Women's Tennis Hosts No. 17 Texas on Wednesday
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March 17, 2003 WACO, Texas - The Bears are in Waco Wednesday to take on conference rival Texas at 6 p.m. at the Baylor Tennis Center. The match with Texas was originally scheduled for March 6 but was postponed. Baylor will travel to Oxford, Miss. to take on the Ole Miss Rebels at noon Saturday. Baylor is coming off a very successful week, winning three out of four matches and losing a heartbreaker to No. 25 Illinois, 4-3, on Sunday which came down to the last match. Last Saturday the Bears played host to Missouri where they gave the Tigers their first Big 12 loss on the season; the Bears remained undefeated with a 5-2 victory. On Thursday the Bears traveled to Malibu, Calif. and defeated No. 48 Pepperdine 4-3, and on Saturday they stayed in their winning ways by defeating Kansas State 4-3 and moving to 4-0 in Big 12 play. In singles play this week Daria Potapova continued her five-game winning streak and has won nine of her last 10 matches with her only loss coming to Debbie Laocque of Arizona 7-5, 7-6 on February 28. Izabela Mijic was starting another run before she lost to Brianna Knue of Illinois 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Mijic has won 11 of her last 13 dual matches.
In doubles action the Bears won the doubles point three out of four matches with their only doubles loss coming at Pepperdine. Stephanie Balzert and Izabela Mijic won three doubles matches in a row this past week after being paired up for the first time since Feb. 2.
The Bears' take on the Longhorns Sat. Mar. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Baylor Tennis Center and travel to Mississippi to take on the Runnin Rebels at noon on Saturday. Results for both upcoming matches will be posted on baylorbears.com. Live Internet updates will be posted for Wednesday's match.
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