinals for three of the last four years.

TOP QUOTE #1
"Being efficient is a sign of a good tennis player and a good doubles team and the last two days they have been incredibly efficient. Any time you can get off the court in this stage of the season it's a good thing." - head coach Joey Scrivano on the doubles win

TOP QUOTE #2
"Today was a special day for us. I lost my singles match and I had to bounce back, because I know that winning this together really means a lot to Blair. I really gave my all today, not just for myself, but really for her, because she's worked so hard and is a great person. I'm very happy for both of us." - Ema Burgic on the day

TOP QUOTE #3
"We came out really well in the first set and played great throughout the whole thing. I kind of went down for a little in the second set, for a few games, but she kept me up and we ended up getting that second set and the match. But it was a tough one, they played really well in the second set." - Shankle on the doubles victory

WHAT'S NEXT
Ema Burgic and Blair Shankle will next play the country's No. 1 tandem, Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe of Alabama, at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Live scoring and a video feed of the match will be available for each match through links on BaylorBears.com.

Follow the official Twitter account of the team: @BaylorWTennis for an inside look at the team with scores, notes and stories.

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Players Mentioned

Blair Shankle

Blair Shankle

5' 8"
Freshman
Ema Burgic

Ema Burgic

5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Blair Shankle

Blair Shankle

5' 8"
Freshman
Ema Burgic

Ema Burgic

5' 10"
Sophomore