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May 21, 2008

TULSA, Okla. -

Lenka Broosova, Taylor Ormond and Zuzana Zemenova all won first round matches in the NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championships which started on Wednesday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

No. 18 Broosova won her morning match, downing No. 23 Nadia Abdala of Arizona State 6-1, 6-0. The win is the 19^th-straight overall for Broosova, and the ninth-consecutive win in straight sets. In those nine matches, Broosova has only lost 20 games overall. She will now face third-seeded Hilary Barte of Stanford on Thursday. Barte defeated No. 36 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) by a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 score. Zemenova defeated Barte 6-4, 6-2 in Baylor's quarterfinal match against the Cardinal last Saturday.

With the win, Broosova improves her overall record to 50-4 on the season. Already holding the women's tennis single-season wins record for singles play, Broosova now owns the Baylor tennis program singles wins record. In 2002-03 Benedikt Dorsch set the previous record with 49 wins in a single season.

No. 43 Ormond won her first round match-up 6-1, 7-5 against No. 48 Catherine Newman of Vanderbilt. Ormond, the 2008 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, will now face top-ranked Aurelija Miseviciute of Arkansas on Thursday. Miseviciute needed three sets to get by Jenni Heinser of San Francisco 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

No. 25 Zemenova knocked off fourth-ranked and fifth-seeded Marina Cossou of California 6-4, 6-1 in first round action. Zemenova won the 2005 NCAA Singles title becoming the first unseeded player, and only the sixth freshman, in NCAA history to win the singles championship. The four-time Big 12 Player of the Year will now face No. 58 Kelley Hyndman of Georgia. In March, Zemenova defeated Hyndman 6-1, 6-2 in Baylor's 4-3 win over Georgia.

Wednesday Results

#18 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. #23 Nadia Abdala (ASU) - 6-1, 6-0

#43 Taylor Ormond (BU) def. No. 48 Catherine Newman (VU) - 6-1, 7-5

#25 Zuzana Zemenova def. #4 Marina Cossou (CAL) - 6-4, 6-1