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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">March
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 9 Baylor MT Takes Down No. 1 TCU in Fort Worth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears take doubles, four singles matches to win over Frogs</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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FORT WORTH, Texas –</span></b><span style="background:white"> No. 9 Baylor men’s tennis slayed No. 1 TCU on Friday night in Fort Worth, besting the Frogs 5-2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears (18-2) won the doubles point and took the first set on all six singles courts in route to taking the win over the Frogs (16-3).<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;background:white">BU took down the No. 1-ranked team for the first time since March of 2011 when it bested Tennessee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor started the match off hot, winning the doubles point after taking wins on courts two and three. It was Matias Soto and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi
finishing first on court two, besting No. 3 Sander Jong and Lui Maxted, 6-4. Court one finished next, with No. 2 Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley winning 6-2 over No. 30 Finn Bass and Sven Lah. Court three was the clincher for the doubles point, with Adrian Boitan
and Tadeas Paroulek besting Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives, 6-2.<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;background:white">The Bears took the first set on all six courts to kick off singles play. First to finish their match was Bass on court four, winning 6-1, 6-3 over
No. 65 Fearnley. Next up was #15 Boitan on court one over No. 14 Aguilar, 6-3, 6-3. Next came Grassi Mazzuchi on court six, winning 6-4, 6-1 over Tomas Jirousek to clinch the match.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">On court five, Tadeas Paroulek bested Pedro Vives, 6-2, 3-6, 2-1 with Vives retiring. On court two, No. 18 Fomba bested No. 50 Soto, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Finishing out the match shortly after was No. 55 Jong, besting No. 31 Lah at 5-7, 7-6(6), 10-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears head south on I-35 to Austin to take on the Longhorns of Texas on April 1, with match time set for 6 p.m.<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;background:white">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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">TENNIS RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">#9 Baylor (5) at #1 TCU (2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Fort Worth, Texas – Friedman Tennis Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">SINGLES COMPETITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1. #15 Adrian Boitan (BU) def. #14 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) 6-3, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2. #18 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #50 Matias Soto (BU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3. #55 Sander Jong (TCU) def. #31 Sven Lah (BU) 5-7, 7-6(6), 10-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">4. Finn Bass (BU) def. #65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-1, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">5. Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Pedro Vives (TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 2-1 (ret.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">6. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 6-4, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Order of finish: 4, 1, 6, 5, 2, 3<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">DOUBLES COMPETITION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">1. #2 Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #30 Sven Lah/Finn Bass (BU) 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi/Matias Soto (BU) def. #3 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">3. Adrian Boitan/Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives (TCU) 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, A&T)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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