No. 25 Baylor MT Travels West for Two Matches in Arizona

[Pirtle, Colin]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 17, 2024

No. 25 Baylor MT Travels West for Two Matches in Arizona
Bears open four-match stint in the Grand Canyon State
For more information contact: Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu<mailto:colin_pirtle1 at baylor.edu>


TEMPE, Ariz. – The 25th-ranked Baylor men’s tennis heads west to begin four straight matches in the state of Arizona. The Bears face Arizona State on Thursday at 5 p.m. CT at the Whiteman Tennis Center and No. 16 Arizona on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.



Baylor (2-0) holds the advantage over both Arizona State (2-0) and Arizona (2-0), at 7-2 and 3-2, respectively, and rolls into the trip to the desert with its 18th 2-0 start to a season since 2000.



Playing ASU last season, BU defeated the Sun Devils in the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center to advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships before falling to them, 4-3, at the Hurd Tennis Center in March.



Facing Arizona once in each of the last three seasons, the Bears dropped their 2023 matchup with the Wildcats, 5-2, last February.



BU went 2-0 in their Saturday doubleheader to open the 2024 campaign. Ten Bears on the 12-man roster collected at least one singles win throughout the two matches, with Marko Miladinović going 2-0. The day also marked the first time Devin Badenhorst, Louis Bowden, Martin Breysach, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Arman Zamani all picked up wins in a Baylor uniform.



With sweeping both doubles points, the Bears found success behind four different doubles pairings: Justin Braverman/Christopher Frantzen, Breysach/Brostrom Poulsen, Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz and Badenhorst/Luc Koenig. With Braverman/Frantzen’s doubles win, all 12 players on the men’s tennis roster had at least one win on the day.



To open their seasons, Arizona State put up two 4-0 sweeps against Northern Arizona and Wichita State, while Arizona went up against UC San Diego twice, taking two wins in 7-0 and 6-1 fashion.



Live stats for the Arizona State<https://sidearmstats.com/asu/mten/> and Arizona<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?gid=ariz> matches will both the available online. Fans wanting to watch will only have the opportunity against Arizona<https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2018/1/26/tennis-live-streaming.aspx>.



BU will return to the state of Arizona to play in the ITA Kickoff Weekend, hosted by the University of Arizona, with Tulane and Miami also in attendance on Jan. 27-28.



For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all year long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.



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

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