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Women's Tennis Set for Showdown with No. 1 Northwestern
March 25, 2008
WACO, Texas - Complete Release in PDF Format
this week in baylor women's tennis The second-ranked Baylor women's tennis team will play host to top-ranked Northwestern on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the bears on a roll A team making waves on the women's side is Baylor: four weeks ago, the Bears jumped to No. 4 in the rankings, their highest national ranking in program history. After falling to fifth place for two weeks, the Lady Bears jumped two spots last week to No. 3. This week, Baylor improved one spot to No. 2, the Lady Bears' highest ranking in program history. The Bears are also on several streaks, including a 12-match win streak against nationally ranked opponents, and a 38-match win streak at home. The Bears' last home loss came on March 19, 2005 to Vanderbilt. The 37-match home win streak includes victories over 22 nationally ranked opponents. northwestern file Wednesday's match against Northwestern will mark the first time that Baylor has played host to the nation's No. 1-ranked team. It will mark just the third meeting with a top-ranked team, and the first in a non-championship format. Baylor has squared off against a top-ranked team on two other occasions, both against Stanford. The Lady Bears fell to the Cardinal 4-2 earlier this season at the ITA Indoor Championships, and lost a 7-0 decision to Stanford at the National Indoor Championships in 2001. The Wildcats are 13-1 on the season, with their lone loss a 4-2 decision to Georgia Tech at the ITA Indoor Championships. Northwestern won/lost at lady bears blank texas tech Baylor swept through in the rankings Baylor moved up one spot to No. 2 in the nation according to the latest rankings from the ITA, it was announced on Tuesday. The Lady Bears, whose previous top ranking came last week when Baylor moved up to No. 3 in the ITA rankings, achieve their highest ranking in program history. The Lady Bears are currently 17-1 on the season, with its only loss to then-top-ranked Stanford at the 2008 ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Madison, Wisc. The Lady Bears are riding a 15-match winning streak, including wins over 12 teams ranked in the top 75, and eight teams ranked 19th or better. In addition, Baylor has four singles players and two doubles teams ranked this week. Lenka Broosova holds the No. 11 national ranking in singles, while Zuzana Zemenova jumped two spots to 23rd in the nation this week. Taylor Ormond is ranked 26th overall, while Jana Bielikova made the largest move in the rankings, jumping 17 spots to No. 62 in the nation. Zemenova and Broosova combine for a No. 4 national doubles ranking, while Ormond teams with Jelena Stanivuk as the 54th-ranked tandem in the nation. weekly honors Zuzana Zemenova was named the Big 12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week for matches between March 10-16. The weekly award is the sixth career accolade for Zemenova and marks the second time this season she has earned the league's award. Earlier this season, Zemenova earned the conference's first weekly award of the spring season. Then ranked 24th nationally, she posted a 4-0 record at No. 1 singles, including wins over No. 10 Riza Zalameda (UCLA), No. 11 Melanie Gloria ( The weekly award was the third straight for Baylor players. The Lady Bears swept the first three awards of the dual match season. Taylor Ormond was selected as the player of the week on March 10. She posted a 2-0 singles and 2-0 doubles record as Baylor opened conference play with road wins at
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