May 18, 2006

Palo Alto, Calif. - 2006 NCAA Men's Tennis Championships
Taube Tennis Center - Palo Alto, Calif.
Hosted by Stanford University
Saturday, May 20 - Tuesday, May 23

2006 NCAA MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
(all times listed as Central)

Round of 16
Saturday, May 20:
11 a.m. #11 North Carolina (25-4) vs. #6 Ohio State (27-1) - Taube South
#14 Mississippi (22-5) vs. #3 Texas (24-3) - Taube Stadium
2 p.m. #10 UCLA (19-5) vs. #7 Illinois (24-6) - Taube South
Florida (17-7) vs. #2 Pepperdine (32-2) - Taube Stadium
5 p.m. #5 Baylor (23-6) vs. Washington (20-5) - Taube South
#4 Duke (22-6) vs. #13 Stanford (17-3) - Taube Stadium
8 p.m. #8 Virginia (23-8) vs. #9 Miami (20-4) - Taube South
#1 Georgia (26-0) vs. Notre Dame (19-8) - Taube Stadium

Teams listed as tournament seed rather than national ranking.

Quarterfinals
Sunday, May 21:
Noon North Carolina/Ohio State winner vs. Mississippi/Texas winner - Taube South
3 p.m. UCLA/Illinois winner vs. Florida/Pepperdine winner - Taube South
5 p.m. Baylor/Washington winner vs. Duke/Stanford - Taube Stadium
8 p.m. Virginia/Miami winner vs. Georgia/Notre Dame winner - Taube Stadium

No. 4 Baylor - The 23-6 Baylor Bears, ranked No. 4 nationally and the championship's No. 5 seed, are participating in their ninth NCAA Championship and fourth straight Round of 16 appearance. The Bears are led by fourth-ranked Lars Poerschke, No. 29 Michal Kokta, No. 65 Matija Zgaga and No. 124 Matt Brown. Kokta leads the team in singles wins with a 37-7 record while Poerschke follows with a 35-9 mark. Kokta and Poerschke are the Bears' highest ranked doubles duo at No. 23. They are 14-1 on the season, all coming in dual match play. They are 7-1 at the No. 1 spot and 7-0 on court two.

Washington (ranked #21) - The Huskies, 20-5 on the season, advanced to the round of 16 with wins over Penn State (4-2) and an upset of 12th-seeded and regional host Virginia Commonwealth (4-0). Washington, guided by 11th-year head coach Matt Anger, currently has one ranked player, junior Alex Slovic, a native of Pancevo, Yugoslavia, is listed at No. 44 and plays in the No. 1 spot for the Huskies.

Versus Washington...
• Baylor is 1-1 all-time versus Washington (BU lost 6-3 in 1988 at San Diego Invitational)
• Matt Knoll is 1-0 against the Huskies to produce BU's lone win in two tries. The Bears defeated Washington 4-0 on March 7, 1999 at the HEB Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Versus PAC-10...
• Baylor is 18-6 all-time versus Pac-10 schools
• Coach Knoll is 17-5 against Pac-10 schools including a 4-0 mark this season.

Baylor Quick Notes...
• Seventeen of Baylor's 24 regular season matches were against teams competing in the 2006 NCAA Championships, BU posted a 12-5 mark versus those teams. Of those teams, BU could still face three of them (Virginia, Duke, Stanford), the Bears are 1-2 against those three this season.
• Baylor currently ranked No. 4 ... it is the third time this season the Bears have been No. 4, they also achieved that listing on April 11 and 25.
• Baylor is making for its fifth-straight NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and seventh overall.
• BU is making its ninth straight NCAA Championships appearance.
• The Bears have won five straight regular season Big 12 Championships and six of the last seven.
• The Bears have not been ranked lower than ninth nationally over the past four seasons.
• Baylor is 143-13 over the past four seasons (27-2 in 2002; 28-2 in 2003; 32-2 in 2004; 33-1 in 2005 and 23-6 so far in 2006).
• Sophomore Lars Poerschke is the only Bear to be named Big 12 Player of the Week this season, he's achieve it twice (March 13 & April 25).
• Poerschke and junior Michal Kokta were named All-Big 12 in both singles and doubles. Poerschke was a unanimous selection in both singles and doubles.
• Poerschke and Kokta have been selected to participate in the NCAA Championships singles and doubles brackets.
• Poerschke is undefeated in Big 12 regular season action at 14-0. He was 7-0 last season and repeated that mark in 2006.
• Poerschke has a 14-match win streak in tact, his last loss came on March 13 versus then-17th-ranked Scott Doerner of Pepperdine.
• Junior Matija Zgaga ranks No. 5 (tie) in doubles (79) and No. 8 in singles (75) on BU's career list.
• Junior Michal Kokta ranks No. 10 on BU's career singles win list with 73 and sits at No. 6 in singles wins in a season with 37 so far in 2006.
• Baylor is a young squad with three juniors, two sophomores, and two freshmen.

Baylor's record when...
• win doubles - 17-1
• lose doubles - 2-5
• match score is 4-3 - 6-3
• at No. 1 doubles - 13-8
• at No. 2 doubles - 13-5
• at No. 3 doubles - 15-8
• at No. 1 singles - 13-13
• at No. 2 singles - 18-10
• at No. 3 singles - 19-8
• at No. 4 singles - 23-5 (21-2 since Feb. 19)
• at No. 5 singles - 13-10
• at No. 6 singles - 18-7