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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 22, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 11 Baylor MT Falls to No. 1 Virginia</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears drop a 4-0 contest against the defending champions in Charlottesville<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> No. 11 Baylor
men’s tennis (3-1) dropped a 4-0 contest to No. 1 Virginia (4-0) on Sunday afternoon at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The loss marked the Bears’ first of the season and gave Virginia their first win against the Bears since the 2015 NCAA Semifinals.<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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sunday’s play began with a win on doubles court two from Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz. The pair only took 30 minutes to beat Virginia’s
Iñaki Montes de la Torre and Ryan Goetz, 6-2.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Virginia regained leads on courts one and three to take the doubles point and the 1-0 lead in the match. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg
and Alexander Kiefer beat Luc Koenig and Ethan Muza, 6-4, while Bar Botzer and Chris Rodesch defeated Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, 7-6(6).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Singles play saw chances for the Bears on courts five and six, with Ethan Muza and Zsombor Velcz nearing possible match points and wins
for BU, but Virginia clinched the match with three-straight singles wins first.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 23 Bass dropped his first singles match of the year to No. 27 Rodesch, 6-2, 6-2, while No. 45 Schulenburg defeated unranked Marko
Miladinović, 6-3, 6-3, on court three.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The match was clinched at 4-0 with Goetz’s 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 115 Grassi Mazzuchi on four.<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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears return home to host one of the ITA Kickoff Weekend campus sites, with matches against Arizona State on Friday, Jan. 27, and
either San Diego or Florida State on Saturday, Jan. 28.<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:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">- BaylorBears<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">.com</span></span><span style="color:black">
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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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