Feb. 12, 2005

WACO, Texas - Baylor's No. 35 women's tennis team defeated the No. 7 Clemson Tigers Saturday at the Baylor Tennis Center in their first home match of the spring.

After a 20 minute rain delay, the Bears took the court and began singles action at 1:27p.m. Baylor's No. 92 Zuzana Cerna quickly put down No. 97 Daniela Alvarez winning the first point for Baylor 6-0, 6-1.

Zuzana Krchnakova took the next win for Baylor defeating Clemson's Carol Salge 6-4, 6-0. Next, Klara Zrustova and Iva Mihaylova posted wins three and four for the Bears ensuring the win.

Zuzana Zemenova was deep into the third set against No. 5 Julie Coin when the match was called for rain. Zemenova and Coin did not finish their neck-in-neck 6-2, 2-6, 5-5 match. Play was also ended between Baylor's Daniela Covello and No. 114 Maria Brito with a score of 6-3, 4-6, 5-3.

Doubles did not play due to the rain.

The bears will return to action next weekend when they face Pepperdine in Waco and the Baylor Tennis Center Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Doubles
Order of Finish:
1.#9 Cerna/Covello (BU) vs. Coin/Farah (CU)
2.Zemenova/Zrustova (BU) vs. Brito/Alvarez (CU)
3.Krchnakova/Mihaylova (BU) vs. Lesaldo/Paun (CU)

Singles
Order of Finish: 2,6,3,5
1.Zuzana Zemenova (BU) vs. #5 Julie Coin (CU) 6-2, 2-6, 5-5 (dnf)
2.#92 Zuzana Cerna (BU) def. #97 Daniela Alvarez (CU) 6-0, 6-1
3.Klara Zrustova (BU) def. #88 Romy Farah (CU) 6-2, 6-4
4.Daniela Covello (BU) vs. #114 Maria Brito (CU) 6-3, 4-6, 5-3 (dnf)
5.Iva Mihaylova (BU) def. Ioana Paun (CU) 6-2, 6-3
6.Zuzana Krchnakova (BU) def. Carol Salge (CU) 6-4, 6-0