Bears Start Out Strong at Oracle ITA Masters

Thursday, September 20

Malibu, Calif.

Baylor

Oracle ITA Masters

Bears Start Out Strong at Oracle ITA Masters

9/20/2018 8:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Lah advances in both draws while Schretter continues in the singles bracket

MALIBU, Calif. – Baylor men's tennis went 5-1 to open play at the Oracle ITA Masters Thursday at the Malibu Racquet Club and Pepperdine's Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif.

In singles action, 33^rd-ranked Schretter earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Pepperdine's Adrian Oetzbach to advance to Friday's second round. 85^th-ranked Lah also advanced with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 win over Mercer's Olivier Stuart.

Schretter will face 12^th-ranked Mitch Harper (Virginia Tech) while Lah will challenge No. 54 Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) in the second round of the singles draw.

In mixed doubles play, sixth-seeded Lah and Michael Bayerlova (Washington State) downed Hendrick Inno (Belmont) and Lidia Yanes Garcia (Austin Peay) in the opening round, 7-5, before securing a spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-4 victory over Henry Patten (UNC Asheville) and Lauren Proctor (Winthrop).

Seventh-seeded Schretter and Makenna Jones (North Carolina) took a 6-1 win over Jordan Benjamin (Dayton) and Maria Siopacha (George Washington) in the first round before bowing out of the draw with a 6-4 defeat to Stefan Milicevic (Minnesota) and Kate Fahey (Michigan) in round two.

Lah and Bayerlova match up against Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) and Erica Oosterhout (Harvard) in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Follow the results all weekend long on the official Twitter account of the team: @BaylorMTennis.

2018 ORACLE ITA MASTERS RESULTS - THURSDAY
Singles Draw –
R1: No. 33 Johannes Schretter def. Adrian Oetzbach (Pepperdine), 6-2, 6-4
R1: No. 85 Sven Lah def. Olivier Stuart (Mercer), 6-4, 2-6, 6-1

Mixed Doubles Draw --
R1: No. 6 Lah/Bayerlova def. Inno/Garcia, 7-5
R1: No. 7 Schretter/Jones def. Benjamin/Siopacha, 6-1
R2: No. 6 Lah/Bayerlova def. Patten/Proctor, 6-4
R2: Milicevic/Fahey def. No. 7 Schretter/Jones, 6-4

2018 ORACLE ITA MASTERS SCHEDULE - FRIDAY
Singles Draw –
R2: No. 33 Johannes Schretter vs. No. 12 Mitch Harper (Virginia Tech), Time TBA
R2: No. 85 Sven Lah vs. No. 54 Christian Sigsgaard (Texas), Time TBA

Mixed Doubles Draw --
QF: No. 6 Lah/Bayerlova vs. Sigsgaard/Oosterhout, Time TBA