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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 – March 23, 2025<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">No. 17 Baylor MT Falls in Ranked Matchup against No. 15 Arizona<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 can’t hang on with Wildcats, 4-1<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"> After losing the doubles point, the No. 17 Baylor men’s tennis team was unable to
recapture momentum and defeat No. 15 Arizona on Sunday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center, losing 4-1.
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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">Baylor started strong in doubles, leading on all three courts early. The No. 17 pair of Marko Miladinovic and Oskar Brostrom Poulsen fell to No. 64 Cabrera-Bello/Smith, 7-5,
while Louis Bowden and Zsombor Velcz secured a 7-5 win on Court Three. However, Arizona clinched the doubles point as No. 80 Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koenig lost a tiebreaker to No. 33 Friend/Padgham on Court Two, 7-6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In singles play, No. 103 Zsombor Velcz delivered a standout performance, upsetting No. 89 Zoran Ludoski with a dominant 6-3, 6-1
victory. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">However, the Bears struggled elsewhere. No. 44 Devin Badenhorst battled No. 4 Colton Smith but dropped his first set 7-5. On Court
Two, No. 101 Oskar Brostrom Poulsen fell to No. 8 Jay Friend, 6-3, 6-4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Arizona took control on the lower courts, with Luc Koenig and Louis Bowden both dropping their first sets 6-0. Koenig would fail
to rally in his second set, going 6-0, 6-1 on Court Six. Bowden would fight hard in his second set but lose 6-0, 6-4 on Court Five.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With that loss on Court Five, Baylor’s fate was sealed as Arizona clinched a 4-1 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Alexandru Chirita led Filip Gustafsson 6-3 in his first set but dropped his set two 6-0. Chririta led 2-0 in his third set but
did not finish. Badenhorst’s match also went unfinished, 5-7, 4-3.<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">FROM HEAD COACH MICHAEL WOODSON<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">“Arizona played tougher than we did. At the end of the day, we had opportunities when we were ahead. I think we maybe were ahead on every single court in doubles. We weren't
able to close out the doubles point, which was a bit of a gut punch for us. The way we lost doubles wasn't the way we want to go down. We talked about it between doubles and singles and unfortunately, we just let them get all over us in singles right away
on courts you would think we actually had an advantage on. Then it gets hard as a team. They get confident. Their energy was better than ours the entire match and they played like it under pressure. So, credit to them. It was not a particularly close match
today.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">On rebounding from a difficult loss…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">“We got to get up off the canvas. We’ve lost before, and we're going to probably lose again. We just need to make sure that we're responding in the
right ways and trying to grow from every experience we have. This was a tough one. I'm sure the guys feel the same. Fortunately for us we get an opportunity to bounce right back and play again.”<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">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor hits the road to face a pair of Utah foes next week, traveling to Salt Lake City to face Utah on Thursday before facing BYU on Saturday in Provo. Each match is at 4
p.m. CT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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