No. 33 Baylor Women's Tennis Wrecks Red Raiders, 7-0

WACO, Texas – No. 33 Baylor (11-4, 2-0) logged another sweep in Big 12 play with a 7-0 win over No. 34 Texas Tech Sunday afternoon at Hurd Tennis Center. For the second-straight season, and fourth time in program history, the Bears open Big 12 play with back-to-back sweeps.

For the 13th time this season, Baylor clinched the doubles point. Paula Barañano and Alina Shcherbinina toppled Olivia Peet and Metka Komac, 6-2. No. 5 Mel Krywoj and Alicia Herrero Linana clinched the point with a 6-2 win on court one.

In singles, No. 123 Shcherbinina got things going with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Kailey Evans. Herrero followed with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Peet. Isabella Harvison clinched the match on court one with a 6-4, 6-2 win over N. 20 Margarita Skriabina.

Barañano defeated Cristina Tiglea, 7-5, 6-1, on court six, with the final two courts coming down to third-set tiebreakers. Anita Sahdiieva prevailed on court five, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. Krywoj sealed the sweep on court three with a 4-6, 6-2, 15-13 win over No. 17 Avelina Sayfetdinova.

 
HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor has won the doubles point in 13 matches this season.

Alina Shcherbinina has won a team-best 13 matches.

Paula Barañano also had double-digit wins on the season with 12.

Isabella Harvison and Mel Krywoj each picked up ranked wins.

 
TOP QUOTE
Joey Scrivano on the match…
"The ladies fought incredibly hard. I was impressed with our mental discipline. We were able to stay on task and stay in the moment and create that moment over and over again. When you do that, really good things happen. Proud of the team. This was a really good team effort, team win, and now we just have to get ready to play on the road. We have some big matches coming up. Now it’s recovery and getting ready for what’s next.”

UP NEXT
No. 33 Baylor hits the road for a match against Iowa State at the Forker Courts on Friday, March 18, at 3 p.m. CST.