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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. 18, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor MT’s Bass Wins Regional Singles Title</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<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">WACO, Texas –
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s tennis wrapped up the ITA Texas Regional Championship on Tuesday afternoon with Finn Bass winning the singles title, the first Bear to win since Sven Lah in 2019.<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">It was a breezy lunch hour at the Hurd Tennis Center, but nothing stopped Bass in his dominant first-set performance. In quick fashion,
he put a lead on the board and tabbed the 6-2 score in the first set. The beginning of set two was tight, as Texas A&M’s Pierce Rollins evened things out at two games each. But from that point on, Bass kicked into high gear and secured four-straight games
to win the match and the singles title, 6-2, 6-2.<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">As region finalists, both Bass and Rollins qualified for the ITA Fall Nationals, which will be held Nov. 2-6 in San Diego, Calif.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">QUOTABLE<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">Head Coach Michael Woodson
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Finn’s performance in the Regional Tournament…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“I think Finn has been doing the right things for a while now. But you don't always see the fruits of your labor in the time that
you would necessarily want it, and certainly doesn't happen overnight. So, it's been really impressive to see him, I would say over the last two years, doing everything he needs to do to give himself the best chance to raise his level, to kind of reach heights
that I know he and we feel he can. So, watching what's happening out here over the last couple of weeks doesn't surprise me. We talk about it a lot with the guys of, you don't know when the great results are going to come, but you can't get discouraged when
they don't come. You just have to be ready for when that opportunity strikes, because you never know when it is.”<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">Finn Bass<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On today’s match…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Honestly, it was really cold, even for me as a Brit. We have a chilly breeze here, and obviously playing in windy conditions is
difficult. We’re both quite aggressive players. (Pierce Rollins) likes to serve and volley, I like to come into the net as well and play aggressive and quite close to the lines. I think what I did better is I managed to hold my mental ability a bit better
than he did in tricky conditions. When it’s cold and the balls are kind of flying, not playing as fast as (the courts) usually would, you just have to play a bit more within yourself. And I just think I did better at that than he did today.”<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">The Bears will compete individually at two ITF pro tournaments to close out the month of October.
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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) </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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