Saturday, February 15
Urbana-Champaign, IL
3 p.m.
Baylor
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Illinois
No. 22 WT Takes Down Illinois on the Road, 4-1
2/15/2025 9:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – Baylor women's tennis (7-1) bests Illinois (3-6), 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Atkins Tennis Center.
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The Bears earned their sixth doubles point of the season and took wins on Courts One, Three and Four to pick up their seventh win of the season.
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THE RUNDOWN
To start off doubles, the Fighting Illini's McKenna Schaefbauer and Kasia Treiber picked up a Court Three win against Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu, 6-1. On Court Two, the duo of Na Dong and Sierra Berry was able to earn a 6-3 decision to leave the doubles point to the ranked match on Court One.
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The No. 14 pair of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea was able to best the No. 61 Megan Heuser and Kida Ferrari, 6-3, to earn the doubles point for BU and get their first ranked win as a duo.
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In singles, Tiglea started off hot on Court One garnering a, 6-3, 6-4, dub to extend Baylor's lead. No. 117 Kubacha continued to roll for the Bears with a 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court Three.
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In a back and forth first set, Illinois' Heuser was able to best Kostenko after a second set, claiming a, 7-5, 6-1, win to put the Fighting Illini on the board.
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Falling short in her first set, freshman No. 85 Dong was able to take the second set 6-2 to force a third set. In the third, Dong showed her dominance and was able to complete the comeback with a, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, decision to give the Bears their seventh win of the season.
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HIGHLIGHTS
WHAT'S NEXT
BU looks to host Brown on Monday night at 6 p.m. at the Hawins Indoor Tennis Center.
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The Bears earned their sixth doubles point of the season and took wins on Courts One, Three and Four to pick up their seventh win of the season.
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THE RUNDOWN
To start off doubles, the Fighting Illini's McKenna Schaefbauer and Kasia Treiber picked up a Court Three win against Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu, 6-1. On Court Two, the duo of Na Dong and Sierra Berry was able to earn a 6-3 decision to leave the doubles point to the ranked match on Court One.
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The No. 14 pair of Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea was able to best the No. 61 Megan Heuser and Kida Ferrari, 6-3, to earn the doubles point for BU and get their first ranked win as a duo.
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In singles, Tiglea started off hot on Court One garnering a, 6-3, 6-4, dub to extend Baylor's lead. No. 117 Kubacha continued to roll for the Bears with a 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court Three.
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In a back and forth first set, Illinois' Heuser was able to best Kostenko after a second set, claiming a, 7-5, 6-1, win to put the Fighting Illini on the board.
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Falling short in her first set, freshman No. 85 Dong was able to take the second set 6-2 to force a third set. In the third, Dong showed her dominance and was able to complete the comeback with a, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, decision to give the Bears their seventh win of the season.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Cristina Tiglea and Liubov Kostenko stay undefeated in spring doubles matches at seven decisions
- No. 85 Na Dong continues to be undefeated in colliegate dual matches at nine straight wins
- No. 117 Kubacha has an eight-straight victory streak in dual matches
WHAT'S NEXT
BU looks to host Brown on Monday night at 6 p.m. at the Hawins Indoor Tennis Center.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
66
34
#2 Singles Match
12
51
76
#3 Singles Match
12
66
32
#4 Singles Match
123
166
621
#5 Singles Match
1234
2600
622UF
#6 Singles Match
1234
6420
360UF
Order of Finish:
1,3,2,4
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