Sunday, January 22
Charlottesville, Va.
12 pm
Baylor
0
at
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Virginia
No. 11 MT Falls to No. 1 Virginia
1/22/2023 4:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 11 Baylor men's tennis (3-1) dropped a 4-0 contest to No. 1 Virginia (4-0) on Sunday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
The loss marked the Bears' first of the season and gave Virginia their first win against the Bears since the 2015 NCAA Semifinals.
THE RUNDOWN
Sunday's play began with a win on doubles court two from Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz. The pair only took 30 minutes to beat Virginia's Iñaki Montes de la Torre and Ryan Goetz, 6-2.
Virginia regained leads on courts one and three to take the doubles point and the 1-0 lead in the match. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg and Alexander Kiefer beat Luc Koenig and Ethan Muza, 6-4, while Bar Botzer and Chris Rodesch defeated Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, 7-6(6).
Singles play saw chances for the Bears on courts five and six, with Ethan Muza and Zsombor Velcz nearing possible match points and wins for BU, but Virginia clinched the match with three-straight singles wins first.
No. 23 Bass dropped his first singles match of the year to No. 27 Rodesch, 6-2, 6-2, while No. 45 Schulenburg defeated unranked Marko Miladinović, 6-3, 6-3, on court three.
The match was clinched at 4-0 with Goetz's 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 115 Grassi Mazzuchi on four.
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Head coach Michael Woodson
On Sunday's match…
"It was a really competitive match from start to finish. I felt like the doubles point could've gone either way, credit to Zsombor [Velcz] and Tadeas [Paroulek], who played a fantastic doubles match there. The other guys really had opportunities with a couple points on one and three, but that's doubles at this level. I thought we did a nice job of coming out and setting the tone for a few courts in singles. It took a little bit of time for a couple guys to sink their teeth into the match, but we all competed, and I thought the level was there. Credit to UVA, they're the No. 1 team in the nation for a reason. Coach [Andres] Pedroso is doing an excellent job with them. They brought back a tremendous amount of experience and depth and they just played well under pressure, which was a good thing to see. I think we'll take this experience with us and build on it going into one of the toughest Kickoff Weekend groups in nation next week. We're excited to get home, get back to work and prepare for the Arizona State match on Friday."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return home to host one of the ITA Kickoff Weekend campus sites, with matches against Arizona State on Friday, Jan. 27, and either San Diego or Florida State on Saturday, Jan. 28.
The loss marked the Bears' first of the season and gave Virginia their first win against the Bears since the 2015 NCAA Semifinals.
THE RUNDOWN
Sunday's play began with a win on doubles court two from Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz. The pair only took 30 minutes to beat Virginia's Iñaki Montes de la Torre and Ryan Goetz, 6-2.
Virginia regained leads on courts one and three to take the doubles point and the 1-0 lead in the match. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg and Alexander Kiefer beat Luc Koenig and Ethan Muza, 6-4, while Bar Botzer and Chris Rodesch defeated Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, 7-6(6).
Singles play saw chances for the Bears on courts five and six, with Ethan Muza and Zsombor Velcz nearing possible match points and wins for BU, but Virginia clinched the match with three-straight singles wins first.
No. 23 Bass dropped his first singles match of the year to No. 27 Rodesch, 6-2, 6-2, while No. 45 Schulenburg defeated unranked Marko Miladinović, 6-3, 6-3, on court three.
The match was clinched at 4-0 with Goetz's 7-5, 6-3 win over No. 115 Grassi Mazzuchi on four.
QUOTABLE
Head coach Michael Woodson
On Sunday's match…
"It was a really competitive match from start to finish. I felt like the doubles point could've gone either way, credit to Zsombor [Velcz] and Tadeas [Paroulek], who played a fantastic doubles match there. The other guys really had opportunities with a couple points on one and three, but that's doubles at this level. I thought we did a nice job of coming out and setting the tone for a few courts in singles. It took a little bit of time for a couple guys to sink their teeth into the match, but we all competed, and I thought the level was there. Credit to UVA, they're the No. 1 team in the nation for a reason. Coach [Andres] Pedroso is doing an excellent job with them. They brought back a tremendous amount of experience and depth and they just played well under pressure, which was a good thing to see. I think we'll take this experience with us and build on it going into one of the toughest Kickoff Weekend groups in nation next week. We're excited to get home, get back to work and prepare for the Arizona State match on Friday."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return home to host one of the ITA Kickoff Weekend campus sites, with matches against Arizona State on Friday, Jan. 27, and either San Diego or Florida State on Saturday, Jan. 28.
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