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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">May 9, 2021<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 MT Punches Ticket to Orlando with Sweep of No. 37 Oregon<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears advance to Round of 16 for 19<sup>th</sup> time in program history<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">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> It was another sweep for the top-ranked
team in the nation, as No. 2-seeded Baylor men’s tennis took care of No. 37 Oregon, 4-0, Sunday afternoon in Waco.<br>
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The Bears (31-4) overcame a one-hour, nine-minute weather delay that forced the match to move inside from the Hurd Tennis Center to the Hawkins Indoor to advance to the program’s 19<sup>th</sup> NCAA Round of 16.<br>
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Once again, BU started fast on the doubles courts as Finn Bass/Charlie Broom handled business at the No. 3 position, winning 6-4 over Brandon Lam/Ryoma Matsushita. Then, No. 75 Matias Soto/Nick Stachowiak sealed a 6-3 victory on court two against Emmanuel Coste/Jesper
Klov-Nilsson to hand the opening tally to the Bears.<br>
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Heading into singles, it was Sven Lah who got it going quickly with a runaway 6-1 first set on court three. All other Bears were locked in tight matches, as three more openers went Baylor’s way while Broom and No. 11 Soto fell in first-set tiebreakers.<br>
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Just a few games into the second sets on all six courts, play was delayed due to lightning in the area. After the pause, BU brought its energy indoors and started to put points on the board. It was Lah who struck first, finishing off a 6-1, 7-6(5) win over
Quinn Vandecasteele, followed by Spencer Furman on court six with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Luke Vandecasteele.<br>
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As Stachowiak battled in a 7-5, 4-4 match on court four, Soto and Broom fought back to force third-sets in their respective matches. But, for the third-consecutive match, it was Adrian Boitan who clinched it for Baylor at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-4 victory
against Coste.<br>
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With the win, Baylor advances to face 14<sup>th</sup>-ranked and 15<sup>th</sup>-seeded Ole Miss in the NCAA Round of 16 on Monday, May 17, at 12 p.m. CT at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
• Baylor’s 31 wins are its most in a single-season since 2005 (33).<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 improved to 61-21 all-time in NCAA Championship play and 33-1 when hosting in Waco.<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 are 35-4 all-time in 4-0 postseason matches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor picked up its 18<sup>th</sup> sweep of the season and 14<sup>th</sup> 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 is now 9-2 all-time as the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Championship.<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 are now 27-8 in the doubles point this season and are 26-1 in matches when winning the opening tally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor boasts a combined 148-30 (.831) mark in singles action this spring and a collective 68-23 (.747) record 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">• Spencer Furman extended his win streak to 11 matches with his 20<sup>th</sup> singles victory of the spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Adrian Boitan is now on a five-match singles win streak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Matias Soto and Nick Stachowiak lead the Bears with a six-match doubles win streak.<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">19 –
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor is advancing to the NCAA Round of 16 for the 19<sup>th</sup> time in program history.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><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>
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">On moving indoors…<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It was interesting being out there as a coach because you are looking around and you’re focusing on a couple courts. On my courts, Matias [Soto] was struggling a little bit,
and Adrian [Boitan] was actually struggling physically. I just felt like there was some uncertainty, which is good if we are going to go far in the tournament to have to wait, change venues, regroup. It helped some of our guys [by] stopping some momentum for
other guys, but it was just about setting the tone as soon as we came into the indoor facility. I thought they did a phonemical job. When we came in, I felt like all our guys on every single court really stepped it up a notch and took the match. I felt like
we were ahead, but we really finished it strong. The energy on and off the court was really good for our guys.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>On advancing to Orlando…</i></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“[I thought winning] at Michigan and at Wake Forest were probably two of our best wins on the year and neither one of those teams are in Orlando. I think anytime
you can advance to the round of 16 in any sport in college athletics is a huge deal. We are really excited about it. For some of these guys, they haven’t been in this position before so them to handle it as well as they did, coming from programs where they
haven’t had that type of success is really special. I thought that Oregon played together, they pushed us to the limits and tested us on every single court. It’s good to get through</span>.”<br>
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:.25pt">Graduate senior Spencer Furman</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On gathering momentum after moving indoors…</span></i><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"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“I felt like on my court, I was starting my jump in the second set and then the lightning happened, but I was able to get out to a quick start indoors and I felt
like it got much tougher as it went on indoors because we got used to it. We were fortunate to get to hit earlier inside so that helped us a lot.”</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:.25pt">Third-year sophomore Finn Bass</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On getting it done in doubles…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It’s massive, the doubles point is huge. Just for momentum going up 1-0 is massive, and you only have to win three out of six singles, whereas winning four against
a team like Oregon is really difficult. It just sets the team up really nicely for the rest of the match.</span>”<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor (31-4) advances to face No. 14 Ole Miss (13-10) in the NCAA Round of 16 on Monday, May 17, at 12 p.m. CT at the USTA National Campus in
Orlando, Fla.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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