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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 22, 2026</b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>No. 8 Baylor MT Sweeps the Sun Devils on the Road, 4-0</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>Bears dominate No. 25 Arizona State in Tempe</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="a33a9491-0b20-4619-8686-98d2e8847db6" 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>TEMPE, Ariz. –</b> No. 8 Baylor men’s tennis finished out its trip out west with a dominant 4-0 sweep over No. 25 Arizona State on Sunday afternoon at the Whiteman Tennis
Center. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor (13-7) secured the doubles point and collected straight-set singles wins from Devin Badenhorst, Connor Van Schalkwyk and Louis Bowden to clinch the victory over the Arizona
State (13-7). The Bears controlled the match throughout and picked up their first conference win of the season.</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);">Starting in doubles, Baylor struck first on Court Two as Connor Van Schalkwyk and Luc Koenig defeated Ofek Shimanov and Bor Artnak, 6-3. The doubles point was secured on Court
One where No. 69 Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz battled to a gritty 7-6(8) win over Jelani Sarr and Roi Ginat. The match on Court Three was in a tight tiebreaker before going unfinished with BU leading 1-0. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In singles, No. 14 Badenhorst continued to find success out in the desert and extended Baylor’s advantage with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory over No. 100 Bor Artnak on Court One
to make it 2-0. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No. 26 Connor Van Schalkwyk followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Shu Matsuoka on Court Three to push the Bears ahead. Louis Bowden then sealed the match for Baylor with a 6-1,
6-2 victory over Kristof Minarik on Court Six, securing the 4-0 sweep. Zsombor Velcz, Alexandru Chirita and Luc Koenig all had matches in progress when the dual was decided.</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 stays on the road to Stillwater to take on No. 36 Oklahoma State on Thursday at 3 p.m. CT. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>RESULTS</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Doubles</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. #69 Chirita/Velcz (BU) def. Ginat/Sarr (ASU) — 7-6 (10-8)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Koenig/Van Schalkwyk (BU) def. Artnak/Shimanov (ASU) — 6-3</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Matsuoka/Villard (ASU) vs. Badenhorst/Baierl (BU) — 6-6 (4-5), unfinished</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Order of finish: 2, 1</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Singles</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. #14 Devin Badenhorst (BU) def. #100 Bor Artnak (ASU) — 6-2, 6-1</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. #39 Zsombor Velcz (BU) vs. Ofek Shimanov (ASU) — 6-7 (4-7), 3-3, unfinished</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. #26 Connor Van Schalkwyk (BU) def. Shu Matsuoka (ASU) — 6-4, 6-2</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. #104 Alexandru Chirita (BU) vs. Jelani Sarr (ASU) — 4-6, 6-3, unfinished</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. Luc Koenig (BU) vs. Roi Ginat (ASU) — 6-1, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Louis Bowden (BU) def. Kristof Minarik (ASU) — 6-1, 6-2</span></p>
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