THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - The 34th-ranked Baylor men's tennis team ran past No. 66 Abilene Christian with a 6-1 victory on Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center.

Baylor (8-4) moves to 7-2 at home after a successful 2-0 weekend against two ranked opponents.

The Bears jumped out to an early doubles advantage as senior Felipe Rios and freshman Jimmy Bendeck recorded a 6-1 victory over Hunter Holman and Sebastian Langdon at the No. 3 spot.

BU clinched the doubles point against the Wildcats (10-5) with a 6-4 win from the 11th-ranked duo of senior Julian Lenz and redshirt freshman Will Little at the top of the lineup. The duo is now 8-1 on the season.

Baylor swept the doubles lineup for the fourth time this season after junior Max Tchoutakian and freshman Tommy Podvinski took a 6-4 triumph over Henry Adams and Jason Proctor on court two.

The Bears got off to a quick start in singles play, beginning with a 6-1, 6-1 win from No. 62 Tchoutakian over Nico Agritelley on court two. No. 26 Lenz followed quickly behind with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Sheehy at the top of the lineup, recording his 102nd career singles win.

For the third-straight match, Bendeck clinched the team win with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Holman on court four. The true freshman is now 2-0 at the No. 4 spot.

Playing the rest of the singles matches out, Podvinski recorded a 6-3, 6-4 victory on court five to push the Baylor lead to 5-0. Junior Tyler Stayer then fell 6-4, 6-3 on court six for Abilene Christian's only point of the match.

In the final singles match on, No. 122 Rios battled back from a 9-6 ultimate tiebreaker deficit to win five points in a row and secure a 6-1, 5-7, 1-0(9) win over Proctor on court three.

NOTABLES
- Baylor now leads Abilene Christian 11-3 in the all-time series, including 6-0 under head coach Matt Knoll.
- Julian Lenz now has the ninth-most career singles wins in Baylor history with 102. He passed Michal Kokta (101) after a 2-0 weekend. He also moved to seventh in all-time doubles wins with his 84th victory on Sunday, surpassing Benedict Dorsch (83).
- Baylor is now 6-1 after winning the doubles point.
- Felipe Rios and Max Tchoutakian are now the winners of four straight singles matches.

TOP QUOTE
"We're building on the theme of improving. I think our guys continue to get better. I'm really pleased with the way we came out today. I thought we had good focus on most of the courts, and the places where we were a little flat is a learning experience for the younger guys for them to learn to manage coming out and being ready every single day. It's a great win over a ranked team, so it's real positive for us." --head coach Matt Knoll on Baylor's win

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor heads to the La Jolla Doubles Classic in La Jolla, Calif. from March 4-6. The Bears return home to host a tripleheader against Prairie View A&M on March 14 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.

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