Men's Tennis Hosts Waco Fall Kickoff Classic to Open Fall Season

WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s tennis will play host for the first of many times this fall season by opening the fall schedule with the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic this weekend.

The Bears welcome athletes from LSU, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, Tulsa and UTSA. The Waco Fall Kickoff Classic will take place at the Waco Regional Tennis Center from September 13-15.

“Really excited to get the fall season started,” said head coach Michal Woodson. “To be able to play in Waco this early is indicative of what’s going to be happening throughout the year. We’re certainly the home of college tennis this season and we’re really honored and excited to do that. Our partners over at Waco Regional have been generous enough to help us put on what’s going to be a great event with the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic.

“We’ve got eight great teams competing this weekend and we’re going to see a couple of new faces here from Baylor as well as a couple of returners that I think are prime to have a great fall leading into what, I think, is going to be an awesome spring for the Bears. Excited to get started. Look forward to testing some of our guys here before we kind of hit the heart of the fall season. Sic Em!”

Competing for the Bears will be Imran Daniel Hazli, Louis Bowden, Marko Miladinovic and Quintan Van Wijk. All four Bears will be competing in the singles and doubles brackets. Daniel Hazli will be paired with Bowden and Miladinovic paired with Van Wijk in the doubles competitions.

This will be Daniel Hazli’s collegiate debut and Van Wijk’s debut with Baylor since transferring from Nebraska-Omaha.

The singles competition will begin Friday at 3 p.m. CT with the doubles competition beginning on Saturday morning. All tournament information and results can be found on the tournament hub page.

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