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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MT’s Bass, Grassi Mazzuchi Bound for Doubles Consolation Finals<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><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"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TULSA, Okla. – The
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s tennis duo of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi pulled out the 6-4, 6-7(1), 1-0(3) win on Saturday afternoon to advance to the final round of the ITA All-American
Championship doubles finals in the consolation bracket. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi fell to an early 3-0 deficit in the first set of Saturday afternoon’s match, but quickly returned the favor
and only allowed the Cardinals to one more game. The back half of set one was all Baylor as the Bears took the 6-4 win over Fabien Salle and Natan Rodrigues.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Set two began with a similar story, as the Bears fell behind 3-0 early right out of the gate. As they did in the first set, the Bears
stormed back and took set No. 2 to a tiebreaker. The pair from Louisville surged and won the tiebreak 7-1.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The match all came down to a 10-point tiebreaker, where the Bears and Cardinals traded points up until the birds scored their third
point. After that, Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi ran away with the tiebreaker and the win, 10-3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi face Virginia Tech’s Ryan Fishback and Jordan Chrysostom on Sunday morning to decide the title of the All-American
Championship doubles consolation title. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All event information, including up-to-date draw and results, can be found on the
</span></span><a href="https://www.wearecollegetennis.com/events/ita-all-american-championships/"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ITA website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
For Baylor-specific scoring information, visit the </span></span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2022/10/1/mens-tennis-ita-all-american-championships-bear-central.aspx"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bear Scoreboard</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-BaylorBears.com</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">_________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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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