COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The 24th-ranked Baylor women's tennis team continued its five-match road
swing with a 4-0 loss at No. 6 Texas A&M on Wednesday at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.
"Texas
A&M has a great team with a lot of experience," head coach Joey
Scrivano said. "We knew that this was going to be a really tough test
for us. We're developing and a
work in progress. Some of the things we need to fix are not going to
happen overnight. It's a process."
To
open doubles play, Texas A&M's tandem of Inez and Paula DeHeza
routed Maria Biryukova and Megan Horter, 8-3. BU responded with a
victory on court one, as the 23rd-ranked
duo of Ema Burgic and Victoria Kisialeva defeated Cristina
Sanchez-Quintanar and Wen Sun, 8-6.
"Victoria
and Ema are a good team," Scrivano said. "They've obviously proven that
they can play at a very high level. We need them to continue to do
that. Our other two teams
are going to pull through here soon, and we need them to stay
consistent."
The Aggies secured the doubles point with Stefania Hristov and Anna Mamalat's 9-7 victory over Kiah Generette and Alex Leatu.
In
singles play, Mamalat gained another point for the Aggies with a
straight-set win over Leatu on court 6. 6-2, 6-2. To make it 3-0,
sixth-ranked Sanchez-Quintanar defeated
the 12th-ranked Burgic by the same score.
To
clinch the match for TAMU, Hristov came back from a 6-1 deficit in a
second set tiebreaker to win the match 6-0, 7-6 (7) on court 5 against
Maria Biryukova. At that point,
all other singles matches were taken off the court since the team match
was decided.
Baylor
has now lost eight out of nine matches and is 4-8 overall. The Lady
Bears have dropped to 1-8 against top-25 ranked opponents this season
and are 0-4 on the road. This
is the second time this season that the Lady Bears have been shut out
by an opponent.
The all-time series between Texas A&M (6-1) and Baylor is now tied at 20 matches apiece.
Baylor will continue its road trip against Clemson at 2:30 p.m. on March 8 in Clemson, S.C.
Follow @BaylorWTennis for updates on the team all season.
