Iowa State Tennis Falls to Baylor

WACO, Texas ? The Iowa State tennis team fell to Baylor, 7-0, Saturday morning. With the loss, the Cyclones are now 8-5 this season and 1-3 in the Big 12.

In singles play, Iowa State's Erin Karonis put up a good fight against Baylor's 37th-ranked Taylor Ormond. Karonis lost in a super tiebreaker 3-6, 6-1, 10-3. In No. 4 singles ISU freshman Marie-Christine Chartier played two close sets, including one that led to a tiebreaker, against BU's Kasia Siwosz, but fell 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Kara Hickey defeated Baylor's Zuzana Chmelarova in the first set 7-5, but Chmelarova came back in the last two sets to win in a tiebreaker 5-7, 6-3, 10-2.

"I am pleased with the way we competed,” Iowa State head coach Armando Espinosa said. “We need to take advantage of our opportunities when they present themselves and run with them.”

The Cyclones will play again Sunday at 10 a.m. against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.

Doubles Results
#1 Lenka Broosova/Jelena Stanivuk (BU) def. Erin Karonis/Kara Hickey (ISU) 8-0
#2 Csilla Borsanyi/Kasia Siwosz (BU) def. Maria Fernanda Macedo/ Marie-Christine Chartier (ISU) 8-1
#3 Karolina Filipiak/Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Tessa Lang/Liza Wischer (ISU) 8-0

Singles Results
#1 Taylor Ormond (BU) def. Erin Karonis (ISU) 3-6, 6-1, 10-3
#2 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. Maria Fernanda Macedo (ISU) 6-1, 6-1
#3 Csilla Borsanyi (BU) def. Tessa Lang (ISU) 6-0, 6-1
#4 Kasia Siwosz (BU) def. Marie-Christine Chartier (ISU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
#5 Karolina Filipiak (BU) def. Liza Wischer (ISU) 6-1, 6-2
#6 Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Kara Hickey (ISU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-2

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Marie-Christine Chartier

Kara Hickey

Kara Hickey

Erin Karonis

Erin Karonis

Tessa Lang

Maria Fernanda Macedo

Liza Wischer

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