April 18, 2015 Complete Results
LUBBOCK, Texas - The second-ranked Baylor men's tennis team took care of business with a 4-1 victory over No. 16 Texas Tech Saturday at the McLeod Tennis Center.
The win earned the Bears (20-4, 4-1) at least a share of the Big 12 title regular-season title for the third straight year, the 12th time in the last 14 years and the program's 13th regular season trophy overall.
Top-ranked Oklahoma will have a chance to tie BU's 4-1 conference mark when the Sooners play host to Oklahoma State Sunday at 1 p.m. If OU were to lose, the Bears would claim the title outright.
To take down the Red Raiders on their home turf, Baylor used a win in the doubles point and singles victories on courts five, four and one.
The Bears swept the doubles point to improve to 22-1 on the year in the opening point.
First the 25th-ranked duo of Julian Lenz and Diego Galeano upset 16th-ranked Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas, 6-4, at the No. 1 spot.
Following that win, the Bears clinched the opening point as Vince Scneider and Felipe Rios took care of Alex Sendegeya and Jolan Cailleau, 7-5, at the No. 2 spot. With the point already decided, Tony Lupieri and Max Tchoutakian downed Francisco Zambon and Connor Curry, 7-5, at the No. 3 spot.
In singles action, Baylor quickly jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
Rios handled Zambon, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot and the 112th-ranked Zsiga took out No. 106 Cailleau, 6-1, 6-2, on court four to put the Bears on the brink of victory. Texas Tech would get its lone point of the match as Schneider fell, 6-3, 6-2, to Curry on court six.
At the top of the lineup, the second-ranked Lenz blew past No. 33 Soares, 6-4, 6-4, to clinch the match and the Big 12 title for the Bears.
NOTABLES
? Baylor has now won four straight matches over the Red Raiders.
? BU has claimed 21 of the last 22 contests in the series.
? The Bears lead the overall series against Texas Tech 28-26.
? Baylor won its 13th Big 12 regular season title and the 12th in the last 14 years.
? Baylor men's tennis now has won 21 total league crowns (13 regular season and eight tournament).
? Baylor is 17-4 against ranked opponents this season.
? Baylor has won at least 20 matches in 13 of the last 14 years.
TOP QUOTE #1
"I'm happy for the team. They've worked so hard so far this year, and they did a great job of coming through in a tough environment today. And I'm really proud of them." - head coach Matt Knoll on the win
TOP QUOTE #2
"I think we grew us a team today doing that, and I thought the team really got a lot out of it today. It's one of those days where you don't walk out there expecting to play your best tennis, but you just want to be competitive and gritty, and I thought our guys showed a lot of grit." - Knoll on his team
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will host the Big 12 Championships at the Hurd Tennis Center next week. The men's bracket begins on Friday and runs through Sunday. BU will have a first-round bye and will either be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed at the event.
For the latest news on the Baylor men's tennis team follow its official Twitter account: @BaylorMTennis.
