By Ben Everett | Sports Writer
Baylor women’s tennis opens the season at 11 a.m. Sunday as they travel to Houston to take on Rice.
The Lady Bears are ranked No. 20 in the preseason national poll and were picked to finish fifth in the preseason Big 12 poll.
Baylor boasts a young lineup with five freshmen, three sophomores, one senior and a total of three returning players.
Senior Theresa Van Zyl and sophomores Angelina Shakhraichuk and Jessica Hinojosa return after lettering last year.
Freshmen Livia Kraus, Katelyn Parker, Kristina Sorokolet, Dominika Sujova, Giorgia Testa and Italian transfer sophomore Camilla Abbate join the Baylor program.