No. 25 WT Defeats Tulane in Sunday Matinee

WACO, Texas – No. 25 Baylor women's tennis claimed their second win of the season against Tulane on Sunday afternoon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Facility, 6-1.

The Bears (2-0) earned the doubles point and victories on Courts Two, Three and Four to defeat the Green Wave (0-1) and move into ITA Kickoff Weekend with an undefeated record.

THE RUNDOWN

Starting in doubles, Court Three's Neda Rahimkhani and Gabrielle Villegas won quickly with a 6-2 decision. On Court Two, Kennedy Gibbs and Mu-Jie Tzeng followed directly behind with another 6-2 victory giving Baylor the 1-0 lead.

In singles, Gibbs was the first to finish for the second-straight day, grabbing the victory on Court Three 6-4, 6-0. Zuzanna Kubacha followed behind with her win on Court Two, 6-2, 6-3. Tzeng clinched the match for the Bears on Court Four having a long first set battle, but pulling out the win after dominating the second, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Finishing out the matches, three players went into a third set with Na Dong winning 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 on Court One, Villegas falling to Tulane, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 and Rahimkhani ending victorious on Court Six 4-6, 6-4, 2-1(8).

QUOTABLE

Head Coach Joey Scrivano

On going 2-0 to start the season…

"(We) feel really good. I am just proud of the ladies, they competed so hard. They were locked in this entire weekend, and they'll have a little bit to celebrate this and then we have to get ready for next week with some tough ones on the road."

Senior Na Dong

On coming back after the first set…

"I feel like second set, whenever Joey told me it's just the beginning of the set, it encouraged me, and I feel like it made me play calm and more aggressive. I feel like I played with more and more confidence, so I played better."

WHAT'S NEXT

The Bears Play Cal on Saturday, Jan. 24, in Austin at the Texas Tennis Center to start ITA Kickoff Weekend.

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