WT Picks Up First 7-0 Start Since 2015 with 4-1 win over Illinois

Sunday, February 16

Waco, Texas

Noon

Baylor

Illinois

WT Picks Up First 7-0 Start Since 2015 with 4-1 win over Illinois

2/16/2020 2:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Bears take doubles point and three of four singles matches

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas. – For the first time since 2015, the Baylor women's tennis team has started a season 7-0 with the Bears taking a 4-1 win over Illinois (3-6) Sunday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

Baylor took the doubles point for the fifth time this season with wins on the No. 1 and No. 2 courts. Mel Krywoj & Alicia Herrero Linana paired up to beat Emilee Duong and Josie Frazier, 6-1 on the No. 1 court. The Illini evened doubles with a win on the No. 3 court before Baylor's Paula Barañano and Angie Shakhraichuk beat Sasha Belaya and Emily Casati, 6-2.

Senior Jessica Hinojosa had the honors of taking the match-sealing win on the No. 5 singles court with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Illinois' Ashley Yeah, 6-4, 6-1.

Sunday marked Baylor's first-ever win over Illinois in five meetings.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor's 7-0 start to the season is the best since the 2015 squad began the year 10-0.
• Kris Sorokolet stayed perfect (6-0) on the season with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Illinois' Emilee Duong, 6-2, 6-4.

STAT OF THE MATCH
5 – Alicia Herrero Linana picked up her fifth win of the season with a two-set win on the No. 3 court.

THEY SAID IT
BU Head Coach Joey Scrivano on the win …
"It was a great team win. On all the courts the girls were just competing really hard, and their focus was tremendous, and they were locked in. They knew this was a big match and they came out ready to play. They all did their part. Paula [Barañano] and Angie [Shakhraichuk] put us over the top to get us the doubles point. Mel [Krywoj] and Ali [Herrero] are playing very well together in doubles. In singles, pretty much all the courts; we're playing well, and the team is focused. That's all you can ask for. You can't replace the experience that Livia [Kraus], Jessica [Hinojosa], Angie and Kristina [Sorokolet] bring to the table. They were incredibly strong between the ears today."