Feb. 5, 2006

RICHMOND, Virginia - The No. 8 Baylor Men's Tennis Team took one from No. 34 Virginia Commonwealth today in Richmond. After taking a hard 6-1 loss to No. 7 Virginia yesterday, the weekend brings The Bears to a 2-2 record on the season.

Baylor came out strong sweeping the doubles point from VCU. Baylor's team of Matija Zgaga and David Galic defeated Arnaud Lecloerec and Petr Olsak in an 8-6 match. Lars Poerschke and Jon Reckewey also picked up a win for Baylor defeating Francesc Lleal and Sergi Arumi 8-4. Michal Kokta and Will Ward were leading VCU's Sebastian Ripoll and Emil Lindgren 7-6 but the match did not finish.

In singles, Baylor's Zgaga, No. 31 Kokta and No. 94 Vladimir Portnov all picked up wins for the Bears. In a hard fought,tie-breaker match, Baylor's No. 1 Poerschke was defeated by No. 52 Arnaud Lecloerec 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Baylor will return to Waco before heading to the National Team Indoors in Seattle, Washington on Feb. 17.

#8 Baylor 4, #34 VCU 3
Doubles:
1. Zgaga/Galic, B, def. Lecloerec/Olsak, 8-6
2. Kokta/Ward, B, led Ripoll/Lindgren, 7-6 (DNF)
3. Poerschke/Reckewey, B, def. Lleal/Arumi, 8-4
Singles:
1. #52 Arnaud Lecloerec, V, def. #1 Lars Poerschke, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
2. Matija Zgaga, B, def. Sergi Arumi, 6-3, 6-3
3. #31 Michal Kokta, B, def. Lleal, 7-5, 6-4
4. Georges-Alexandre Isreal, V, def. Will Ward, 6-4, 6-1
5. #94 Vladimir Portnov, B, def. Damien Lacombe, 7-5, 6-2
6. #85 Sebastian Ripoll, V, def. Jon Reckewey, 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5*, 6