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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- May 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MT’s Paroulek, Velcz Collect All-Big 12 Honors<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bear duo finds spot on all-conference doubles team for second-straight season<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351,
<a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor men’s tennis earned two entries on the All-Big 12 Teams and one doubles court co-championship, as announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Bears’ primary No. 1 doubles pairing of Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz landed on the All-Big 12 second team and Paroulek split off for another second-team appearance in singles.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Ending in a five-way tie, Paroulek and Velcz also finished as co-champions at the No. 1 doubles spot in conference play. With three wins at the top court, the two ended conference play knotted
with BYU’s Zach Fuchs and Wally Thayne, Oklahoma’s Baptiste Anselmo and Alex Martinez, Oklahoma State’s Isaac Becroft and Tyler Zink and Texas’ Eliot Spizzirri and Siem Woldeab.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The 38th-ranked duo in the country, Paroulek and Velcz, have an overall mark of 13-11 and went 3-3 in conference play. The pair was as high as No. 3 in the preseason fall poll and defeated No.
1 DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons of Wake Forest as part of four wins over ranked opponents.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">In singles, Paroulek put a 12-10 overall record in the books this season while going 7-8 in spring dual-match play. The senior from Prague, Czech Republic, took down six ranked opponents, the highest
of which was No. 14 Pedro Vives from TCU in three sets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The awards mark Paroulek’s third singles and second doubles postseason career honors. Velcz joins in to receive his second mention in the All-Big 12 doubles teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor begins the NCAA Championship tournament with their 26<sup>th</sup>-straight bid on Friday morning at 10 in College Station against No. 18 San Diego. The match will be streamed at
<a href="https://12thman.com/sports/2017/2/16/tennis-live-video">12thman.com</a> and live stats will be available
<a href="https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=526184">online</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">For the latest news on the Baylor men's tennis team, follow its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Big 12 Men’s Tennis Yearly Awards</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Player of the Year – Eliot Spizzirri, Texas*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Freshman of the Year – Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Newcomer of the Year – Jonah Braswell, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coach of the Year – Bruce Berque, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>All-Big 12 First Team</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>All-Big 12 First Team Singles (6)</u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alex Martinez, Oklahoma*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eliot Spizzirri, Texas*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Micah Braswell, Texas*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jake Fearnley, TCU*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jack Pinnington, TCU*<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>All-Big 12 First Team Doubles</u></i> (3)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Isaac Becroft/Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alex Martinez/Baptiste Anselmo, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>All-Big 12 Second Team</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>All-Big 12 Second Team Singles (6)</u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kholo Montsi, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Isaac Becroft, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pedro Vives, TCU<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Olle Wallin, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles (3)</u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES">Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz, Baylor</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">Sebastian Gorzny/Pedro Vives, TCU</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sebastian Abboud/Piotr Pawlak, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="FR">Position Champions</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span lang="FR">Men’s Doubles Position Champions </span></u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No. 1 doubles Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz, Baylor (3 wins)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Zach Fuchs/Wally Thayne, BYU (3 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Baptiste Anselmo/Alex Martinez, Oklahoma (3 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Isaac Becroft/Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State (3 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas (3 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 2 doubles Pierre-Yves Bailly/Eshan Talluri, Texas (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 3 doubles Tomas Jirousek/ Kaj Quirijns, TCU (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Asahi Harazaki/Hank Trondson, Oklahoma (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>Men’s Singles Position Champions</u></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No. 1 singles Alex Martinez, Oklahoma (5 wins) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Eliot Spizzirri, Texas (5 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 2 singles Kholo Montsi, Oklahoma (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"> Pedro Vives, TCU (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Micah Braswell, Texas (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 3 singles Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">No. 4 singles Luis Alvarez, Oklahoma (6 wins)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 5 singles Cleeve Harper, Texas (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No. 6 singles Mark Mandlik, Oklahoma (4 wins)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">* - indicates unanimous<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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">|
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