No. 4 Baylor Men's Tennis Travels to Illinois for ITA National Indoor Championship

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – February 11, 2021

No. 4 MT Travels to Illinois for ITA National Indoor Championship
Bears earn fourth-seed, to face No. 5 Texas in opening matchup
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – No. 4-ranked and fourth-seeded Baylor men’s tennis will compete for the eighth-consecutive season in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship this weekend at the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Ill.

BU (9-1) will open its tournament run with a rematch against No. 5 Texas (7-1) on Friday at 3:30 p.m. CT in the quarterfinals.

This is Baylor’s 18th appearance at National Indoors, having qualified after defeating previous No. 4-ranked Michigan and No. 9 Texas A&M as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Bears are 25-27 all-time at the national event, with their best finish coming in 2005 when they knocked off four ranked teams to win the title.

Last season, BU dropped its opening match to Wake Forest 4-1, but bounced back with a 4-0 sweep over host Wisconsin. The Bears’ 2020 tournament ended with a 4-2 loss to Columbia. The last time BU won two matches at National Indoors was 2015.

Baylor heads to Champaign with six ranked singles players in No. 43 Sven Lah, No. 46 Adrian Boitan, No. 56 Matias Soto, No. 66 Constantin Frantzen, No. 74 Nick Stachowiak and No. 103 Charlie Broom. The Bears are a combined 44-5 in singles dual play this spring. No player on the roster owns more than one loss in singles and unranked Spencer Furman is undefeated at 5-0.

BU also boasts the No. 10-ranked doubles team in the nation in Lah/Frantzen. The Bears are a combined 21-8 in doubles duals this season and have won the doubles point seven times in 2021. Baylor is 3-0 in matches when dropping the doubles point.

This will be the second meeting between the Bears and Longhorns this season, with one more contest scheduled for late April. BU has won the last two matchups, though UT still holds a 44-23 all-time advantage.

The Bears are 3-1 this season against top-10 ranked opponents, and will have more opportunities this weekend to improve that mark. This year’s field includes No. 1 USC, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 TCU, No. 7 Virginia and No. 10 Tennessee, in addition to host team Illinois, the Bears and the Longhorns.

BU is guaranteed to play three matches in this year’s tournament. The Bears will face either top-seeded USC or Illinois on Saturday at 3:30 or 6:30 p.m., depending on Friday’s results.

Live scoring and live streaming are available all weekend long. Links can be found on the men’s tennis schedule page at BaylorBears.com.

For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.
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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3073 | C: 254-265-1639

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