Friday, February 21
Waco, Texas
12 p.m.
Baylor
7
vs
0
Washington State
No. 15 WT Sweeps Washington State, 7-0
2/21/2025 6:27:00 PM | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas – No. 15 Baylor women's tennis swept Washington State, 7-0, on Friday afternoon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
The Bears (9-1) got their third sweep of the season, second as 7-0, over the Cougars (8-4) with wins at all but the No. 1 doubles court.
THE RUNDOWN
Starting off in doubles on Court Three, the underclassmen duo of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu earned a 6-3 win. In their second ranked match of the season, No. 7 Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea could not hold on, falling, 6-4, to Washington State's No. 88 Maxine Murphy and Eva Alvarez Sande.
With the doubles point coming down to Court Two, the pair of Na Dong and Sierra Berry had a 4-2 deficit, but fought back to take a 7-6 (4) comeback win, clinching the doubles point for BU.
In singles action, Kostenko earned a strong victory on Court Two, 6-2, 6-3. Freshman Yu continued to shine with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Court Six to extend Baylor's lead.
On Court Three, sophomore Kubacha carried on in showing her experience, garnering a 6-1, 6-3 dub to clinch the victory for the Bears.
Playing through the match, freshman No. 80 Dong started down, losing the first set, 6-3, before winning the second set, 6-3, to force a 10-point tiebreaker. Dong was able to complete the comeback winning, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3).
On Court Five, Kennedy Gibbs picked up a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 6-2 win to extend Baylor's lead to 6-0. With only the first singles court in play, Tiglea lost the first set, 6-4, but picked up the second set, 6-3. Tiglea won the match 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) to claim the Bear's third sweep of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS
Head coach Joey Scrivano
On today's match…
"I was just a great team win. I am really proud of the ladies. Their focus, their fight was really good and they showed that they've been putting in a lot of hard work and that their fundamentals are getting better. It's hard to win matches 7-0, very, very hard. It just says a lot about our team as a whole. Everybody's all in and trying to do what's best for the team, so I am really proud of them."
Sophomore Zuzanna Kubacha
On doubles with Wenfei Yu…
"We've been doing very well. The one thing that is helping us a lot is just sticking to our system, and we are very coachable. I think that is what it is getting us through most of the matches and that's why whenever we're doing the right things, the score follows."
WHAT'S NEXT
BU stays in Waco as they kick off conference play against Cincinnati on Friday at noon.
The Bears (9-1) got their third sweep of the season, second as 7-0, over the Cougars (8-4) with wins at all but the No. 1 doubles court.
THE RUNDOWN
Starting off in doubles on Court Three, the underclassmen duo of Zuzanna Kubacha and Wenfei Yu earned a 6-3 win. In their second ranked match of the season, No. 7 Liubov Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea could not hold on, falling, 6-4, to Washington State's No. 88 Maxine Murphy and Eva Alvarez Sande.
With the doubles point coming down to Court Two, the pair of Na Dong and Sierra Berry had a 4-2 deficit, but fought back to take a 7-6 (4) comeback win, clinching the doubles point for BU.
In singles action, Kostenko earned a strong victory on Court Two, 6-2, 6-3. Freshman Yu continued to shine with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Court Six to extend Baylor's lead.
On Court Three, sophomore Kubacha carried on in showing her experience, garnering a 6-1, 6-3 dub to clinch the victory for the Bears.
Playing through the match, freshman No. 80 Dong started down, losing the first set, 6-3, before winning the second set, 6-3, to force a 10-point tiebreaker. Dong was able to complete the comeback winning, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3).
On Court Five, Kennedy Gibbs picked up a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 6-2 win to extend Baylor's lead to 6-0. With only the first singles court in play, Tiglea lost the first set, 6-4, but picked up the second set, 6-3. Tiglea won the match 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) to claim the Bear's third sweep of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Baylor won their ninth doubles point of the season
- The Bears remain undefeated at home
- Bears claim third sweep of the season, second full at 7-0
Head coach Joey Scrivano
On today's match…
"I was just a great team win. I am really proud of the ladies. Their focus, their fight was really good and they showed that they've been putting in a lot of hard work and that their fundamentals are getting better. It's hard to win matches 7-0, very, very hard. It just says a lot about our team as a whole. Everybody's all in and trying to do what's best for the team, so I am really proud of them."
Sophomore Zuzanna Kubacha
On doubles with Wenfei Yu…
"We've been doing very well. The one thing that is helping us a lot is just sticking to our system, and we are very coachable. I think that is what it is getting us through most of the matches and that's why whenever we're doing the right things, the score follows."
WHAT'S NEXT
BU stays in Waco as they kick off conference play against Cincinnati on Friday at noon.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
Eva Alvarez Sande / 0 [WSU]
630
461
#2 Singles Match
12
Maxine Murphy / 0 [WSU]
23
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Elyse Tse / 0 [WSU]
13
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Hania Abouelsaad / 0 [WSU]
630
361
#5 Singles Match
12
Martina Markov / 0 [WSU]
62
76
#6 Singles Match
12
Chisato Kanemaki / 0 [WSU]
12
66
Order of Finish:
2,6,3,4,5,1
Players Mentioned
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