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No. 12 Men's Tennis Bounces Back with Sweep of Wisconsin

February 15, 2020
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MADISON, Wis. – No. 12 and eighth-seeded Baylor men's tennis (8-2) bounced back with a dominant 4-0 victory over host and 16th-seeded Wisconsin (7-5) in its second match of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships on Saturday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis.

Baylor jumped in front early after 17th-ranked Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah posted a 6-3 victory at the No. 1 spot, and then sophomores Finn Bass and Adrian Boitan claimed a 6-3 win at the No. 3 spot for the doubles point.

The Bears are now 22-2 in doubles matches this season.

Baylor continued to roll in singles action when No. 82 Frantzen scored a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Martim Vilela on court six to make it a 2-0 lead.

No. 25 Lah won his ninth-straight spring match with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Gabriel Huber at the No. 2 spot, and then freshman Alex Garcia clinched his first match as a Bear with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Robert Krill at the No. 4 spot.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Baylor is now 10-0 in the doubles point and 8-2 when winning the doubles point this season.

• Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen improved to 10-0 in spring doubles play.
• Alex Garcia clinched his first match as a Bear.

• Lah improved to 9-0 in spring singles action.
• Baylor is now 25-26 all-time at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

• Baylor is now 1-0 all-time against Wisconsin.

• Baylor is now 1-1 in road matches this season.

STAT OF THE MATCH

10 – the number of doubles points won by Baylor in 10 matches.

TOP QUOTE

Head coach Brian Boland

On the win…

“I am really pleased with the way we prepared and competed after a tough loss on Friday night against Wake Forest. Wisconsin is an excellent team, and we look forward to playing Columbia tomorrow night.”

WHAT'S NEXT

The Bears will close out their run at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships against No. 12 seed and ninth-ranked Columbia on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Madison.

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