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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 11, 2026</b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>No. 11 Baylor MT Rounds Out Regular Season with Doubleheader Against No. 4 TCU & UTRGV</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 to honor four seniors on Sunday </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="99d40d04-3e8b-4ec7-81fb-f44c3e84d531" 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>WACO, Texas –</b> No. 11 Baylor men’s tennis returns to the Hurd Tennis Center on Sunday for a rivalry matchup against No. 4 TCU with the first serve set for 1 p.m. CT. Following,
Baylor will take on UTRGV at 6 p.m. CT. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At the conclusion of the TCU match, Baylor will honor its four seniors of Alexandru Chirita, Luc Koenig, Zsombor Velcz and Arman Zamani for its Senior Day. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (20-7, 6-1 Big 12) bring an eight-match win streak into the weekend after sweeping Midwestern State and BYU in a midweek doubleheader and taking down Texas Tech in
Lubbock. Baylor has won all five of its recent home matches and looks to carry that momentum into a key conference clash.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TCU (18-5, 6-1 Big 12) enters Sunday tied with Baylor for second in the league standings. The Horned Frogs took the last meeting during a non-conference matchup in February
at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor continues to lean on its strength at the top of the lineup, led by No. 7 Devin Badenhorst in singles. He is joined by No. 35 Zsombor Velcz and No. 46 Connor Van Schalkwyk,
giving the Bears three ranked players to anchor the lineup.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With both teams sitting tied for second in the Big 12 standings, Sunday’s contest carries significant postseason implications for seeding at the Big 12 and the NCAA Tournament. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UTRGV enters the match with a 7-15 overall record and have won the last two Southland Conference matches. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="http://www.sidearmstats.com/baylor/mten/" data-outlook-id="8ab2e40c-da4e-4f2f-8678-1840260d74a9" 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
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/2018/9/18/tennis-playsight.aspx" data-outlook-id="5fa8c4d1-36f8-462d-876a-e589c4e172f1" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">live
video</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> will be provided for both matches. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorMTennis.</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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