Bears Shift Focus to NCAA Individual Championships

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 23, 2021

Bears Shift Focus to NCAA Individual Championships
No. 11 Soto, No. 21 Boitan to compete in singles, No. 9 Frantzen and Lah take court in doubles
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

ORLANDO, Fla. – One day after the conclusion of the NCAA Team Championship, the 2021 national runner-up Baylor men’s tennis team will send four players to compete in the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships in Orlando, Fla., at the USTA National Campus.

In singles, No. 11 Matias Soto and No. 21 Adrian Boitan will represent the Bears with first-round matches on Sunday. Boitan opens his individual run against Florida Gulf Coast’s No. 88 Janmagnus Johnson at 5 p.m. CT Sunday, while Soto, a 9-16 seeded participant, takes on Wake Forest’s No. 40 Eduardo Nava at 6 p.m. CT.

After garnering a 5-8 seed, No. 9-ranked Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah will begin doubles competition on Monday against No. 21 Ewan Moore/Hamish Stewart of Tulane at a time still to be determined.

The 64-player singles tournament will be held from May 23-28, while the 32-team doubles draw will begin a day later. All matches will be best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and 7-point tiebreakers at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.

Live scoring will be provided by the USTA with live video available via the TennisONE app. Links can be found on the men’s tennis schedule page on BaylorBears.com.

Frantzen and Lah are currently the No. 9 doubles team in the latest Oracle/ITA rankings with a 13-9 record on the year. The duo owns a 6-4 mark against nationally ranked opponents.

In singles, Soto checks in at No. 11 with a 20-6 tally this season with an 11-6 record against nationally ranked opponents, while Boitan follows close behind at No. 21 with a 17-5 record in 2021, including a 9-4 mark against ranked foes.

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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