No. 3 Baylor MT Readies for Elite Eight Against No. 6 Tennessee

[Allen, Madelon]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 18, 2022





No. 3 Baylor MT Readies for Elite Eight Against No. 6 Tennessee
Bears face the Volunteers for the second time on the season
contact: Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, Madelon_Allen at Baylor.edu<mailto:Madelon_Allen at Baylor.edu>


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 3 national seed Baylor prepares for sixth-seeded Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, to be played on Thursday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Center with a 3 p.m. CT start time.

The Bears (29-3) face the Volunteers (25-7) for the second time on the season and the first time outdoors on Thursday.

With the wins against Abilene Christian, Texas A&M and Stanford in the respective first, second and super regional rounds, BU improved its all-time record in the NCAA Tournament to 65-22.

Baylor currently has a 16-3 record against ranked opponents this season, including a 12-3 record against those in the Top-25. Out of the eight teams remaining in the tournament, the top three seeds – TCU, Florida and Baylor – have made three-consecutive quarterfinal appearances.

BU is one of five teams that has faced all but two of the opponents in the Elite Eight this season. For the Bears, they haven’t faced Ohio State or Florida in 2022.

The last time the Bears faced Tennessee was in the semifinals of the ITA Indoor Championships in February. The then-ranked No. 2 Volunteers bested BU, 4-2.

The all-time series between Tennessee and Baylor is led by UT at 7-3, while BU leads the series when playing in the NCAA Tournament at 2-1. Thursday will be the third time the two have met in 12 months.

UT advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Tennessee Tech, Duke and Florida State, all in Knoxville. Tennessee only gave up one point combined to its opponents in the first three rounds of the tournament.

Senior Sven Lah is only one doubles win away from breaking Constantin Frantzen’s school record, currently tied with him at 112. He and Finn Bass, the third-ranked doubles pair, have a record of 16-7 in dual matches on court one going into the quarterfinals. Ninth-ranked pair Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and Matias Soto are 21-5 in doubles play and are on a three-match winning streak. Court three’s pairing of Adrian Boitan and Tadeas Paroulek are 13-5 on the dual-match season.

No. 5 ranked Boitan went 17-0 in singles in the regular season, all on court one, and is now 19-1. No. 36 Soto is 13-10, while No. 73 Lah is 16-7. Rounding out the bottom half of the projected lineup are Bass with a 20-8 record, No. 58 Paroulek at 15-2 and Grassi Mazzuchi at 26-3.

Going into the quarterfinals, head coach Michael Woodson is 63-8 in his career and 12-1 thus far in postseason play. The Bears look for their second-straight semifinals berth on Thursday against the Volunteers.
The match will be streamed on TennisONE<https://www.tennis.one/tournament/0bde4d8d-ae2a-4531-88d1-a96c2ed024c3?tab=0>, while live stats can be found here<https://sidearmstats.com/illinois/wten/>.

A full recap and final statistics can be found on BaylorBears.com after the conclusion of the match.

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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Madelon Allen | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, A&T)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-252-7168

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