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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 6, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Men’s Tennis Prepares for Busy Weekend Ahead at a Trio of Tournaments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bears prepare for final touches before NCAA Individual Tournament<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, josie_hutton@baylor.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> The Baylor men’s tennis team
will compete in three tournaments over the course of this weekend. Two Bears will stay in Waco for the Brazos Challenge, five will take I-35 to Fort Worth for the ITA Central Sectional and three will travel to Rome, Georgia to the ITA Conference Masters Championships.
The ITA Sectionals and Masters Championships gives Baylor the opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Individual Tournament, which is later this month at the Hurd Tennis Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">At the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/TexasChristianUniversityM/Tournaments/overview/A0A6B2D5-6752-429E-887A-7EE6CF7AD449"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">ITA
Sectionals</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">, Louis Bowden, Devin Badenhorst, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, Marko Miladinovic and Quintan Van Wijk and are set to compete from Nov. 7-10. Bowden and Van Wijk will compete
in the doubles bracket, while the other three Bears will take action in the singles bracket. Badenhorst and Miladinovic both went 3-1 at the ITA Texas Regionals, and Brostrom Poulsen won the singles consolation bracket. Miladinovic is 3-1 against ranked opponents
this fall, and the trio will look to find more success this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The 2024 ITA Sectional Championships will have a draw size of the following, (Singles: 32) (Doubles: 16). From this, six
singles players from each section (24) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (semifinalists, two quarterfinal playoff winners). Meanwhile, three doubles teams from each section (12) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the Sectional
Championships (champion, finalist, third place).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">At the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-conference-masters-championships/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">ITA Conference
Masters Championships</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">, Zsombor Velcz, Luc Koenig and Imran Daniel Hazli will represent the Big 12. Velcz competed in the main draw of the ITA Texas Regionals and placed third
out of a 108-player field. With multiple ranked wins, he will represent the conference in singles in Georgia. Koenig and Daniel Hazli went 4-1 and earned their position after making the finals at Regionals. The surprise pair hopes to continue rolling in Rome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championship will have a draw size of the following, (Singles: 32) (Doubles: 32). From this,
four players (4) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (semifinalists). Meanwhile, three doubles teams (3) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the Conference Masters (champion, finalist, third place).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In Waco, Justin Braverman and Luis Jose Nakamine will play in the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/ITA/Tournaments/events/A0E9EE36-DF1E-45CE-9730-E24BB21855BA"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Brazos
Challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> from Nov. 8-10 at the Hurd Tennis Center. Nakamine and Braverman are coming off the Ralston/Neufeld challenge, where Baylor went undefeated in doubles. Nakamine recorded
a perfect 4-0 record in singles. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For the latest news on the Baylor men's tennis team, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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