Feb. 27, 2005

WACO, Texas - Baylor's No. 24 women's tennis team handed Texas-Arlington a 7-0 setback Sunday afternoon at the Baylor Tennis Center.

The Bears, now 6-2, have a 5 match winning streak and are 4-0 at home while the Lady Mavericks fall to 0-3.

The doubles point was quickly finished with all three Baylor teams posting wins.

In singles play, the Bears remained strong. Caroline Korsawe blanked UTA's Jessica Shepard 6-0, 6-0 to start off the winning streak.

Freshman Pavla Mesterova was the lone Lady Maverick to force a third set, coming from behing to win the second set 6-2 over Daniela Covello before eventually falling, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Baylor continued to win with Iva Mihaylova earning the match-winning fourth point by defeating Gretel Hach 6-0, 6-2.

Texas-Arlington returns to action March 5 when it plays host to Nicholls State and Southwest Missouri at the UTA Tennis Center.

#24 Baylor 7 UTA 0
Doubles
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
1. Covello/Zemenova (BU) def. Peciulionyte/Rozkalne (UTA) 8-3
2. Mihaylova/ Krchnakova (BU) def. Mesterova/Novakova (UTA) 8-6
3. Korsawe/ Zrustova(BU) def. Hach/Shepard (UTA) 8-1

Singles
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 5, 3, 4, 2
1. #57 Zuzana Zemenova (BU) def. Monika Peciulionyte (UTA) 6-1(wo inj.)
2. Daniela Covello (BU) def. Pavla Mesterova (UTA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
3. Klara Zrustova (BU) def. Daniela Novakova (UTA) 6-1, 6-3
4. Zuzana Krchnakova (BU) def. Anete Rozkalne (UTA) 6-2, 6-1
5. Iva Mihaylova (BU) def. Gretel Hach (UTA) 6-0, 6-2
6. Caroline Korsawe (BU) def. Jessica Shepard (UTA) 6-0, 6-0

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