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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 15 MT Collects Two Wins To Open 2021 Season<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears defeat Lamar 7-0, ACU 6-1 in Woodson’s head coaching debut<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 15 Baylor men’s tennis (2-0)
opened its 2021 season with two wins on Friday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center, defeating Lamar 7-0 and Abilene Christian 6-1.<br>
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Interim head coach Michael Woodson picked up his first two career wins as a head coach.<br>
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With the wins, the Bears improved to 25-1 in home openers dating back to 1996 and hold a 28-match win streak at home.<br>
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<b>MATCH ONE: Baylor 7, Lamar 0</b><br>
The Bears got off to a hot start, claiming the doubles point with wins on all three courts. Adrian Boitan/Nick Stachowiak opened it up with a 6-2 victory over Nicolas Mayr/Axel Vila Antuna in the No. 1 spot, while Finn Bass/Alex Garcia took a 6-1 win on court
three over Brandon Do/Joshua Taylor. <br>
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With the doubles point already secured, Constantin Frantzen/Matias Soto finished out a 6-4 match against Filippo Salsini/Joshua Sundaram in the second position.<br>
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In singles action, No. 74 Stachowiak got his first dual-match singles win as a member of the green and gold 6-2, 6-0 over Mayr on court two. Fellow graduate transfer Spencer Furman followed that up with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court three against Salsini to give
the Bears a 3-0 advantage in the match.<br>
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Ryan Dickerson took care of business on court five, winning 6-1, 6-0 over Do to clinch the match for BU.
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Baylor carried momentum throughout the season-opener, as Alex Garcia won 6-4, 6-3 against Joshua Taylor on court six, No. 46 Boitan cruised past Vila Antuna 6-3, 6-3 in the top position and Finn Bass closed it out with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Sundaram on court
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<b>MATCH TWO: Baylor 6, ACU 1<br>
</b>Once again, the Bears wasted no time on the doubles courts as Charlie Broom/Soto defeated Savan Chhabra/Riley Tran 6-1 in the No. 1 spot and Dickerson/Furman teamed up to win 6-3 over Joaquin Delgado/Jose Maria Rastrojo on court two, sealing the doubles
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The Frantzen brothers paired up on court three for a 6-3 victory against Oswaldo Cano/Andrew Otzenberger, marking the duo’s third-career doubles win as a team and first of 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Christopher Frantzen kicked off the singles scoring with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 win over Rastrojo on court five, the first dual-match singles victory
of his young career. Broom followed suit with a 6-2, 6-1 win, the first singles win of his Baylor career, against Cano in the second spot.<br>
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In his collegiate debut, Joseph Chen earned the clinching point with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Otzenberger on court six.<br>
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To round things out, No. 56 Soto grinded out a 6-3, 7-5 win on the top court over Chhabra and No. 66 Constantin Frantzen claimed a three-set victory on court three against Tran 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">ACU’s lone point came as Sebastian Nothhaft fell in a thrilling three-set match to Delgado, 3-6, 7-6(7), 1-0 (10-5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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HIGHLIGHTS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor is now 25-1 in home openers since 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• The Bears hold a 28-match win streak at home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• BU extended its current win streak to six matches.
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• Interim head coach Michael Woodson earned his first-career win as a head coach.<br>
• Baylor has won both ends of its last 28 doubleheaders.<br>
• Baylor is 2-0 in the doubles points this season.<br>
• Four players made their Baylor debuts – Charlie Broom, Joseph Chen, Spencer Furman and Nick Stachowiak.<br>
• BU leads the all-time series against Lamar 9-4, and Abilene Christian 15-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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STAT OF THE MATCH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">1 – Interim head coach Michael Woodson earned his first-career win as a head coach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">TOP QUOTE<br>
Interim head coach Michael Woodson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On the doubleheader…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“I think it was fun to see the guys out there competing again.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I loved how the young guys came out. Chris [Christopher Frantzen] was super aggressive and very confident out there. Alex [Garcia] played free throughout the match. And, Joseph [Chen] went
in at the last minute and did a heck of a job. With the old guys, we got what we expected. I have high hopes and high expectations for the new guys’ Nick [Stachowiak], Spencer [Furman] and Charlie [Broom]. They all delivered and did well.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Third-year sophomore Adrian Boitan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On playing for the first time in over 10 months…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“It’s quite nice, I missed it a lot. I love to compete. I’m really grateful for our entire athletic department and how much they do in order
for us to be able to take the court.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears (2-0) return to Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center on Monday for another doubleheader against SMU. The two matches are set to begin at 10
a.m. and 4 p.m., respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">For the latest news on the Baylor men's tennis team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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