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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 22, 2026</b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>No. 6 Baylor MT Falls to No. 4 Wake Forest in Top-10 Rematch</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><b><i>Wake Forest gets revenge on Baylor a week after ITA upset </i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="46ebee1f-27ed-4a2d-b157-4fb6ec7a15f3" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –</b> No. 6 Baylor men’s tennis, who beat the Demon Deacons last weekend in Waco, couldn’t quite get it done in a rematch on the road in Winston-Salem,
falling 4-2 at No. 4 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (7-4) claimed two ranked singles wins, but the Demon Deacons (11-2) secured the doubles point and added three singles victories to clinch the match.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wake Forest took the early 1-0 lead by winning two of three doubles courts. Baylor’s duo of Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz started the race hot with a 6-3 win at the No.
2 position, but the Deacons prevailed on Courts One and Three to secure the point with the help of its No. 2 ranked duo of Suresh and Delgado. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In singles, No. 13 Devin Badenhorst put Baylor on the board with a commanding 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 17 DK Suresh at the top spot to earn his second victory over the top
ranked Demon Deacon. No. 27 Connor Van Schalkwyk followed with a 6-3, 6-4 win against No. 65 Aryan Shah at No. 3 singles, tying the match 2-2 after Wake Forest first took Court Five over Luc Koenig. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wake Forest answered with straight-set wins at No. 2 singles to regain control before clinching the team victory at the No. 4 position. No. 21Luca Pow rallied past No. 73 Chirita,
6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2, to seal the 4-2 result. The match at No. 6 singles between Joaquin Guilleme and Louis Bowden was left unfinished.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In Singles, Wake Forest was able to strike first, winning Court Five 6-3, 6-1, extending their lead to 2-0. Devin Badenhorst got Baylor on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 win on Court
One, making the score 2-1 Deacons. Wake Forest then struck back with a 6-2, 6-2 win on Court Two, padding their lead up to 3-1. Connor Van Schalkwyk kept the Bears in the fight with a 6-3, 6-4 win on Court Three, cutting the deficit down to 3-2. With a 6-7,
6-1, 6-2 win on Court Four, The Demon Deacons were able to clinch a 4-2 match victory.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor continues its road swing and takes on the Illinois Fighting Illini on Friday, Feb. 27th in Urbana-Champaign at 6 p.m. CT.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">#2 Delgado/Suresh (WF) def. Koenig/Van Schalkwyk (BU), 6-4</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Chirita/Velcz (BU) def. Rottgering/Shah (WF), 6-3</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div role="presentation"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pow/Robertson (WF) def. Badenhorst/Bowden (BU), 6-2</span><br>
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<i>Singles</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">#13 Devin Badenhorst (BU) def. #17 DK Suresh (WF), 6-1, 6-4</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">#59 Mees Rottgering (WF) def. #39 Zsombor Velcz (BU), 6-2, 6-2</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">#27 Connor Van Schalkwyk (BU) def. #65 Aryan Shah (WF), 6-3, 6-4</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">#21 Luca Pow (WF) def. #73 Alexandru Chirita (BU), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Charlie Robertson (WF) def. Luc Koenig (BU), 6-3, 6-1</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div role="presentation"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Joaquin Guilleme (WF) vs. Louis Bowden (BU), 6-3, 3-6, 5-1, unfinished</span><br>
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