No. 10 Baylor MT Travels to Chicago for ITA Team Indoor Championship

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – February 16, 2023

No. 10 Baylor MT Travels to Chicago for ITA Team Indoor Championship
Bears enter the tournament for the 20th time with a 29-29 record
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


CHICAGO – No. 10 Baylor men’s tennis travels to the ITA Indoor Team Championships in the windy city, held Friday through Monday, at the XC Tennis Village indoor courts.



BU (5-5) will open the tournament with a rematch against third-seeded TCU (8-0) at 9 a.m. CT on the first six indoor courts in the round of 16.



The Bears make their 20th appearance at National Indoors, qualifying with wins over Arizona State and No. 9 Florida State in Waco during ITA Kickoff Weekend. Baylor enters even at 29-29 all-time in the tournament, winning the title in 2005 and finishing as finalists in 2021.



Last season, the Bears knocked off No. 15 Ole Miss and No. 10 Kentucky before falling to No. 2 Tennessee, 4-2, in the semifinal round.



Baylor is joined in Chicago by (in seeded order) Ohio State, Kentucky, TCU, Michigan, Virginia, South Carolina, USC, Texas, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Stanford, Florida and Illinois, who earned the auto-bid as the tournament hosts.



Being guaranteed three matches at the tournament, the Bears will face either sixth-seeded South Carolina or 11th-seeded Georgia, depending on Friday’s results.



In the first individual rankings of the spring season, the Bears have Finn Bass at No. 44, Tadeas Paroulek at No. 117 and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi at No. 125 in the singles rankings. In doubles, Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi are BU's lone ranked pair at No. 9.



In the 2022 season, the Bears took two of the three matches against the Horned Frogs, including the Big 12 Championship title match that finished in a 4-2 decision to hand Baylor its third-straight postseason championship. This season, the Horned Frogs won a 4-1 decision on Feb. 8 at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center in the first of at least three matches with the conference rivals.



Cracked Racquets will be carrying commentated coverage of the tournament on their YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/@CrackedRacquets> and court feeds will be available from Track Tennis<https://web.track.tennis/index.html?xd_co_f=ZTBlYWZmYjAtMWE5Mi00MGI2LWI2NjctODRiNjFiY2FjYTJi#/channel/8e877ccb-f14f-478c-a634-dc5c799a21e2/evt-LxeaU8gqHdU>. Live scoring will also be available online<https://scores.tennisticker.de/usa/ita/mi2023/lp.html>.



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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Colin Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 940-564-0351

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