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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 – Oct. 5, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Baylor MT Finishes Time at ITA All-American Championships</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 record 18 wins in tournament play<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"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TULSA, Okla. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Baylor men’s tennis wrapped up its stint at the ITA All-American Championships
at the Case Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon. The Bears tallied 18 wins throughout the six days of competition and advanced two through the prequalifying draw into the qualifiers.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The pre-qualifying round saw advancement from two Bears: Luc Koenig and Marko Miladinović.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Koenig tallied three two-set wins over Charlie Berry (Memphis), Billy Blaydes (Auburn) and Connor Krug (Duke) while winning a three-set battle 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 against Tulane’s
Luc Hoeigmans. Miladinović made quick work in the pre-qualifying singles draw, defeating Tassine Smiej (LMU), Anthony Weingarten (Kennesaw State), Mikael Vollback (Northern Illinois) and Mark Mandlik (Oklahoma) all in just two sets.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ethan Muza also opened his first pre-qualifying round with a win as he went 6-4, 6-4 over Luca Pow from Wake Forest while Christopher Frantzen took a win over Arkansas Razorback
Connor Smillie, 6-3, 6-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Martin Breysach, who dropped his first-round match against Lucas Horve from Illinois, took a win from Lars Johann from Nebraska in a consolation match, 6-4, 6-3.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Moving into the qualifiers, Luc Koenig continued his win streak against Enrique Luque Rico from UC Irvine, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. He then went on to lose the round of 64 matchup
to Arizona’s Jay Friend, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1. Miladinovic, who dropped his first round, took a win in a qualifying consolation match over Michael Minasyan from Wisconsin, 6-4, 6-1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Zsombor Velcz also won his first qualifying round match against Rebel Lukas Engelhardt from Ole Miss, 6-1, 6-3. The sophomore then was defeated in round two, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2,
by TCU’s Pedro Vivies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Breysach, the No. 48 doubles team in the nation, won two doubles qualifying matches over pairs from UC Berkeley and Florida. The duo was set to
face off against Illinois’ Lucas Horve and Oliver Okonkwo but recorded a walkover due to an injury sustained by Brostrom Poulsen in the qualifying singles round of 64.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">With the main draw beginning on Wednesday, Tadeas Paroulek took a win from Mississippi State’s Petar Jovanovic, 6-3, 6-4, before Michael Zheng from Columbia took the round
two match, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the doubles main draw, Paroulek and Velcz dropped the opening-round matchup to the Ohio State pair of Robert Cash and JJ Tracy, 6-4, 6-4, and ended their time with a consolation
loss from Illinois’ Horve and Oliver Okonkow, 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears make the short trip to TCU for the ITA Texas Regional Championships, beginning on Oct. 19<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all year long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pre-Qualifying Singles Draw<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Martin Breysach, 6-3, 7-6(4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Ethan Muza def. Luca Pow (Wake Forest), 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Marko Miladinović def. Yassine Smiej (LMU), 7-5, 7-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Luc Koenig def. Charlie Barry (Memphis), 6-4, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Matthew Hollingworth (Gonzaga) def. Justin Braverman, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">256 Christopher Frantzen def. Connor Smillie (Arkansas), 6-3, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Arthur Craig Pantino (LMU) def. Ethan Muza, 6-4, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Marko Miladinović def. Anthony Weingarten (Kennesaw State), 7-5, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Luc Koenig def. Luc Hoeijmans (Tulane), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Togan Tokac (Texas A&M) def. Christopher Frantzen, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Marko Miladinović def. Mikael Vollback (Northern Illinois), 6-3, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Luc Koenig def. Billy Blaydes (Auburn), 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">32 Marko Miladinović def. Mark Mandlik (Oklahoma), 6-4, 6-2 ADV to qualifying<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">32 Luc Koenig def. Connor Krug (Duke), 6-2, 6-4 ADV to qualifying<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C Martin Breysach def. Lars Johann (Nebraska), 6-4, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C Baptiste Anselmo (Oklahoma) def. Justin Braverman, 6-4, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Qualifying Singles Draw<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Luc Koenig def. Enrique Luque Rico (UC Irvine), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Oskar Brostrom Poulsen def. Dimitri Badra (ETSU), 7-5, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 John Hallquist Lithen (Ole Miss) def. Marko Miladinović, 6-2, 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Zsombor Velcz def. Lukas Engelhardt (Ole Miss), 6-1, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">128 Robin Catry (NCSU) def. Louis Bowden, 6-3, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Jay Friend (Arizona) def. Luc Koenig, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Carl Emil Overbeck (UC Berkeley) def. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, 7-5, 2-1, ret.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Zsombor Velcz 6-4, 3-6, 6-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C Marko Miladinović def. Michael Minasyan (Wisconsin), 6-4, 6-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C Andrew Zhang (Duke) def. Louis Bowden, 6-4, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Qualifying Doubles Draw<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Breysach/Brostrom Poulsen def. Chang/Stepnov (UC Berkeley), 6-3, 4-6, [13-11]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">32 Breysach/Brostrom Poulsen def. Bonetto/Jin (Florida), 6-4, 6-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">16 Horve/Okonkwo (Illinois) def. Breysach/Brostrom Poulsen, walkover (inj.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">64 Tadeas Paroulek def. Petar Jovanovic (Mississippi State), 6-3, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">32 Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. Tadeas Paroulek, 6-2, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Main Doubles Draw<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">32 Cash/Tracy (Ohio State) def. Paroulek/Velcz, 6-4, 6-4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">C Horve/Okonkwo (Illinois) def. Paroulek/Velcz, 4-6, 6-4, [10-3]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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