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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MT Opens Fall Play this Weekend in Milwaukee and Dallas<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s tennis opens the 2022 fall season this weekend at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic and Hilltop Invitational, beginning on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“We are really excited to get the fall season started this weekend,” said head coach Michael Woodson. “This is as close of a group of young men as we have had here in
my time at Baylor, and I know they all feel that, individually and collectively, they have a lot to prove. They have been training at a higher and higher level, so it’s time to put their skills to the test.”
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marko Miladinovic and Ethan Muza will make the trek to Wisconsin to take part in the Milwaukee Tennis Classic at the Milwaukee Country Club. As an ITA Gold Level event,
the winner of the singles draw on Sunday receives a wildcard spot in the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships this November in California. Live scores for
<a href="https://scores.tennisticker.de/usa/milwaukee/sb.html?tournid=5580">singles</a> and
<a href="https://scores.tennisticker.de/usa/milwaukee/sb.html?tournid=5580">doubles</a> can both be tracked online.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Christopher Frantzen and Justin Braverman have a short drive up I-35E to SMU for the Hilltop Invitational. Friday sees the duo playing two doubles matches beginning at
5:00 p.m. Saturday morning, the duo takes the court again at 9 a.m. for another doubles match before splitting and getting the start on singles in the late morning. The draw for Sunday will be determined after the first two days of competition.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“It is going to be a fun year, and we cannot wait to kick it off,” said Woodson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears are coming off of a 29-4 season that saw the program’s third-straight appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals and the third-straight Big 12 Championship title.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finn Bass, Braverman, Frantzen, Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Miladinović, Muza and Tadeas Paroulek all return as veterans this season, while Martin Breysach and Zsombor
Velcz are welcomed in for fall play. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor men’s tennis, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2022 FALL SCHEDULE:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 16-18: Hilltop Invitational at SMU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 16-18: Milwaukee Tennis Classic
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 19: Fayetteville ITF Pro Circuit
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 23-25: UTSA Fall Invitational<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 1-9: ITA All-Americans at Tulsa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 13-18: ITA Regionals at Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 24: Norman ITF Pro Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 31: Fayetteville ITF Pro Circuit
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 2-6: ITA Fall Nationals at San Diego<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 4-6: Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge at SMU
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 7: Austin ITF Pro Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 14: East Lansing ITF Pro Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#073D1E">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#073D1E"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN, interim WBB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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