Last season, an upset against Big 12 tennis regular season champion Baylor University stood between a return visit to the Big 12 tournament semifinals but the Bears were too much for K-State.
“It’s good for us to face the best in the conference because it shows me and the team where we need to be and what we need to work on to be able to challenge to be the best in the league and in the country,” K-State head coach Danielle Steinberg said to K-State Sports in April. “We have a long way to go but I think we made a big step forward this week and hopefully we can build on it going into the offseason and into next year.