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THE RUNDOWN
ATHENS, Ga. -- The 35th-ranked Baylor men's tennis team suffered a 4-1 loss to No. 7 Georgia in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Championships Sunday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

The loss ended Baylor's (16-14) dual-match season and blemished a previous perfect 16-0 record in NCAA second round matches.

Baylor and Georgia (22-4) went back and forth in doubles action, but UGA took control after a couple of breaks on courts one and three. Senior Julian Lenz and junior Tyler Stayer lost their second-straight doubles match with a 6-4 loss to Emil Reinberg and Wayne Montgomery at the No. 3 spot.

Georgia secured the doubles point after 86th-ranked Max Tchoutakian and Tommy Podvinski fell to No. 11 Austin Smith and Ben Wagland at the top of the lineup by a 6-2 margin.

BU tallied its only point of the afternoon after No. 12 Lenz earned a 6-2, 1-0 victory at the top of the lineup. The 17th-ranked Smith retired following the first game of the second set for the BU point.

Podvinski dropped a 6-2, 6-1 loss to Jan Zielinski on court five, followed by Stayer's 6-2, 6-1 loss at the No. 6 position to put Georgia up 3-1 with three matches remaining.

Georgia secured its final point after senior Felipe Rios lost 6-1, 6-2 to No. 64 Paul Oosterbaan on court three.

Prior to suspension, Tchoutakian held a 6-3, 4-4 advantage against No. 32 Montgomery at the No. 2 position. Freshman Jimmy Bendeck was also in the midst of a tight match, trailing 6-4, 3-2 on court four.

NOTABLES
- Baylor ends its 2016 season with a 16-14 record, falling to its fifth top-10 opponent this year.
- BU's second-round loss marks the first time since 2001 that the Bears will not appear in the NCAA Round of 16. Baylor is now 16-1 in NCAA second round matches.
- Baylor is now 1-4 all-time against Georgia.
- Julian Lenz's singles victory ends his dual-match career on a 10-match winning streak, finishing at 26-5 this year and 21-3 in dual-match play.
- Baylor is 3-9 after dropping the doubles point in 2016.

TOP QUOTE #1
"Losing is awful. That's my overall thought. There's a finality when you lose in the NCAAs. You're always thinking about what's next as a coach. Now, there's nothing next for us for a while and that's tough. I thought our guys fought like little dogs and overcame a ton of adversity this year. It put us in the position to finish strong. We just didn't have enough today. I'm proud of the guys today. They fought hard." --head coach Matt Knoll on the season-ending loss

WHAT'S NEXT
The loss concludes Baylor's 2016 dual-match season, but Julian Lenz will compete in the NCAA Singles Championship, which starts May 25 in Tulsa, Okla.

To stay up to date with the team: follow @BaylorMTennis on Twitter.

Despite continuing to "fight like little dogs," the 35th-ranked Baylor men didn't have enough bite to take out the seventh-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in Sunday's NCAA Tournament second-round match in Athens, Ga.

Georgia (22-4) earned a berth in the Round of 16 with a 4-1 victory over the Bears (16-14), getting the doubles victory to open the match and then closing it out with wins at Nos. 3, 5 and 6 singles. In the clincher, 64th-ranked Paul Oosterbaan was too much for Felipe Rios, handing the Baylor senior a 6-1, 6-2 loss to close out his collegiate career.

"Losing is awful. There's a finality when you lose in the NCAAs," said Baylor coach Matt Knoll, whose team had a streak of consecutive Sweet 16 appearances snapped at 14. "You're always thinking about what's next as a coach. Now, there's nothing next for us for a while, and that's tough. I thought our guys fought like little dogs and overcame a ton of adversity this year. It put us in a position to finish strong. We just didn't have enough today, but I'm proud of the guys. They fought hard."

Baylor actually jumped out to 2-1 leads on two of the three doubles courts, but Georgia's 11th-ranked team of Austin Smith and Ben Wagland won the last five games at court 1 and knocked off Max Tchoutakian and Tommy Podvinski, 6-2. Julian Lenz and Tyler Stayer were on serve at 4-5 at No. 3 when Oosterbaan and Jan Zielinski got a late break at No. 2 and closed out Rios and Jimmy Bendeck, 6-4.

As has been the case most of the season, the Bears were toughest at the top of the lineup, getting first-set wins from Lenz and Tchoutakian at Nos. 1 and 2 singles. Lenz got a point on the board when the 17th-ranked Smith retired with an injury, trailing 6-2, 1-0.

Before the match was suspended, Tchoutakian was leading 32nd-ranked Wayne Montgomery, 6-3, 4-4, at No. 2 singles.

"(Julian and Max) are playing great tennis up there," Knoll said. "I thought that made a big difference in the dual match, honestly. It didn't do enough for us to capitalize, but Julian getting that win kind of changed the tone of things, at least on our top side. Those guys are doing great. We're proud of them. We're proud of their effort. They fought super hard, and that's awesome."

It was a different story at the bottom of the lineup. Podvinski and Stayer lost by identical 6-2, 6-1 scores at Nos. 5 and 6 singles and Bendeck was trailing Walker Duncan, 6-4, 3-2, at No. 4.

In a year that was plagued by injuries and off-field issues, Knoll said the Bears "did an unbelievable job battling the whole year," getting through the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the 15th year in a row.

"I thought they really improved over the course of this year, and I think you saw that this weekend," Knoll said, referring to a 4-3 first-round win over No. 22 Florida State. "Some of the guys, in particular, really improved: Max, Julian, Jimmy. They really did a great job. Again, I'm proud of them. The future is bright for us. We'll continue to work and we'll be bigger and stronger next year."

Lenz is not done. Ranked 12th and riding a 10-match winning streak, the senior will compete in the singles portion of the NCAA Championships starting May 25 in Tulsa, Okla.

"It's hard to think about that right now, to be honest," Knoll said. "We've got to take a step back. It's going to be a while until he plays again, so we've got to go home and reassess where we are and create a game plan. . . . He hasn't particularly done well in that tournament. He hasn't really played his best tennis the first three times, so I think it's a great opportunity for him."