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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 – April 9, 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. 13 Baylor MT Prepares for Final Two Regular Season Conference Matches <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 will host to Texas Tech then head to Fort Worth to face No. 2 TCU
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<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><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a></span><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="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">–
The No. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">13 Baylor men's tennis team prepares for their third homestand this April facing the Red Raiders for the first time this season. The action begins Thursday, April
10</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> at the Hurd Tennis Center</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
as the Bears will recognize their seniors before heading to Fort Worth to face the No. 2 Horned Frogs on Sunday, April 13</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor (</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">20-8, 5-1)
carries momentum from last week's successful doubleheader against No. 74 Oklahoma State and Prairie View A&M. Baylor took care of business with a 7-0 victory against Prairie View A&M following a gritty 4-1 victory against the Pokes. The doubleheader victory
extends the Bears win streak to six matches including four conference wins, three of which were on the road.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears look to repeat history against Texas Tech. The last time these conference foes met resulted in a 4-1 Baylor victory. Texas
Tech (12-9, 2-4) has played in Waco numerous times for fall tennis, but this will be the first time these two face each other this season. The Red Raiders boast conference wins against No. 71 BYU and Oklahoma State. Texas Tech is facing a three-match losing
streak heading into Waco, all losses to ranked conference opponents. This will be the Red Raiders' last road conference game of the season. </span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears will then take a trip north to face TCU (19-2, 7-0) for the third time this season on Sunday. Baylor has an opportunity to
tie for first in the Big 12 conference with the Horned Frogs, assuming BU takes down Texas Tech on Thursday.</span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TCU’s only two losses come from No. 2 Wake Forest in a 4-3 battle and to No. 3 Texas in a 4-1 match in Austin. TCU boasts the No. 1
doubles team in college tennis in Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted, who have a 21-3 record. The Bears will counter this team with the No. 25 ranked doubles team in Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Marko Miladinovic. TCU has two singles players in the top 100 with No.
8 Vives and No. 88 Cooper Woestendick. Baylor’s Devin Badenhorst and Zsombor Velcz lead the Bears with 39</span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
and 99</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> rankings, respectively.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Following this week's action, the Bears will head back to Waco to host the Big 12 Championships from April 16</span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">-20</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
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For the latest news on the Baylor men's tennis team all year long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.</span><span class="scxw204314108"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="scxw204314108"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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