Friday, March 7
Orlando, FL
5 p.m.
Baylor
2
at
5
UCF
No. 15 WT Falls at No. 23 UCF, 5-2
3/7/2025 11:39:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 15 Baylor women's tennis fell in its first road conference match on Friday evening at the USTA National Campus to No. 23 UCF, 5-2.
The Bears (11-2, 2-1) lost the doubles point but were able to earn wins on Courts Four and One, coming up shy against the Knights (11-1, 2-0).
THE RUNDOWN
Baylor started hot with the duo of freshman Wenfei Yu and Zuzanna Kubacha earning a 6-3 victory on Court Three. However, the Knights responded by taking both Courts One and Two, 6-3 and 6-4 respectively.
Moving into singles, UCF's Olivia Lincer took senior Liubov Kostenko to the wire, picking up a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win. BU answered with a Court Four win from freshman No. 85 Na Dong taking down the Knight's Jade Psnoka 7-5, 6-2.
On Court One, senior Cristina Tiglea picked up a ranked win against No. 82 Aya El Aouni 6-4, 6-4 to tie up the match at two a piece.
Even though they won the first set in a tiebreaker, both Kennedy Gibbs and Yu weren't able to take the second set, being forced to go set number three. While in the third set, both could not complete the comeback with Yu falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 and Gibbs losing 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 to give UCF the win.
Playing through the match, sophomore Kubacha was in a hard fought battle but fell to UCF's No. 87 Sophia Biolay 7-5, 7-5, with the Bears losing 5-2.
WHAT'S NEXT
BU will head to Houston to finish out their first road trip on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
The Bears (11-2, 2-1) lost the doubles point but were able to earn wins on Courts Four and One, coming up shy against the Knights (11-1, 2-0).
THE RUNDOWN
Baylor started hot with the duo of freshman Wenfei Yu and Zuzanna Kubacha earning a 6-3 victory on Court Three. However, the Knights responded by taking both Courts One and Two, 6-3 and 6-4 respectively.
Moving into singles, UCF's Olivia Lincer took senior Liubov Kostenko to the wire, picking up a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win. BU answered with a Court Four win from freshman No. 85 Na Dong taking down the Knight's Jade Psnoka 7-5, 6-2.
On Court One, senior Cristina Tiglea picked up a ranked win against No. 82 Aya El Aouni 6-4, 6-4 to tie up the match at two a piece.
Even though they won the first set in a tiebreaker, both Kennedy Gibbs and Yu weren't able to take the second set, being forced to go set number three. While in the third set, both could not complete the comeback with Yu falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 and Gibbs losing 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 to give UCF the win.
Playing through the match, sophomore Kubacha was in a hard fought battle but fell to UCF's No. 87 Sophia Biolay 7-5, 7-5, with the Bears losing 5-2.
WHAT'S NEXT
BU will head to Houston to finish out their first road trip on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Aya El / 0 [UCF]
44
#2 Singles Match
123
161
Olivia Lincer / 0 [UCF]
636
#3 Singles Match
12
55
Sophia Biolay / 0 [UCF]
77
#4 Singles Match
12
76
Jade Psonka / 0 [UCF]
52
#5 Singles Match
123
743
TEAM / 0 [UCF]
666
#6 Singles Match
123
734
Jantje Tilbuerger / 0 [UCF]
666
Order of Finish:
2,4,1,6,5,3
Players Mentioned
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