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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 12, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">MT Hosts Waco Fall Kickoff Classic to Open Fall Season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears host multitude of athletes from eight differing schools<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,
</span><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor men’s tennis will play host for the first of many times this fall season by
opening the fall schedule with the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic this weekend.<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 welcome athletes from LSU, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulsa and UTSA. The Waco Fall Kickoff Classic will take place at the Waco Regional Tennis
Center from September 13-15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">“Really excited to get the fall season started,” said head coach Michal Woodson. “To be able to play in Waco this early is indicative of what’s going to be happening throughout
the year. We’re certainly the home of college tennis this season and we’re really honored and excited to do that. Our partners over at Waco Regional have been generous enough to help us put on what’s going to be a great event with the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">“We’ve got eight great teams competing this weekend and we’re going to see a couple of new faces here from Baylor as well as a couple of returners that I think are prime to
have a great fall leading into what, I think, is going to be an awesome spring for the Bears. Excited to get started. Look forward to testing some of our guys here before we kind of hit the heart of the fall season. Sic Em!”
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Competing for the Bears will be Imran Daniel Hazli, Louis Bowden, Marko Miladinovic and Quintan Van Wijk. All four Bears will be competing in the singles and doubles brackets.
Daniel Hazli will be paired with Bowden and Miladinovic paired with Van Wijk in the doubles competitions.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This will be Daniel Hazli’s collegiate debut and Van Wijk’s debut with Baylor since transferring from Nebraska-Omaha.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The singles competition will begin Friday at 3 p.m. CT with the doubles competition beginning on Saturday morning. All tournament information and results can be found on the
<a href="https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/ITA/Tournaments/draws/290BABE3-2833-43F9-AE44-606347E2F7D5">
tournament hub page.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For the latest news on the Baylor men’s tennis team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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