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WT Travels to Austin for ITA Kickoff Weekend
1/23/2025 3:33:00โฏPM | Women's Tennis
The Bears face BYU in first round on Friday
AUSTIN, Texas โ Baylor women's tennis will make the trip to Austin to play BYU on Friday at 3 p.m. to begin action at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
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The Bears will wrap up the event against either No. 12 Texas or Maryland on Saturday at 3 p.m. Live results for ITA Kickoff Weekend are available online with live streaming provided by Playsight.
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BU is 4-2 all-time against the Cougars, with their most recent match happening on March 28, 2024, in Provo, Utah, where the Bears fell 4-3. In doubles on Court One, Zuzanna Kubacha and Sierra Berry took down No. 40 Emilee Astle and Kendall Kovick 7-6 (4). No. 60 Liubov Kostenko and Baylor alum Isabella Harvison also defeated Kara Wheatley and Tina Li on Court Three 6-2 to give Baylor the doubles point. In singles on Court Four, Kubacha picked up a hard fought 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over BYU's Kara Wheatley.
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Baylor is beginning the season with their seventh 1-0 start in the last 10 years after sweeping Harvard 7-0 on Saturday.
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The Bears started with a doubles loss on Court Three, but had back-to-back wins on Courts One and Two, including a dominant 6-1 victory from No. 13 Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea on Court One.
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In singles, the freshmen continued to shine with No. 76 Na Dong and No. 118 Wenfei Yu starting strong garnering 6-0 wins in the first set on Courts Four and Six, respectively. Both finished their matches with wins including Yu's second set comeback 6-0, 7-6 (3).
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Kubacha also went on to have a big victory over Harvard's Maxi Duncan, going 6-2, 6-0.
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