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Texas lost to Baylor in the Big 12 Championship finals on Sunday at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station. Texas was held to only one point, losing 4-1 in singles.
The first Longhorn to fall in this quick match, which barely lasted two hours, was sophomore Stephanie Davison. Davison lost to No. 17 Lenka Broosova in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 3 position.
At No. 1 singles, No. 59 sophomore Vanja Corovic was defeated by Bears senior No. 4 Zuzana Zemenova 6-2, 6-3. Freshman Maggie Mello played in the No. 5 slot and was beaten by Jelena Stanivuk, 7-5, 6-1.
Texas's only point in the match came from sophomore Sarah Lancaster at No. 6 singles. Lancaster won 6-2, 6-3 over Zuzana Chmelarova.
Baylor's fourth and final point came from freshman Caroline Larsson's 6-2, 7-5 loss to No. 100 Jana Bielikova at the No. 4 slot.
Texas got to the final match after beating Texas A&M on their home courts in a 4-3 grudge match. Texas lost the doubles point, despite a stellar performance by Corovic and Milic at No. 1. Corovic and Milic defeated seniors Anna Blagodarova and Tiffany Clifford 8-3.
At No. 2 doubles, Davison and Larsson suffered a loss to Christi Liles and Elzé Potgieter 8-6, and Mello and Zauft fell to Stephanie Davidson and Morgan Frank 9-8 (3).
In singles, Zauft put Texas on the board with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Liles at the No. 2 position. Corovic followed, with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 103 Potgieter at No. 1 singles. At No. 4, Larsson lost to Frank 4-6, 3-6, while Mello won 6-4, 7-5 over Clifford at No. 5.
Lancaster was topped by Davidson at No. 6 singles, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6. The match was decided by the crucial match won by Davison. Davison defeated Blagodarova in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
After a first-round bye in the Big 12 Championship tournament, second-seeded Texas defeated 10th-seeded Kansas State 4-0 on Friday. KSU got the chance to play the Longhorns because it defeated seventh-seeded Nebraska in the first round.
At doubles, Corovic and Milic coasted by Olga Klimova and Katka Kudlackova, winning 8-2. At. No. 2 doubles, Davison and Larsson deafeatd Vanessa Cottin and Antea Huljev 8-5, to clinch the doubles point for Texas.
In singles, Lancaster was the first Longhorn to put a point on the board, beating Pauline Guemas 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 6 slot.
Davison crushed Kudlackova 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, and Corovic clinched the victory, winning 6-2, 6-2 over Viviana Yrureta at No. 1 singles.
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