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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 5, 2024<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 Drops Conference Matchup to No. 11 Oklahoma, 4-0</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></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:"Aptos",sans-serif">NORMAN, Okla. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> No. 31 Baylor men’s tennis fell to 11<sup>th</sup>-ranked Oklahoma, 4-0, at the
Headington Family Tennis Center on Friday evening. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears (18-8 (2-3 Big 12)) ended their three-match winning streak to the Sooners (18-2 (4-0 Big 12)) who remain unblemished in Big 12 play and at home. OU secured the doubles
point with back-to-back wins at Nos. 2 and 3 while taking singles matchups at Courts Two, Three and Four.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">As 29<sup>th</sup>-ranked Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz battled against 68<sup>th</sup>-ranked Baptiste Anselmo and Alex Martinez at the first doubles court in a match
that ended with a tie at 5-all, OU snuck in two doubles wins at the bottom two courts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Hank Trondson and Asahi Harazaki took the first win of the day at No. 3 doubles, defeating Christopher Frantzen and Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, 6-3. Meanwhile at Court Two, Kholo
Montsi and Luis Alvarez had a surge against Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koenig to clinch the doubles point in 6-4 fashion.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Starting singles, the Sooners had four first sets, while No. 68 Paroulek and Brostrom Poulsen secured their individual first frames for Baylor.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Montsi, OU’s second-court player, was the first to finish in singles with a 6-2, 6-4, win over No. 88 Velcz. Moments after, Court Four was finalized in favor of Oklahoma, as
Alvarez beat Koenig, 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:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jordan Hasson tabbed the final win of the night in Norman to clinch the match, winning over No. 99 Badenhorst in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Three courts were abandoned and unfinished, as freshman Louis Bowden was tied at 5-5 in his second set after dropping the first, 6-4. Paroulek and Brostrom Poulsen both split
their first two sets and were locked into third sets at the conclusion of play. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor stays in Oklahoma to face No. 33 Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Sunday afternoon at 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">_________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F/XC, MTEN, FB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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