No. 12 MT Records Home Sweep over Penn

Saturday, February 8

Waco, Texas

7:00 p.m. CT

Baylor

Penn

No. 12 MT Records Home Sweep over Penn

2/8/2020 10:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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Junior Matias Soto recorded his 50th career singles win for the Bears

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – No. 12 Baylor men's tennis (7-1) swept its fourth opponent at home after posting a 7-0 victory over Penn (3-3) on Saturday at Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

BU pushed its home win streak to 23 straight and has won 38 of its last 39 matches in Waco.

Baylor opened up doubles action with a 6-0 win from 23^rd-ranked Ryan Dickerson and Matias Soto on court two. Then, the 17^th-ranked duo of Constantin Frantzen and Sven Lah clinched the opening point with a 6-1 victory at the top of the lineup. Sophomore Finn Bass and freshman Sebastian Nothhaft made it a clean sweep after posting a 6-3 triumph at the No. 3 spot.

The Bears are now 18-1 in doubles matches this season.

Baylor kept the momentum in singles play and took five opening sets over the Quakers. No. 25 Lah made quick work of Edoardo Granziani on court two for the 6-2, 6-1 win, followed by Dickerson's 6-3, 6-0 win over Aditya Gupta on court four.

Bass clinched the match for the second time this season with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Jonah Jurick at the No. 6 spot. No. 67 Soto earned his 50^th career singles win in a Baylor uniform when he took down Kevin Zhu, 6-2, 6-4, at the top of the lineup.

Freshman Alex Garcia won his first match as a Bear when he took a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Dmitry Shatalin on court three. Then, No. 82 Frantzen had to wipe away two match points but ultimately made it a sweep with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(9) triumph at the No. 5 spot.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Matias Soto won his 50^th career singles match, improving to 50-23 all-time at Baylor.
• Baylor has won 38 of its last 39 home matches dating back to 2017, including 23 in a row.
• Baylor improved to 7-0 at home this season.
• Baylor has swept four opponents at home this season.
• Baylor is 8-0 in the doubles point and 7-1 when winning the doubles point this season.
• Sven Lah improved to 8-0 in spring singles action.
• Finn Bass clinched his second match of the season and improved to 6-2 in singles action.
• Alex Garcia won his first match in a Baylor uniform.
• Lah and Constantin Frantzen improved to 8-0 in spring doubles play.
• Soto and Ryan Dickerson improved to 5-0 in spring doubles action.
• Baylor leads the all-time series against Penn, 3-0.

STAT OF THE MATCH
50 – the number of career singles wins for junior Matias Soto.

TOP QUOTE
Head coach Brian Boland
On the win…
"The Ivy League is so much stronger than they've ever been. They're highly competitive from top to bottom, so we know every time we play a team in the Ivy's we have to be competitive, and the score is not always reflective of some of the challenges we face and the opportunities we have to get better. We were pushed in certain spots, so going into ITA National Indoors I think it's good we go in with a lot of confidence. Everyone's walking away tonight feeling pretty good, and hopefully we can get ready to go to Wisconsin to compete for the indoor championship."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will head to Madison, Wis. to compete in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, running Feb. 14-17 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The tournament draw will be released early next week.