SALT LAKE CITY – Heading west for its first away-conference series of the season, No. 15 Baylor men's tennis will take on No. 50 Utah on Thursday and No. 57 BYU on Saturday afternoon, both at 4 p.m. CT.  
 
The Bears (15-8, 1-1) opened their conference schedule last weekend at home at the Hurd Tennis Center, going 1-1 on the weekend. Baylor made a dominant statement against No. 32 Arizona State, sweeping the Sun Devils 4-0 on Friday night and following on Sunday with a 4-1 loss against No. 15 Arizona. The Bears also swept UT Dallas 7-0 on Sunday night.
 
The Utes (13-6, 2-1) opened its Big 12 conference slate with a trip to Lubbock where they defeated Texas Tech 4-1. Their following match at Oklahoma State was canceled due to the aftermath of the outbreak of fires in the Stillwater area. In its last match on Sunday against UCF, Utah fell 4-1 at home.
 
Utah is led by 97^th ranked Berk Bugarikj, who holds a 19-6 overall record and a 9-4 record this spring on Court One. In doubles, the duo of Reid Jarvis and Dante Carlos Teramo are Utah's lone ranked team at No. 52 with a 7-6 record on Court One.
 
BYU (12-4, 1-2) holds one conference win, upsetting No. 11 UCF last Friday 4-2 in Provo. The week prior, the Cougars began the conference season with two losses to Oklahoma State and Texas Tech.
 
The Cougars have one ranked doubles team of No. 44 Wally Thayne and Zach Fuchs who hold a 15-4 record.
 
The Bears continue to be led on Court One with No. 17 doubles pair Marko Miladinovic and Oskar Brostrom Poulsen with an even 11-11 record for the 2024-25 season. The South African duo of Devin Badenhorst and Luc Koenig continue to find success with a 10-2 record and an 80^th ranking.
 
In singles, No. 103 Zsombor Velcz currently rides a six match winning streak, having not lost a match since the ITA National Indoor Championships. Against Arizona, Velcz was the one Bear to put a point on the board, upsetting No. 89 Ludoski 6-3, 6-1.
 
Fans can find the live stats for the Thursday 4 p.m. CT match against Utah here. Live stats for the BYU Saturday at 4 p.m. CT match can be found here.  
 
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