No. 8 MT Advances Over Memphis to UTR Collegiate Championship Final

Saturday, March 14

Indian Wells, Calif.

12 p.m.

Baylor

Memphis

No. 8 MT Advances Over Memphis to UTR Collegiate Championship Final

3/14/2026 5:05:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Bears to play for the trophy against Pepperdine on Sunday

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – No. 8 Baylor men's tennis dominated in day one of the UTR Collegiate Championship against No. 51 Memphis, where it secured a 4-0 win at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Saturday afternoon.

Baylor (11-6) clinched against Memphis (7-8), marking its first neutral site win of the season in a prevailing fashion. The Bears dominated the Tigers in both singles and doubles, not allowing Memphis a point on the board.

THE RUNDOWN
Baylor started hot in doubles, dominating on Court Two to secure a 6-4 win by Connor Van Schalkwyk and Luc Koenig. Following after, Memphis took Court One 6-4 after Zsombor Velcz and Alexandru Chirita dropped. Baylor went on to win on Court Three 7-6(5) with Devin Badenhorst and Blake Anderson to win the doubles point for the Bears.

Moving over to singles, Baylor struck first by winning on Court Two with Zsombor Velcz taking it 6-2, 6-2. Followed directly by Connor van Schalkwyk winning on Court Three 6-4, 7-5. Lastly to clinch the match was Devin Badenhorst winning on Court One 6-4, 6-4.

There were three unfinished matches, including on Court Four with Chirita leading 6-3, 1-6, 2-0. Koenig on Court Five even at 3-6, 6-4. And on Court Six Louis Bowden leading 7-6, 1-1.

STAT OF THE MATCH
Connor Van Schalkwyk won his match making this his eighth in a row.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. Moritz KuderNatsch/Maxime Dubouch (UM) def. Alexandru Chirita/Zsombor Velcz (BU) 6-4
2. Luc Koenig/Connor Van Schalkwyk (BU) def. Sam Reeve/Marcos Castro Fabra (UM) 6-4
3. Devin Badenhorst/Blake Anderson (BU) def. Obrad Markovski/Marko Milosavljevic (UM) 7-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1 #12 Devin Badenhorst (BU) def. Maxime Dubouch (UM) 6-4, 6-0
2. #53 Zsombor Velcz (BU) def. Moritz Kudernatsch (UM) 6-2, 6-2
3. #27 Connor Van Schalkwyk (BU) def. Marcos Castro Fabra (UM) 6-4, 7-5
4. Obrad Markovski (UM) vs #91 Alexandru Chirita (BU) 3-6, 6-1, 0-2 , unfinished
5. Leandro Zgraggen (UM) vs. Luc Koenig (BU) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
6. Marko Milosavljevic vs. Louis Bowden (BU) 6-7, 1-1, unfinished
Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 2

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns tomorrow to play against Pepperdine at 12 p.m. C.T. in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

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