Men's Tennis claims its fifth Big 12 Championship
4/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 29, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -
The Baylor men's tennis team claimed its fifth Big 12 Championship title with a 4-1 victory over the
With the win, Baylor has now claimed both the Big 12 Conference regular season and championships titles five times.
The victory over
After losing the doubles point in three straight matches and five of the last six, and going on to the win the match, the Bears must have felt things might go their way when they tugged the doubles point away from the Longhorns.
Senior Matija Zgaga gained Baylor's second point and recorded his 100th career win with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph. He moved past Zoltan Papp (1999-03) to claim the No. 4 spot on Baylor's career singles wins list. Lukacs made quick work of Jonah Kane-West on court six with a 6-4, 6-0 win.
"I thought our guys battled really hard today.
Semifinals Big 12 Championship
Doubles
1. Kokta/Poerschke (BU) vs. #30 Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) 8-6
2. Reyes Varela/Mihailovic (UT def. Lukacs/Mueller (BU) 8-3
3. Brown/David Galic (BU) vs. Diaz Barriga/Bernhard Deussner (UT)
Singles
1. #13 Lars Poerschke (BU) vs. #73 Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) DNF
2. #20 Michal Kokta (BU) def. Miguel Reyes Varela (UT) 6-2, 7-5
3. Matt Brown (BU) vs. Luiz Diaz Barriga (UT) DNF
4. Matija Zgaga (BU) def. #110
5. Josh Zavala (UT) def. #104 Dominik Mueller (BU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Denes Lukacs (BU) def. Jonah Kane-West (UT) 6-4, 6-0
Order of finish: D - 2, 1, 3; S - 4, 6, 5, 2