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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 Sept. 20, 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">Baylor MT Readies for ITA All-American Championships<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">Six Bears look to earn qualifier spots for NCAA Fall Individual Championships<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"><a href="https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-mens-all-american-championships/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tournament Hub</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TULSA, Okla. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor
men's tennis will take its annual fall trip to Oklahoma for the 2024 ITA All-American Championships at the Case Tennis Center. Play opens Saturday morning with the pre-qualifying draw and runs through Sunday, Sept. 29, when All-American Champions will be crowned
in singles and doubles.<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 2024 ITA Mens All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following, Singles: Pre-Qualifying (128), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64) and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying
(32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). From this, ten singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship
through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Four Bears will play in the singles pre-qualifying stages. Luc Koenig, Louis Bowden, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Marko Miladinovic will hit the courts beginning Saturday, Sept.
21, in the round of 128 to contend for a spot in the qualifying bracket. Additionally, doubles partners Koenig/Bowden will also begin play in the pre-qualifying stage for doubles.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">After two days of pre-qualifying, the top 16 players will move on to play in the qualifying draw that begins Monday, Sept. 23. Both Devin Badenhorst and Zsombor Velcz have
earned their spot and will start in the 64-player qualifying draw singles draw. For doubles, the duo of Badenhorst/Velcz also will begin competition in the qualifying draw.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Following two more days of competition, the 16 remaining competitors from qualifiers play in the main draw starting Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In doubles, Brostrom Poulsen and Miladinovic have already punched their ticket into the main draw with wild cards. The pair earned their spot by
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2024/8/13/mens-tennis-mt-duo-wins-ita-doubles-national-summer-championships.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">conquering the doubles ITA National Summer Championships in August.</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cracked Rackets will provide a commentated live stream of the matches once main draw play begins on Sept. 25. The streams are available on the
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreCollegeTennis" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Intercollegiate Tennis Association YouTube page</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">.
For the prequalifying and qualifying draws, tune in through the track tennis cameras found
</span><a href="https://web.track.tennis/#/@8e877ccb-f14f-478c-a634-dc5c799a21e2/@8e877ccb-f14f-478c-a634-dc5c799a21e2/evt-hpzT2G4KgOk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">.
Live-scoring and real-time bracket updates will be available on the </span><a href="https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-mens-all-american-championships/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">ITA website</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">SCHEDULE OF PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">PRE-QUALIFYING</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa, Case Tennis Center @ LaFortune Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Saturday, Sept. 21 Singles R128, Doubles R32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sunday, Sept. 22 Singles R64, Singles Cons R64, Singles R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">QUALIFYING</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Monday, Sept. 23 Singles R64, Doubles R32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tuesday, Sept. 24 Singles R32, Singles Cons R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">MAIN DRAW</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Wednesday, Sept. 25 Singles R64, Doubles R32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thursday, Sept. 26 Singes R32, Singles Cons R32a, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Friday, Sept. 27 Singles R16, Singles QF, Singles Cons R32b, Singles Cons R16a, Doubles QF, Doubles Cons QF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Saturday, Sept. 28 Singles SF, Singles Cons R16b, Singles Cons QF, Doubles SF, Doubles Cons SF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sunday, Sept. 29 Singles F, Singles Cons SF, Doubles F, Doubles Cons F<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 on Baylor Mens Tennis, follow its official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:both"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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