http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:57:26 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/12/11122009wacsigningsrdp.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/12/11122009wacsigningsrdp.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Looking to replenish his pitching staff, Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith signed six pitchers and an infielder Wednesday. Six of the players are high school seniors in Texas, while right-handed pitcher Tyler Bremer, a transfer from UC-Davis, fills out the group. The rest of the signees include Mexia right-handed pitcher Trae Davis, McKinney Boyd lefty Doug Ashby, Lake Travis southpaw Brad Kuntz, Belton right-hander Dillon Newman, Richardson Pearce righty Sean Spicer and McLeod infielder Grayson Porter. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/02/11022009WACBUBRIEF.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/02/11022009WACBUBRIEF.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Baylor women’s tennis player Csilla Borsanyi took the HEB Baylor Invitational singles title Sunday morning against Texas A&M’s Elze Potgieter, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Borsanyi, the No. 2 seed, lost the first set and trailed No. 3 seeded Potgieter into the second set, but then turned the match around to take the title. The senior advanced to the title match with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Rice’s Rebekka Hanle. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/31/10312009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/31/10312009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor’s top-seeded Taylor Ormond and second-seeded Csilla Borsanyi won straight set victories in the second round of the HEB Baylor Invitational Friday. Ormond beat North Texas’ Shannon McKenzie, 6-0 and 6-3, while Borsanyi beat Texas A&M’s Christina Amo, 6-0 and 6-1. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/23/10232009wacbulukac.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/23/10232009wacbulukac.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor’s Denes Lukacs advanced to the Round of 16 in the main draw of this week’s United States Tennis Association Futures Pro Circuit event Thursday, but fell to Slovakia’s Matej Bocko, 6-3, 6-1. The senior defeated Sekou Bangoura, 6-4, 6-3, in the opening round. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/21/10212009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/21/10212009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor’s Nina Secerbegovic fell short in her bid for the championship at the ITA Texas Regional on Tuesday. The sophomore dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision in the final to Texas’ Aeriel Ellis, who responded from a 3-2 second-set deficit to win the final four games. The Bears will host the Baylor Invitational from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/18/10182009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/18/10182009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Top-seeded Lenka Broosova led a Baylor contingent that won five singles matches in the first round of the ITA Texas Regional on Saturday at Waco Regional Tennis Center. Broosova crushed Texas’ Carlene Leyden, 6-1, 6-1, but perhaps the biggest win for the Bears was Karolina Filipiak’s 6-4, 7-6 (5) upset of ninth-seeded Maggie Mello, also of Texas. Taylor Ormond also cruised to an easy straight-set win, while Csilla Borsanyi dug out of losing the first set 6-0 to win in three sets. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/10/10102009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/10/10102009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT TULSA, Okla. — Baylor’s Jordan Rux dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to Kentucky’s Eric Quigley Friday in the ITA All-American Championships. Rux, the 27th-ranked player in the ITA preseason rankings, fell behind early and was never able to recover to the 70th-ranked Quigley. The loss was Rux’s first of the season as he fell to 7-1. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/28/09282009wacbutenn.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/28/09282009wacbutenn.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor junior Jordan Rux knocked off the top two seeds to win the A singles title at the HEB Baylor Intercollegiate before claiming the A doubles crown with partner Maros Horny on Sunday. Rux blew away second seed Moritz Baumann of Wisconsin, ranked No. 19 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s preseason rankings, 6-2, 6-2 in the final, after dumping top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State, 6-4, 7-6 (4), in the semifinals. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/25/09252009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/25/09252009wacbutennis.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor men’s tennis team will host the ninth annual Baylor HEB Intercollegiate Invitational today through Sunday at the Baylor Tennis Center. More than 110 athletes from 23 schools will compete in the event, which includes 14 singles players and three doubles teams that are ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s preseason poll. The tournament consists of two 64-player singles draws, flights A and B, and A and B flights with 32-team doubles draws. There will be consolation for both singles events. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/22/09222009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/22/09222009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT MIDLAND, Texas — Baylor’s Jelena Stanivuk swept away Nebraska’s Mary Weatherholt, 7-5, 6-3, to win the singles title at the Midland Racquet Club Invitational on Sunday. The Baylor junior, who reached the championship match by holding off Pepperdine’s Ali Walters, 6-1, 7-6 (4), finished with a 4-0 record. Stanivuk opened the tournament with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-3 win over Pepperdine’s Maria Zalameda on Saturday before downing TCU’s Megan Alexander, 6-2, 7-6 (8), later in the day to reach the semifinals. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/19/09192009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/19/09192009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT MIDLAND — Baylor’s Jelena Stanivuk beat Texas Tech’s Natalie Leitch in the second round of the Midland Racquet Club Invitational Friday. After losing the first set, Stanivuk rallied to win the last two sets. She received a first-round bye in the tournament. Baylor’s Karolina Filipiak beat North Texas’ Paula Dinuta in the first round before losing to Nebraska’s Madeline Geibert in the second round. Baylor’s Carla Lindlar beat Texas Tech’s Kerryin Potgeiter in the first round before losing to Rice’s Julia Chao in the second round. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/15/09152009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/15/09152009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Four members of Baylor’s men’s tennis team have been named to the International Tennis Association’s preseason rankings. Junior Jordan Rux is the team’s highest-ranked singles player at No. 27 after finishing the 2009 spring season at 46th. Senior Attila Bucko and sophomore Julian Bley are also ranked in the singles poll, which contains the top 125 players, at No. 85 and 113, respectively. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/06/08062009wacbeck.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/06/08062009wacbeck.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT WASHINGTON — Andy Roddick showed little rust following a monthlong break. The top-seeded Roddick beat former Baylor all-American Benjamin Becker, 6-3, 6-2, on Wednesday at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, his first match since losing the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer on July 5. Roddick took the extended break to recover from a right hip flexor injury sustained in that match, an ailment he said has healed. He had a few errant shots go long or wide, but controlled the match throughout, never facing a break point. He had eight aces — including the match winner — without a double-fault, but still pointed to his service game as the area that needs improvement. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/06/08062009wacacad.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/06/08062009wacacad.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor men’s tennis team was recently named an all-Academic team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. In order to be eligible for the ITA award, a team must have a grade-point average of at least a 3.2, which was easily exceeded by the Bears’ 3.46 in the spring, an all-time record for the program. In addition, five players earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/28/07282009wacbu.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/28/07282009wacbu.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor men’s tennis team hired Chris Brandi as an assistant coach Monday. Brandi comes to Baylor after serving as an assistant at Wake Forest last season and replaces Kyle Spencer, who was named head tennis coach at Maryland. “Baylor tennis is proud to welcome Chris Brandi to our tennis family,” Baylor coach Matt Knoll said. “He will be a tremendous addition to our program. I wasn’t able to convince him to join us after he visited Baylor as a high school prospect in 2001 so it’s gratifying that I was able to get him here as a coach in 2009. His pedigree in coaching is special as is his passion for the game and love for his players. He’ll make everyone here better this year.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/11/07112009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/11/07112009wacbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor women’s tennis team announced Friday that Anda Perianu has been added as an assistant coach. Perianu, a native of Romania, was twice named Big 12 Player of the Year during her career at Oklahoma and has spent the last four years serving as a volunteer assitant for the Sooners while also playing on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Perianu replaces Anousjka van Exel, who left the Lady Bears after two seasons to return to her native country, the Netherlands. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacgerman.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacgerman.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor women’s tennis team added its first player for the 2009-10 season, announcing the signing of Carla Lindlar of Germany on Thursday. Lindlar, who has been ranked as high as No. 85 in her home country, joins a Bears team that returns all six starters from a squad that finished sixth in the nation after reaching the NCAA quarterfinals and finished with a record of 27-5. The right-hander was the Hesse state U-18 singles champion in 2006 and 2008 and double champion this year. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/21/06212009wacbecker.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/21/06212009wacbecker.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Associated Press DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Former Baylor all-American Benjamin Becker won his first ATP title on Saturday, beating Dutch wild card Raemon Sluiter, 7-5, 6-3, at the Ordina Open. Becker won the first set on his third break point. The German qualifier then broke Sluiter in the second game of the second set. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/20/06202009wacfbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/20/06202009wacfbuten.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Former Baylor all-American Benjamin Becker rallied to beat fourth-seeded Rainer Schuettler, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, in an all-German semifinal Friday at the Ordina Open. Becker’s oppenent in the final will be Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands, who defeated Ivan Navarro of Spain, 6-7 (5) 6-2, 6-3, in this grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon. Schuettler served for the match at 5-3 in the second set, but Becker broke him twice before sweeping through the final set. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/25/05252009wacbutenn.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/05/25/05252009wacbutenn.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT COLLEGE STATION — The Baylor doubles team of Lenka Broosova and Csilla Borsanyi dropped a 6-4, 6-3 decision to California’s Mari Andersson and Jani Juricova in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament Sunday. The Bears fought back from a 5-1 deficit and held three break points to get the first set even before coming up short. “They got off to a really slow start,” Baylor coach Joey Scrivano said. “For whatever reason, they played a little tight in the beginning. They did a good job to get back into the first set. But at this stage, you just can’t put yourself in that position.”