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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">April
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 4 Baylor MT Secures Third-Straight Big 12 Championship Title<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Second-seeded Bears defeat top-ranked TCU, 4-2</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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FORT WORTH, Texas –</span></b><span style="background:white"> The No. 4-ranked and second-seeded Baylor men’s tennis team took the Big 12 Championship for the third-straight time, winning 4-2 over the top-seeded and No. 1-ranked TCU for the crown on Sunday
at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears (26-3) secured the program’s 25<sup>th</sup> Big 12 title with the victory over TCU (23-4). It was the second time on the season that BU
downed the Frogs when they were at the top of the ITA rankings.<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;background:white">Baylor’s Tadeas Paroulek earned the Most Outstanding Player honor from the Big 12 after going undefeated in the tournament, 1-0 on the doubles courts
and 2-0 in singles. <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;background:white">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor continued to start hot in doubles, with court one getting the first win and then court two serving as the clincher for the point. No. 6-ranked
Sven Lah and Finn Bass bested second-ranked Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley, 6-3. The No. 15 pair of Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and Matias Soto clinched it for the Bears with a 6-4 win over ninth-ranked Sander Jong and Lui Maxted. On court three, Adrian Boitan
and Tadeas Paroulek went unfinished, up 5-4 over Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives Marcos when the point was earned.<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;background:white">In singles, Grassi Mazzuchi kept it kicking on court six, winning with a swift 6-3, 6-1 win over Tomas Jirousek. Next came No. 70 Paroulek, who bested
Vives Marcos on court five, winning 7-5, 6-1 to put the Bears up 3-0. On court one, No. 3 Boitan was in an absolute battle with No. 18 Fomba, but fell 6-4, 7-5.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bass went into a third set with No. 86 Fearnley on court four, with the Horned Frog taking the point with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 win. With two courts left
to finish, a lightning delay went into effect. Moving indoors, the match was picked up again at 6:40 p.m. With fans sandwiching on courts one and five, No. 43 Soto and No. 14 Aguilar played on court two, while No. 77 Lah and No. 67 Jong played on court four.
In a race to the finish with the team score at 3-2, Soto pulled it out on court two, winning 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3. The Bears dogpiled Soto as he clinched the match and secured the Bears’ third-straight Big 12 Championship.<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;background:white">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor men’s tennis, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorMTennis.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">TENNIS RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">#4 [2 seed] Baylor (4) vs. #1 [1 seed] TCU (2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Fort Worth, Texas – Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">SINGLES COMPETITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1. #18 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #3 Adrian Boitan (BU) 6-4, 7-5</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2. #43 Matias Soto (BU) def. #14 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3. #77 Sven Lah (BU) def. #67 Sander Jong (TCU) 3-6, 7-6(0), 6-6(5-1) unfinished<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">4. #86 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Finn Bass (BU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">5. #70 Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Pedro Vives Marcos (TCU) 7-5, 6-1<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">Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 6-3, 6-1</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Order of finish: 6, 5, 1, 4, 2<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">DOUBLES COMPETITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1. #6 Sven Lah/Finn Bass (BU) def. #2 Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2. #15 Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi/Matias Soto (BU) def. #9 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3. Adrian Boitan/Tadeas Paroulek (BU) vs. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives Marcos (TCU) 5-4 unfinished<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Order of finish: 1, 2<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, A&T)</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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