No. 9 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 12 Columbia at ITA National Indoors
CHICAGO, Ill. – No. 9 and 10th-seeded Baylor men’s tennis (9-2) dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 12 and 14th-seeded Columbia to wrap up play at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships Sunday morning at Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago, Ill.
BU is now 3-2 against ranked opponents this season and finished its run at the ITA National Indoors with a 1-2 record.
Baylor fell behind early in doubles action after Adrian Boitan and Matias Soto dropped a 6-1 decision on court three, and Jimmy Bendeck and Sven Lah lost their first doubles contest in dual-match play with a 6-0 defeat at the top of the lineup.
Down 1-0 after doubles, 29th-ranked Johannes Schretter fell 6-0, 6-3 to 11th-ranked Jack Lin at the top the lineup, followed by Matias Soto’s 7-5, 6-2 loss to 54th-ranked Victor Pham at the No. 2 spot.
Baylor got on the board with Sven Lah’s 6-4, 6-1 upset over No. 44 Jackie Tang for the second-highest ranked win of his career.
Columbia clinched the match after Jimmy Bendeck fell 7-6(4), 6-1 to Rian Pandole at the No. 5 spot.
NOTABLES
• Baylor is now 24-24 all-time at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
• Baylor is now 3-2 against ranked opponents this season and is 1-1 against top-10 opponents.
• In doubles, Jimmy Bendeck and Sven Lah dropped to 5-1 in dual matches this season.
• Sven Lah took down his second-highest opponent of his career with a straight-set win over No. 44 Jackie Tang at the No. 4 spot.
• Baylor is now 8-3 in the doubles point and 1-2 when losing the opening point this season.
• Baylor is now 2-2 all-time against Columbia.
STAT OF THE MATCH
44 – Sven Lah’s second-highest ranked win of his career.
TOP QUOTE
Head coach Brian Boland
On the loss…
“Overall it was a great weekend. I was pleased we could put together a team who has faced a ton of sickness and injury early in the season. This is a resilient group, and once we get healthy I believe we can compete with anyone. We are further ahead than I thought we would be at this point and we could not be more excited about the remainder of the season.”
WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears hit the road again for a 6 p.m. contest against Tulsa Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.