FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 5 Baylor men's tennis (5-1) couldn't overcome a late deficit in singles action and fell 4-3 to Arkansas (2-2) on Saturday afternoon at the Dills Indoor Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
Arkansas extended its all-time series lead over the Bears, 17-1.
 
Baylor opened up doubles action on a strong note when 20^th-ranked Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah recorded a 6-3 victory over Maxim Verboven and Enrique Paya on court one. Then, sophomore Finn Bass and freshman Sebastian Nothhaft dropped a tight 6-4 match on court three to leave the doubles point up to the No. 2 spot.
 
After forcing a tiebreaker, 25^th-ranked Ryan Dickerson and Matias Soto captured a 7-6(3) triumph over Alex Reco and Nico Rousset to give BU the 1-0 lead.
 
Arkansas got on the board when Melvin Manuel defeated freshman Rahul Dhokia, 6-3, 6-1, on court five. Then, 95^th-ranked Frantzen recorded a 6-4, 6-1 to help give Baylor the 2-1 edge.
 
The Razorbacks rolled off the next three points to clinch the match. Bass dropped a 6-4, 6-2 match to Nico Rousset on court four for the first loss of his collegiate career. Arkansas took the lead when No. 59 Soto fell 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 to Alex Reco at the No. 2 spot.
 
No. 111 Dickerson's 6-3, 0-6, 7-6(5) loss to Josh Howard-Tripp at the No. 3 spot clinched the match for the Razorbacks, and then No. 19 Lah closed out the afternoon with a 7-6(12), 6-7, 10-7 win at the No. 1 spot.
 
NOTABLES
• Baylor is 6-0 in the doubles point and 5-1 when winning the doubles point this season.
• Sven Lah improved to 6-0 in spring singles action.
• Lah and Constantin Frantzen improved to 6-0 in spring doubles play.
• Ryan Dickerson and Matias Soto improved to 4-0 in spring doubles action.
• Baylor trails the all-time series against Arkansas, 1-17.
 
STAT OF THE MATCH
6 – the number of spring singles wins for junior Sven Lah.
 
TOP QUOTE
Head coach Brian Boland
On the match…
"Congratulations to Arkansas on the win as they earned it. We competed hard, and although we came up short, I am really pleased with where we are at right now. We have a high character group of guys that will use this as fuel for the remainder of the season. There are great things ahead for the Bears."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return home for a pair of matches, first hosting No. 7 Wake Forest on Thursday at Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
 
The matchup against the Demon Deacons is a "Wimbledon Whiteout" where the first 200 fans in the door will receive a free tennis t-shirt. Fans are encouraged to wear white for the 5 p.m. match.