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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">April 1, 2021</span></b><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 5 MT Puts Away No. 18 Oklahoma State in Stillwater<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adrian Boitan seals the road victory with his fifth ranked win of the season<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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">THE RUNDOWN<br>
STILLWATER, Okla. –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 5 Baylor men’s tennis (22-3, 1-0 Big 12) opened its Big 12 conference slate with a 4-2 road victory over No. 18 Oklahoma State
(7-7, 0-1 Big 12) Friday at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears extended their overall win streak to six and earned their fifth road win over a ranked
opponent this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears got doubles rolling early when Matias Soto and Nick Stachowiak breezed to a 6-1 win
over Emile Hudd and Dominik Kellovsky at the No. 2 spot. 18<sup>th</sup>-ranked Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah secured the opening point with a 6-3 win against No. 24 Henrik Korsgaard and Matej Vocel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In singles action, things got tight as the first sets were evenly split between the two ranked
squads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Spencer Furman opened up the 2-0 Baylor lead with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Etienne Donnet at
the No. 6 spot while OSU got on the board with Mathieu Scaglia’s 7-5, 6-2 win over Stachowiak at the No. 4 position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">With the remaining four matches going three sets, Charlie Broom collected a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win
over Kellovsky on court five before Sven Lah dropped a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision at the No. 3 spot to make it a 3-2 BU advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">After narrowly dropping his opening set, No. 62 Adrian Boitan closed the door with a 6-7(3),
6-3, 7-5 triumph over No. 44 Vocel at the top of the lineup to seal the road win for the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">To keep up with things all season long, follow the team on social media: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
• Baylor improved to 22-3 on the season, including a 9-3 mark against ranked opponents.<br>
• The Bears are now 7-1 on the road this season, which includes five ranked wins.<br>
• Baylor is now 30-11 all-time against Oklahoma State.<br>
• BU improved to 19-6 in the doubles point this season, and the Bears are now 18-1 in matches when winning the opening tally.<br>
• Baylor now holds a combined 108-19 record this season in singles action and a 48-19 mark in doubles.<br>
• Constantin Frantzen earned the 102nd doubles win of his career, moving him into a tie for second place on Baylor's all-time leaderboard with Lars Poerschke. The fifth-year senior sits just two wins behind Benjamin Becker's school record 104.<br>
• Adrian Boitan clinched his fifth ranked win of the season in singles action.<br>
• Charlie Broom improves to 15-2 in singles action this season, including 11-1 at the No. 5 spot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STAT OF THE MATCH</span></b><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5 – the number of ranked road wins by the Bears so far this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TOP QUOTE<br>
Interim head coach Michael Woodson</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<i>On the win…</i><br>
“Just such a high-level, Big 12 college match. That’s what I think of when I think of Big 12 tennis. It was an absolute battle on every single court. I give a lot of credit to the guys, I thought we played fantastic doubles. We played some high energy, disciplined
tennis on all three courts and came away with a pretty quick doubles point. OSU is tough in singles, they got up early but we did a nice job battling back. We were very fortunate to come out on top and hats off to Charlie [Broom] and Adrian [Boitan] for getting
over the hump in their matches. To go on the road and beat a top-20 team like that in Big 12 conference play is all that we could ask for.”<br>
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<b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor returns to road action against No. 20 Oklahoma (8-9) on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT in Norman, Okla. The match will air on FOX Sports Oklahoma. BU defeated
OU, 4-1, earlier this season in a non-conference match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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