March 9, 2005

DALLAS, Texas - Top-ranked Baylor men's tennis battled back after losing the doubles point to beat No. 46 SMU 5-2 at Haggar Tennis Stadium on Wednesday. The Bears have won 37 straight and improve to 13-0 on the season.

After losing the doubles point to the Mustangs, the Bears rallied to take five of six singles points to take the win.

Down 1-0 to the Mustangs, Baylor seniors No. 1 Benedikt Dorsch and No. 37 Benjamin Becker brought in wins in the Nos. 1 and 2 courts respectively to give the Bears a 2-1 advantage. The Mustangs were quick to respond by taking the singles point on the No. 3 court to even things at 2-2.

However, it was all Baylor after that as the Bears took the points on courts four through six to grab the win.

Baylor doesn't return to action until Friday, March 18 when the Bears host Big 12 Conference foe Oklahoma. The Bears are 2-0 this season in Big 12 play with wins over Nebraska and Colorado.

DOUBLES
1) Dorsch/Zgaga (BU) def. McNaughton/Murgier (SMU) 8-1
2) Soderberg/Oredsson (SMU) def. Poerschke/Kokta (BU) 8-6
3) Chingoka/Kuezer (SMU) def. Becker/Reckewey (BU) 8-6

SINGLES
1) Benedikt Dorsch (BU) def. Gwinyai Chingoka (SMU) 6-1, 6-2
2) Benjamin Becker (BU) def. Henrik Soderberg (SMU) 6-3, 6-2
3) Paul McNaughton (SMU) def. Matija Zgaga (BU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
4) Michal Kokta (BU) def. Federico Murgier (SMU) 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
5) Vladimir Portnov (BU) def. David Keuzer (SMU) 6-4, 6-3