Men's Tennis Blanks Valparaiso, 7-0

WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s tennis (12-3) stayed perfect at home with a 7-0 sweep of Valparaiso (4-6) Wednesday night at Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

BU pushed its home win streak to 26 straight, and the Bears have outscored its opponents by a 61-4 margin in Waco.

The Bears got rolling early in double action with senior Ryan Dickerson and sophomore Adrian Boitan sweeping Daniel Langston and Philipp Leithold with a 6-0 win on court two. Sophomore Finn Bass and freshman Sebastian Nothhaft improved to 6-2 on the year when they defeated Franklin Brozovich and Gabriel Carvajal on court three, 6-3, for the doubles point.

No. 82 Constantin Frantzen opened up singles action with a 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. 4 spot, followed by No. 35 Sven Lah’s 6-0, 6-0 sweep over Brian Pecyna on court two for the 3-0 lead.

Dickerson clinched his third match of the year when he posted a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Gabriel Carvajal at the No. 3 spot.

Playing the other singles matches out, Nothhaft added to the lead when he defeated Philipp Leithold, 6-2, 6-1, on court five. Then, freshman Rahul Dhokia captured a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Franklin Brozovich at the No. 6 spot.

After dropping his second set, No. 57 Boitan controlled the 10-point tiebreaker to take a 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(6) victory at the No. 1 spot for the sweep.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 13-2 in the doubles point and is 11-2 when winning the point this season.
• Baylor has won 41 of its last 42 home matches dating back to 2017, including 26 in a row.
• Baylor improved to 10-0 at home this season.
• Baylor has now swept seven opponents at home this season.
• Baylor has outscored its opponents by a 61-4 margin at home.
• Ryan Dickerson clinched his third match of the season.
• Sven Lah is now 13-1 in spring singles action.
• Sebastian Nothhaft is an unblemished 6-0 in singles play.
• Nothhaft and Finn Bass improved to 6-2 in doubles action.
• Baylor is now 1-0 all-time against Valparaiso.
• The Bears honored Valpo head coach Jim Daugherty prior to the match for his retirement following the end of the season. Daugherty was the Crusaders head coach for the last 35 seasons.

STAT OF THE MEET
0 – the number of game losses for junior Sven Lah in singles.

TOP QUOTE
Head coach Brian Boland
On the win…
"It was a complete performance from top to bottom. I thought the guys came out and focused really well. I played with a lot of energy and had an outstanding performance in doubles that carried over into singles. Especially at two, four and six where we played with a great deal of discipline and dominated. The rest of the guys did what they needed to do to finish their matches strong. I was really impressed with Adrian Boitan. His opponent was a really strong player and can compete with anyone in the country. He hung in there and did a good job in the tiebreaker. He played some really good tennis. I'm happy with the guys. It's always good to come out and get a 7-0 win before going into a competitive match in Tempe, Arizona."

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor will head west to face Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT in Tempe, Ariz.