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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. 3 Baylor MT Earns Slew of Postseason Conference Accolades<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Big 12 postseason awards highlighted by junior Adrian Boitan</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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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IRVING, Texas –</span></b><span style="background:white"> No. 3 Baylor men’s tennis earned a multitude of All-Conference postseason awards, announced by the Big 12 on Thursday.<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">Headlining the awards announcement was Adrian Boitan, who earned Big 12 Player of the Year. The junior from Romania was also named a first-teamer
for singles and individual season champion for court one. In addition, he and Paroulek were named individual season champions for doubles court three.<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">The All-Big 12 First Team singles players for Baylor were Boitan and senior Matias Soto, while Sven Lah and Paroulek were named to the Second Team.<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">The individual season champions for Baylor were Boitan, Paroulek on court five, and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi on court six.<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">For All-Big 12 doubles, Finn Bass and Lah were named to the First Team, while Soto and Grassi Mazzuchi were named to the Second Team. Soto and Grassi
Mazzuchi were also named individual season champions for court two in doubles.<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 Big 12 regular-season, Boitan went 4-0 on the singles courts, with Paroulek at 4-1 and Grassi Mazzuchi going 5-0. In doubles conference play,
Grassi Mazzuchi and Soto were 5-0, while Boitan and Paroulek were 3-1.<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">For the spring as a whole through the Big 12 Championships in singles, Boitan was 17-1, Lah 15-6, Soto 13-8, Paroulek 13-2 and Grassi Mazzuchi 23-3.
In doubles, Bass and Lah went 14-6, Grassi Mazzuchi and Soto were 19-5, while Boitan and Paroulek were 13-4.<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">NEXT UP<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">The Bears await their seeding in the NCAA Tournament, to be announced via live stream on NCAA.com on Monday, May 2, at 6 p.m. CT. More information
will be forthcoming.<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><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 BIG 12 MEN’S TENNIS POSTSEASON AWARDS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Player of the Year: Adrian Boitan, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Freshman of the Year: Pierre-Yves Bailly, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Co-Newcomer of the Year: Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Co-Newcomer of the Year: Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coach of the Year: David Roditi, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All-Big 12 First Team Singles</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adrian Boitan, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matias Soto, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Luc Fomba, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sander Jong, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Micah Braswell, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All-Big 12 Second Team Singles</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sven Lah, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mason Beiler, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jake Fearnley, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pierre-Yves Bailly, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eliot Spizzirri, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All-Big 12 First Team Doubles</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Finn Bass/Sven Lah, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cleeve Harper/Richard Ciamarra, Texas<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">Matias Soto/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Baylor<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">Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Individual Season Champions By Position</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><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">No. 1 Singles: Adrian Boitan, Baylor (4-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 2 Singles: Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU (4-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 3 Singles: Sander Jong, TCU (4-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 4 Singles: Jake Fearnley, TCU (3-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 5 Singles: Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor (4-1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 6 Singles: Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Baylor (5-0)<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">No. 1 Doubles: Richard Ciamarra & Cleeve Harper, Texas (3-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 2 Doubles: Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi & Matias Soto (5-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 3 Doubles: Juan Carlos Aguilar & Pedro Vives, TCU (3-1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Adrian Boitan & Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor (3-1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Mason Beiler & Nathan Han, Oklahoma (3-1)<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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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