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Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, April 15
Waco, Texas
5:00 PM
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Cyclones Fall to the No. 35 Baylor Lady Bears
04.15.2016 | Tennis
WACO, Texas- The Iowa State tennis team (14-6, 2-4 Big 12) fell to the No. 35 Baylor Lady Bears (15-13, 4-3 Big 12) 4-0 on Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
The Cyclones have focused on starting fast in doubles play to win the majority of their matches this season. But in this match it was the Lady Bears started out fast in doubles play with the help of the No. 10 ranked Blair Shankle and Klah Generette. Shankle and Generette defeated Samantha Budai and Liza Buss, the Cyclones top doubles pairing, 6-1. Alejandra Galvis and Annabella Bonadonna were the sole Cyclones duo to defeat the Lady Bears. Galvis and Bonadonna defeated Rhiann Newborn and Karina Traxler 6-2.
The Lady Bears used their momentum from doubles play to carry them through the match by defeating the Cyclones in three singles matches. Budai faced her second ranked opponent in Big 12 play when she faced off against the 89th-ranked Shankle. Shankle defeated Budai 6-0, 6-3.
The Cyclones will be back in action on Sunday when they face off against the Texas Longhorns in Austin, TX at 12:00 p.m. Check back to cyclones.com and follow our twitter account (@CycloneTEN) for the most up to date information.
Doubles:
No. 1: #10 Blair Shankle/Kiah Generette (BU) def. Samantha Budai/Liza Buss (ISU) 6-1
No. 2: Alejandra Galvis/Annabella Bonadonna (ISU) def. Rhiann Newborn/Karina Traxler (BU) 6-2
No. 3: Kelley Anderson/Elizabeth Profit (BU) def. Regina Espindola/Ana Gasparovic (ISU) 6-1
Singles:
No. 1: #89 Blair Shankle (BU) def. Samantha Budai (ISU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 2: Liza Buss (ISU) vs. Kiah Generette (BU) 2-6, 2-3, unfinished
No. 3: Rhiann Newborn (BU) def. Alejandra Galvis (ISU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4: Regina Espindola (ISU) vs. Karina Traxler (BU) 6-7, 5-7, unfinished
No. 5: Annabella Bonadonna (ISU) vs. Kelley Anderson (BU) 5-7, 2-0, unfinished
No. 6: Gabriela Ferreira (BU) def. Claudia Toledo (ISU) 6-3, 6-1
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