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No. 3 Baylor defeats Women's Tennis, 6-1
04.11.2009 | Women's Tennis
April 11, 2009
WACO, Texas - Texas junior Sarah Lancaster posted her fifth consecutive win and improved to 9-0 in conference play with a win at sixth singles, but No. 3 Baylor (16-4, 7-0 Big 12) posted a 6-1 victory over the 31st-ranked Longhorns (12-6, 8-1 Big 12) Saturday afternoon at the Baylor Tennis Center.
Baylor took the first two decisions in the doubles session to claim the doubles point. Texas managed a victory at the third position, where sophomore Maggie Mello and freshman Krista Damico posted an 8-5 win over the Bears' Karolina Filipiak and Kasia Siwosz.
Baylor pushed its lead to 2-0 at fourth singles, where Jelena Stanivuk tallied a 6-2, 6-0 win over UT's Mello. The Bears extended the cushion to 3-0 at second singles, where Lenka Broosova defeated Texas sophomore Caroline Larsson by a 6-0, 6-4 count.
Lancaster put the Longhorns on the board at sixth singles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over BU's Filipiak to improve to 16-2 in dual match play. Baylor went on to clinch the victory at third singles when Csilla Borsanyi defeated Damico by a 6-3, 6-0 count. BU's Siwosz added a 6-2, 7-5 win over UT junior Stephanie Davison at fifth singles to push the lead to 5-1.
After dropping the first set at first singles to Baylor's Taylor Ormond, Texas junior Vanja Corovic rallied to take the second set, 6-4. Ormond prevailed in the ensuing super-tiebreaker, 10-5, to close out the match.
Texas resumes play on Saturday, April 18 at Kansas.
No. 3 Baylor 6, No. 31 Texas 1
Doubles - Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1 #16 Broosova/Borsanyi (BU) def. #25 Corovic/Milic (UT) - 8-4
2 #59 Ormond/Stanivuk (BU) def. Davison/Larsson (UT) - 8-4
3 Damico/Mello (UT) def. Karolina Filipiak/Kasia Siwosz (BU) - 8-5
Singles - Order of Finish: 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1
1 #44 Taylor Ormond (BU) def. #118 Vanja Corovic (UT) - 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
2 #43 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. Caroline Larsson (UT) - 6-0, 6-4
3 #74 Csilla Borsanyi (BU) def. Krista Damico (UT) - 6-3, 6-0
4 #39 Jelena Stanivuk (BU) def. Maggie Mello (UT) - 6-2, 6-0
5 Kasia Siwosz (BU) def. Stephanie Davison (UT) - 6-2, 7-5
6 Sarah Lancaster (UT) def. Karolina Filipiak (BU) - 6-3, 6-4
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