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<h1 align="right" style="margin:0in;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 18, 2025</span><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#212121;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 16 Baylor MT Advances to Semifinals after 4-0 Sweep of No. 40 Arizona State</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears secured the twelfth sweep of the season</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">For more information contact:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#212121">Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu" title="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#96607D">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">No. 16 Baylor men’s tennis advanced to the semifinals of the
Big 12 Championship with a win over No. 40 Arizona State at, 4-0, its twelfth sweep of the season.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">The Bears (22-9, 6-1 Big 12) won the doubles point and garnered wins on Courts Six, One and Three to earn their second victory against the Sun Devils this season.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Staring off in doubles, the Bears were off quickly with a dominant 6-1 victory on Court Three by Zsombor Velcz and Alexandru Chirita. In a ranked contest on Court One, the 27<sup>th</sup>-ranked duo of Oskar Brostrom
Poulsen and Marko Miladinovic took down the No. 37 pair of Bor Artnak and Daniel Philips, 6-3, to earn the doubles point for BU.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Unfinished on Court Two, the South African duo of Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koenig were up 5-3 before the match was abandoned.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Moving into singles with the early advantage, Koenig earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory on Court Six to extend Baylor’s lead to 2-0.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">On Court One, No. 37 Badenhorst picked up the first set at 6-4. In a back-and-forth second set, Badenhorst won the tiebreak at 7-6 (2) to earn a ranked win against No. 36 Artnak to move the Bears to a 3-0 lead.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Brostrom Poulsen made quick work in the first set with a 6-2 dub before falling in the second set 6-3. In the third set, Brostrom Poulsen dominated in a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory to clinch the win for BU at 4-0 and advance
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Baylor goes up against No. 11 Arizona in the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship Saturday at 1 p.m.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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