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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">March 28, 2021<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 4 MT Extends Win Streak to Five with 6-1 Victory at No. 48 SMU<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears drop doubles, storm back to win all six singles matches<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">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">DALLAS –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 4 Baylor men’s tennis collected its
third win of the season over No. 48 SMU on Sunday, taking a 6-1 decision in Dallas at the SMU Tennis Complex.<br>
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The Bears (21-3) extended their win streak to five, marking their fourth streak of the season of at least five in a row.<br>
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The Mustangs (13-11) stole the opening doubles point after Caleb Chakravarthi/Jan-Simon Vrbsky outlasted No. 51 Matias Soto/Nick Stachowiak 7-5 on court two, following a BU-SMU split on the other two courts. SMU’s Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen were first
off after defeating Finn Bass/Charlie Broom 6-3 on three, but No. 22 Constantin Frantzen/Sven Lah won 6-4 against No. 63 Juan Jose Bianchi/Tomas Vaise in the top spot.<br>
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Once singles got underway, the Bears responded with five first-set wins and quickly got back on the board. Ryan Dickerson finished first on court six, winning 6-3, 6-1 over Allen before Broom defeated Vrbsky by the same score on court four.<br>
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Lah pushed BU closer to the match win with a 6-3, 6-1 victory on three against Clarke Wilson, and Soto was the clincher on court two, garnering a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 win over Liam Krall.<br>
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Spencer Furman kept it going at No. 5 singles, winning 6-4, 6-4 over Steinhausen, and No. 90 Adrian Boitan pulled off a solid comeback against Chakravarthi in three sets, 1-6, 7-6(3), 1-0(5).<br>
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HIGHLIGHTS</b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
• Baylor improved to 21-3 on the season, including an 8-3 mark against ranked opponents.<br>
• BU fell to 18-6 in the doubles point this season, but the Bears are now 4-2 in matches when losing the opening tally.<br>
• Baylor now holds a combined 105-17 record this season in singles action and a 46-19 mark in doubles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Constantin Frantzen earned the 101<sup>st</sup> doubles win of his career, moving him into sole possession of third place on Baylor’s all-time
leaderboard. The fifth-year senior sits just three wins behind Benjamin Becker’s school record 104.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Ryan Dickerson improved to a perfect 10-0 this season with his straight-set win on court six. He now has two wins at every position, two through
six.<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">6 – Baylor stormed back after dropping the doubles point to collect all six singles victories<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 QUOTES<br>
Interim head coach Michael Woodson</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Thoughts on today’s match…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“SMU pushed us. We control of the doubles point for a while, but just let it slip. The margins were small and they got the better of us right at the end. But I thought
we did a really nice job of just buckling down and getting to work in singles. We really just showed our class in several situations early and continued to put pressure on SMU. I felt like we did a really nice job of taking control of the match in singles
and taking all six of them was very impressive.”</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Baylor (21-3) remains on the road to open up Big 12 play at No. 18 Oklahoma State on Thursday in Stillwater, Okla., with first serve set for
5 p.m. CT at the Greenwood Tennis Center.<br>
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For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><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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