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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 25, 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 Heads to Stillwater to Face Oklahoma State</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 look to snap OSU’s 11-home match win streak</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="7fdcd048-83cf-4391-a2ad-94c9b166597c" 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>STILLWATER, Okla. –</b> No. 8 Baylor men’s tennis continues its road streak and takes on No. 39 Oklahoma State on Thursday night at 5 p.m. CT at the Greenwood 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, 1-1 Big 12) is coming off a top-25 sweep at Arizona State, 4-0. The Bears have won four of their last five matches, with four of those matches being against ranked
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oklahoma State (14-6, 1-2 Big 12) opened its conference season with three road matches, dropping the last two at No. 57 BYU, 2-4, and No. 75 Texas Tech, 0-4. However, the Cowboys
hold an impressive 11-0 home record at the Greenwood Tennis Center, the best start in the facility’s history. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BU’s Devin Badenhorst was named Big 12 Player of the Week after his two ranked singles wins at the No. 1 spot, including his highest ranked takedown of No. 3 Jay Friend of Arizona,
6-3, 6-0. Badenhorst did not drop more than three games in any set throughout the week, winning his two singles matches by a combined 24-6 margin. The wins improved him to 8-6 overall in dual match singles play this season, including a sterling 6-1 record
against nationally ranked opponents.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At the No. 3 spot, Connor Van Schalkwyk holds an impressive nine-match win streak, having not lost a singles match since Feb. 5. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The most recent ITA team rankings have the Bears put at No. 8, marking the sixth-consecutive week BU has lived in the top-10. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Cowboys and Bears will battle for the 46th time on Thursday night with Baylor holding a 33-12 advantage over OSU. The last time BU traveled to Stillwater in 2024, the Cowboys
came away with a 4-2 win. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The match will be streamed on
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://okla.st/ESPNvsBaylor" data-outlook-id="ac77b26b-0d4f-4f1f-b4a4-bd45e745a3e5" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">ESPN+</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as
a part of the Big 12 Crosscourt stream. Fans can also follow along using </span>
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://okla.st/StatsvsBaylor" data-outlook-id="014d06e4-94ce-47bf-9132-6850b3115b4d" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">live
stats</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://okla.st/WatchvsBaylor" data-outlook-id="0f42550d-1a4a-4e70-b7bd-8fb8243b9091" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">live
stream court cameras.</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"><b>Josie Hutton</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (MBB, FB, MTEN) </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span></p>
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