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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MT’s Broom Highlights Big 12 Postseason Awards<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Broom named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year as Bears garner 10 conference honors<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">IRVING, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> Baylor men’s tennis brought home
10 Big 12 postseason awards amongst seven different players, as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon.<br>
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Fifth-year senior Charlie Broom was unanimously named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, while third-year sophomore Adrian Boitan and fourth-year junior Matias Soto earned unanimous All-Big 12 Singles First Team recognition.<br>
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Broom joined fellow graduate transfer senior Nick Stachowiak on the All-Big 12 Singles Second Team. Meanwhile, fifth-year senior Constantin Frantzen and fourth-year junior Sven Lah garnered a spot on the All-Big 12 Doubles First Team, and Soto and Stachowiak
were picked to the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team.<br>
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Additionally, three Bears were crowned individual champions in Boitan (No. 1 singles), Broom (No. 5 singles) and Spencer Furman (No. 6 singles). Boitan is Baylor’s seventh honoree at the top spot, while Broom and Furman are the ninth honorees at their respective
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With the selections of Boitan, Soto, Broom and Stachowiak, Baylor has had at least one player named to the All-Big 12 Singles Team in each of the 24 years that the league has made selections. There were no All-Big 12 awards last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bears have also had a doubles team earn all-conference honors in 21 of 24 seasons.<br>
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In his first season at Baylor, Broom leads the team with 25 singles victories on the year, including a 22-3 record in dual matches. Playing predominantly at the No. 5 singles spot, Broom has tallied an impressive 18-2 mark. During the conference season, Broom
went 4-1 against Big 12 opponents and was 2-0 at the Big 12 Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Broom is the seventh Bear to be named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and first since 2015. His second-team singles honor is his fourth-career all-conference
singles award, as he was named an All-Ivy League first-teamer three times during his career at Dartmouth.<br>
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Earning his second-career All-Big 12 honor and first first-team recognition, Boitan is currently ranked No. 21 nationally and owns a 17-5 singles record on the year. He has gone 16-4 at the No. 1 position and went 4-1 in conference play. Boitan was named the
Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Performer for the second-consecutive season after going 2-0 in the tournament and clinching Baylor’s title-winning victory over Texas.<br>
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Soto picked up his second-straight first-team singles honor with an 18-4 record in 2020-21. He is currently ranked at No. 11 in singles and has previously reached a career-best No. 8 this season. Soto is tied with Boitan for the team lead with nine ranked singles
wins this year.<br>
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Soto also earned his first-career doubles accolade alongside Stachowiak, who earned his third-career all-conference honor after previously being an All-ACC pick in 2018 and 2019 at Duke. The pair have gone 12-1 together on the doubles court this season, with
a 9-1 dual-match record and a 3-0 mark in Big 12 action. The duo is currently ranked the No. 75 team in the nation.
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In singles, Stachowiak has racked up a 19-7 singles record, including a 12-5 mark in the spring. He surpassed the 200-career win mark between singles and doubles on April 3 at Oklahoma. He is tied with Broom for the team lead with 43 total victories on the
season.<br>
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Frantzen earned his first-career Big 12 honor, while Lah was named to the doubles team for the third season in a row. The No. 9-ranked tandem is 12-7 this year, including a 3-1 mark in Big 12 play and 6-2 tally against ranked foes.<br>
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One of two undefeated players in conference action, Furman went 5-0 at the No. 6 singles spot to earn individual champion status. After grad-transferring from Duke, he has gone 23-3 in singles and carries an 11-match win streak into the NCAA Round of 16.<br>
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No. 1-ranked and second-seeded Baylor (31-4) will face No. 14-ranked and 15<sup>th</sup>-seeded Ole Miss (14-10) in the NCAA Round of 16 on Monday, May 17, in Orlando, Fla., at Noon CT. The Bears are making their 19<sup>th</sup> Sweet 16 appearance in program
history.<br>
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For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<br>
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<b>MEN’S TENNIS ALL-BIG 12 AWARDS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Newcomer of the Year:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Charlie Broom*<br>
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<b>All-Big 12 First Team – Singles:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Adrian Boitan, So.*<br>
Matias Soto, Jr.*<br>
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<b>All-Big 12 First Team – Doubles:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Constantin Frantzen / Sven Lah<br>
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<b>All-Big 12 Second Team – Singles:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Charlie Broom, Sr.<br>
Nick Stachowiak, Sr.<br>
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<b>All-Big 12 Second Team – Doubles:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Matias Soto / Nick Stachowiak<br>
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<b>Big 12 Individual Champions:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Adrian Boitan (4-1)<br>
<b>No. 5 Singles: </b>Charlie Broom (4-1)<br>
<b>No. 6 Singles: </b>Spencer Furman (5-0)<br>
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<i>*Unanimous Selection</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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