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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>No. 10 Seed Baylor MT to Take On No. 2 Seed Texas in NCAA Quarterfinals</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 continue postseason run in Elite Eight </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);"><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="d60e4cd1-ed7c-4eb2-a3ce-d97f68a438fe" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>josie_hutton@baylor.edu</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>ATHENS, Ga. –</b> Nationally ranked No. 11 Baylor men’s tennis looks to keep its postseason streak hot as it takes on No. 1 Texas in the NCAA Quarterfinals, held in Athens,
Georgia at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Thursday at 9 a.m. CT. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kicking off the Elite Eight with the first match of the day, No. 10 seed Baylor (25-9, 6-2 Big 12) will face an in-state foe of No. 2 seed Texas (27-6, 12-2 SEC) for the second
time this season. The last time the Bears and Longhorns met was on Feb. 16 in the ITA National Indoor Semifinals in Dallas, where UT snapped BU’s hot streak, 4-0, after the Bears took down three consecutive top-10 teams in a one-week span. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears are coming off a memorable match where Baylor hosted the NCAA Super Regionals against Pepperdine, defeating the Waves in a thrilling 4-3 night match in front of 1,300
fans at the Hurd Tennis Center. Prior to facing the Waves, Baylor defeated Tulsa, 4-0, and No. 22 Auburn, 4-1, in the first and second rounds in Waco. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Pepperdine match came down to none other than co-Big 12 Player of the Year, Devin Badenhorst, who came back from a first set deficit amidst cramping and intense conditions,
winning court one, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5), to advance his team to its first NCAA Quarterfinals appearance since 2022 and 16<sup>th</sup> time in program history. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Badenhorst, ranked at No. 10 in ITA’s most recent rankings, will likely face off against UT’s Sebastian Gornzy, ranked No. 3, on court one on Thursday morning. The Texas Longhorns
have had a successful season, winning the SEC regular season and conference tournament and reaching the NCAA Elite Eight for the fourth straight year. Their road to Athens included wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-0, SMU, 4-0, and No. 17 San Diego, 4-1,
all held in Austin. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Historically, this will be the 119th meetup between Baylor and Texas. The Longhorns have taken the last three matches, however prior to, the Bears had won four straight and
seven of the last eight. The last time BU played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens was in 2017, against Texas in the Round of 16, where UT advanced 4-1. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor is the only team outside of the top eight seeds to make it to the NCAA Quarterfinals and is looking to move on to the NCAA Semifinals for the first time since 2021 and
the seventh time in program history. The winner of the BU versus UT match will play the winner of Ohio State versus TCU on Saturday, May 15, in the Final Four. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fans looking to keep up with the match can find
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="https://georgiadogs.com/sports/2017/6/17/sports-m-tennis-spec-rel-vid-stream-html" data-outlook-id="0016d8f5-5e27-4023-93fd-cd1a690f5e08" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>live
stats and live court streams</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as well as the match streamed on
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ca5ba2af-1288-4d21-8358-f73a3eebe295#bucketId=7473" data-outlook-id="4ad9fbcf-a707-497b-8eb1-c1b180a27e77" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>ESPN+</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and
Cracked Racquets on </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cracked+racquets" data-outlook-id="db7e5ee2-7f4d-4ea3-93a5-751cd54fb2dd" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>Youtube</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</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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