WACO, Texas – Baylor women's tennis defeated new Big 12 opponent Houston at the Hurd Tennis Center Sunday afternoon, besting the Cougars 6-1.
 
The Bears remain undefeated in conference play, rising to 4-0 in the league and 11-5 overall. 
 
Houston (1-9) claimed the doubles point by tiebreaker on court one, as Sonya Kovalenko and Sophie Schouten outlasted Sierra Berry and Zuzanna Kubacha, 7-6(5). The Cougars' Laura Slisane and Maria Dzemeshkevich got the better of Liubov Kostenko and Lauren Littell on court three, 6-1, while Miska Kadleckova and Zuzanna Frankowska took court two, 6-3. 
 
In singles play, Kadleckova and Kubacha raced each other to a pair of straight-set sweeps over their opponents at the No. 1 and No. 4 position.
 
Frankowska claimed Baylor's third point of the afternoon in a 6-2, 7-5 decision on court six, and Danielle Tuhten followed up moments later with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court four to clinch the match for the Bears.
 
Playing out the remaining courts, Kostenko overcame Maria Dzemeshkevich, 7-5, 6-2, and Sierra Berry defeated Sophie Schouten after forcing a third set, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to claim all six singles courts for the Bears.
 
The Bears return to action on Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on the Cornhuskers, kicking off a three-game road trip that also features a pair of Big 12 matches with Kansas State and No. 1 Oklahoma State. 
 
RESULTS
Singles
No. 1 – #101 Miska Kadleckova def. Laura Slisane: 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 – Liubov Kostenko def. Maria Dzemeshkevich: 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 – Sierra Berry def. Sophie Schouten: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – Zuzanna Kubacha def. Gabriela Cortes: 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 – Danielle Tuhten def. Sonya Kovalenko: 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 – Zuzanna Frankowska def. Nina Skoric: 6-2, 7-5
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Sonya Kovalenko/Sophie Schouten def. Sierra Berry/Zuzanna Kubacha: 7-6(5)
No. 2 – Miska Kadleckova/Zuzanna Frankowska def. Blanca Cortijo/Gabriela Cortes: 6-3
No. 3 – Laura Slisane/Maria Dzemeshkevich def. Liubov Kostenko/Lauren Littell: 6-1