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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.8px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 12, 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 Ends Regular Season Splitting 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 fall to TCU 4-1 but bounce back with 4-0 win over UTRGV</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="49d3e314-bab1-461f-a646-d1925a12fe34" 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 wrapped up its regular season on Sunday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center, splitting the day with a 4-1 loss to No. 4 TCU but
responding with a 4-0 victory over UTRGV. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor (21-8, 6-2) honored its four seniors of Alexandru Chiritia, Luc Koenig, Zsombor Velcz and Arman Zamani following the TCU match. The Bears finished the regular season
with an impressive 15-2 record at home and captured 11 ranked wins on the season. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>VERSUS TCU</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears and Horned Frogs stayed neck and neck during the doubles matches. Connor Van Schalkwyk and Luc Koenig started the winning for the Bears by beating Albert Pedrico and
Cooper Woestendick 6-3 on Court 2. TCU responded by defeating Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz on Court 1 in a competitive 7-6(4) tiebreak.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Devin Badenhorst and Calvin Baierl didn’t let Bears stay tied for long. They defeated their opponents on Court 3, with thrilling 7-6(5) score to snag the doubles points over
TCU, the first time since 2024. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Horned Frogs responded by taking the first set across all six courts. The singles play was competitive with four total sets going into tiebreakers, but TCU pulled through
taking four points 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);">Oliver Bonding started the momentum for the Horned Frogs by defeating Chirita 6-0, 6-2. Louis Bowden fell to his opponent 6-2, 6-2, which gave TCU its first two points. After
a close and competitive two sets, Koeing lost to Pedrico 7-6(2), 7-5 to bring TCU to three points. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears did not go down easy, Badenhorst extended his match to three sets against No. 6 Duncan Chan. But TCU clinched its fourth point against Baylor when Van Schalkywk fell
to Woestendick 7-6(3), 7-6(5). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>VERSUS UTRGV</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor bounced back in emphatic fashion, sweeping the doubles point and three singles courts to earn a 4-0 win over UTRGV. Chirita and Velcz opened doubles with a 6-2 victory
on Court 1, while Badenhorst and Koenig followed with a 6-1 win on Court 2 to secure the point. Court 3, featuring Blake Anderson and Arman Zamani, was left unfinished with Baylor leading 5-1. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In singles, No. 7 Badenhorst gave the Bears a 2-0 lead with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Sam Whitehead on Court 1. Koenig added the third point after rallying past Santiago Serrano,
6-0, 7-6(3), and Baierl clinched the sweep with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 victory over Loic Young Kriegel on Court 4. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chirita, Zamani and Drew Hedgecoe all held leads in unfinished matches when Baylor secured the 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);">The Bears will be travelling to Orlando, Florida for the Big 12 Championship starting April 16 and continuing through April 18. Baylor earned the No. 3 seed and will face off
against six-seed Utah at 9 a.m. CT on Thursday. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>RESULTS</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>TCU </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>Doubles</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">1. Duncan Chan and Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz (BU), 7-6(4) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">2. Connor Van Schalkwyk and Luc Koenig (BU) def. Albert Pedrico and Cooper Woestendick (TCU), 6-3</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">3. Devin Badenhorst and Calvin Baierl (BU) def. Maximus Dussault and Cosme Rolland De Ravel (TCU), 7-5(5) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Order of finish: 2, 1, 3</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i>Singles</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">1. #7 Devin Badenhorst (BU) vs. #6 Duncan Chan (TCU), 4-6, 7-6(2), 0-3 UF</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">2. #37 Cosme Rolland De Ravel (TCU) vs. #35 Zsombor Velcz (BU), 6-4, 6-6 UF</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">3. #61 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. #46 Connor Van Schalkwyk (BU), 7-6(4), 7-6(5)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">4. Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Alexandru Chirita (BU), 6-0, 6-2</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">5. Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Luc Koeing (BU), 7-6(2), 7-5</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">6. Roger Pascual (TCU) def. Louis Bowden (BU), 6-2, 6-2 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Order of finish: 4, 6, 5, 3</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>UTRGV</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. Alexandru Chirita and Zsombor Velcz (BU) def. Sam Whitehead and Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 6-2 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koenig (BU) def. Ivo Isqueiro and Santiago Serrano (UTRGV), 6-1 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Blake Anderson and Arman Zamani (BU) vs. Tsz Him Chan and Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV), 5-1 UF</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. #7 Devin Badenhorst (BU) def. Sam Whitehead (UTRGV), 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);">2. Alexandru Chirita (BU) vs. Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV), 6-1, 4-5 UF</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3. Luc Koenig (BU) def. Santiago Serrano (UTRGV), 6-0, 7-6(3) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Calvin Baierl (BU) def. Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 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);">5. Arman Zamani (BU) vs. Will Roberts (UTRGV), 6-4, 4-4 UF</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6. Drew Hedgecoe (Baylor) vs. Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV), 3-6, 3-3 UF</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Order of finish: 4, 3, 1</span></p>
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