Match #1 Complete Results | Match #2 Complete Results

Baylor improved to 7-11 on the year and has won three of its last four matches by downing the Panthers, 5-2, in the morning at Hurd Tennis Center and then coming back in the evening to upset 36th-ranked Northwestern, 4-2, at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

MATCH ONE

The Bears won the doubles point, despite losing the opening match. First, Vanessa Phan and Hadley Young suffered a 6-0 setback on court three to Tatiana Rhul and Shaddae Findley.

BU responded with a victory by Elizabeth Profit and Theresa Van over Neharika Rama and Sydney Thomas, 6-1, at the No. 1 spot. Baylor then held a 5-3 advantage at the No. 2 spot and went on to clinch a 6-3 triumph to take the doubles point.

In singles, the Panthers quickly tied up the action as Young fell to Ruhl, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 6 spot. BU went back in front with Blair Shankle's 6-1, 6-0 victory over Rama on court one.

Ferreira's 6-3, 6-1 victory at the No. 3 spot put BU up 3-1, but seconds later Phan dropped a 6-3, 6-1 decision to Maxwell at No. 5 singles.

Kiah Generette clinched the match for the Bears by registering a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Thomas at the No. 2 spot.

To close out the match, Traxler took a 6-2, 6-3 win over Findley on court four.

MATCH TWO

In doubles action, the Bears rolled to the opening point victory with a 6-0 triumph from the 15th-ranked Shankle and Generette on court one over the No. 40 team of Erin Larner and Alicia Barnett. Shortly thereafter, a 6-3 victory by Newborn and Traxler against Brooke Rischieth and Jilian Rooney at the No. 3 spot secured the opening point.

The Wildcats tied the match at one point apiece in singles play with Generette's 6-2, 6-4 loss to Barnett on court three.

Blair Shankle put the Bears back in front with a 6-3, 6-2 upset over 81st-ranked Larner at the top of the lineup.

Northwestern squared the match back up at 2-2 as Kelley Anderson suffered a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Alex Chatt at the No. 4 position.

The Bears closed out the match with two more straight-set wins on courts two and six. First, Van Zyl bettered Rischbieth, 6-4, 6-4, at the bottom of the lineup and then Rhiann Newborn captured a 6-4, 7-6(3) upset victory over 40th-ranked Maddie Lipp at the No. 2 spot.

NOTABLES
- Baylor is now 5-5 at home and picked up its third win against a ranked foe in 2016.
- The 36th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats are is the highest ranked opponent BU has defeated this year. - Baylor now leads the all-time series against Prairie View A&M, 6-0. - Baylor now leads the all-time series against Northwestern, 6-5. - Blair Shankle has now won four-straight singles matches and is 8-2 in dual-match play. - Generette and Shankle are 6-4 in dual-match doubles play and have won three-straight matches. - With the losses, Prairie View A&M and Northwestern fell to 4-17 and 5-6, respectively.

TOP QUOTE #1
"It's really good to start getting the wins in a row. It was a good day overall. Everyone is putting in the effort. You can see the mindsets getting so much better. It was a team win." - junior Blair Shankle on the team's wins Wednesday

TOP QUOTE #2
"Kiah and I had great energy today. She played extremely well in doubles and set me up a lot, which was awesome. Overall, a really great team effort for us. They're a great team but overall we just were really tough on the big points, so we got that done. Transferring to singles, I took the momentum I had. I knew it was going to be a really tough match, but I was excited. I'm playing some of my best tennis of the year." - Shankle on winning both in singles and doubles

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will now host Lamar and Oklahoma at home on April 1 at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

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