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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETIC</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S COMMUNICATIONS – April 10, 2025</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">No. 13 Baylor MT Takes Down Texas Tech 4-0
</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">on Senior Night</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears earn 11</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><sup><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">th</span></sup></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
sweep of the season</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">, seventh consecutive win</span></i></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Josie Hutton</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">; 254-709-7720;
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> –</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">No. 13 Baylor men’s tennis secured a senior night victory over Texas Tech, 4-0, its eleventh season sweep.</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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">(21-8, 6-1) extended their winning streak to seven games, five being conference matches. Baylor currently ranks second in the Big 12 with a chance to claim the co-conference
title on Sunday against No. 2 TCU. </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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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN</span></b></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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">S</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">tarting off in doubles, Baylor took control early over Tech (12-10, 2-5). The South African duo
of Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koeing claimed Court Two in a 6-3 victory. On Court Three, Zsombor Velcz and Alexandru Chirita fell to Takeyasu Sekiguchi and Tyler Stewart 6-4. </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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With the doubles point coming down to Court One, t</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">he No. 25 pair of Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Marko
Miladinovic clinched it for the Bears. The senior duo earned a 7-5 victory to give BU the early 1-0 advantage heading into singles. </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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears moved quickly in singles, with BU getting all six first-set victories. On Court Four, Chirita finished first, earning a 6-2, 6-3 dub against Ludovico Vaccari.
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Louis Bowden garnered a first set bagel to give himself an early advantage. In the second set, Bowden was able to close out with the win 6-0, 6-3 to extend the Green and
Gold’s lead to 3-0. </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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The No. 99 ranked competitor,
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Velcz, won his first set at 6-3. In a very back-and-forth second set, Velcz was able to clinch the win for the Bears 6-3, 7-5. The 4-0 victory against the Red Raiders was
BU’s eleventh sweep of the season, the fourth at 4-0. </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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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">HEAR FROM HEAD COACH MICHAEL WOODSON</span></b></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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">"</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">It’s always better to win on senior night,” said head coach Michael Woodson. “We’ve done it this
way for a while, and you never know how much you want to play it up because it’s emotional. Maybe I'm the only one who gets emotional, but I love these guys so much that it’s hard for me to see them go. This team is really close. We're hosting the conference
championship, I think we’re in a position to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, so it feels better when we know this isn’t the last time we’re playing at home. That makes it feel better, but it’s special nonetheless to see these guys
come out here, to have their family around, to see the support they have is really special.
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I think we</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> started slow. I don’t know if it was a combo of not being ready to go or being a little
emotional from the whole idea that we're playing on senior day, but as they have for most of the season, we competed really well when our back was against the wall. We snuck out the doubles. There was no way we should’ve won the doubles point after being down
a break on all three courts. Heck of an effort from the guys, and I really challenged them after the doubles point to step on the gas and they all did.
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">You could tell Oskar and Marko were
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">pretty nervous just playing on their senior night in singles, but they competed really well. Some great performances. It’s amazing to see this. Every year it gets me. Just
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b></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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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears take a trip up north on I-35 to wrap up the regular season against the No. 2 TCU Horn Frogs on
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