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No. 7 Men’s Tennis falls to No. 6 Baylor, 5-2
04.16.2014 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns lose for the first time in Big 12 Conference play to the 6th-ranked Bears.
#6 Baylor 5, #7 Texas 2
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WACO, Texas -- No. 7 Texas Men's Tennis (19-4, 3-1 Big 12) lost its first Big 12 Conference match of the season to No. 6 Baylor on Wednesday night at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Baylor took an early 3-0 team lead by winning the doubles point and the first two singles matches. Junior All-American Søren Hess-Olesen picked up a win at No. 1 singles to put the Longhorns on the board, 3-1, before the Bears clinched the team decision with a singles win at the No. 4 position.
At No. 1 singles, Hess-Olesen defeated Baylor's 12th-ranked Patrick Pradella in straight sets (7-6[3], 6-3). Hess-Olesen closed the second set by winning six consecutive games. The 21st-ranked Denmark native improved to 15-2 this spring with his 11th win over nationally ranked opponent.
At No. 5 singles, sophomore Nick Naumann recovered from a first-set loss and defeated BU's Tony Lupieri in three sets (3-6, 7-6[1], 1-0[8]). The Woodlands, Texas native is 4-0 in Big 12 play this season with one match remaining.
Naumann's match was the last match to finish on Wednesday night, making the final score 5-2.
Junior Clement Homs saw a 13-match winning streak come to an end with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to BU's 113th-ranked Michel Dornbusch at the No. 6 position. Homs is now 12-1 in dual match play, including a 10-1 mark at No. 6 singles. His last singles loss was October 27, 2013.
Baylor (21-5, 4-1 Big 12) clinched at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title on Wednesday.
The Longhorns will have a chance to join Baylor atop the Big 12 standings in the regular season finale at Texas Tech on Saturday, April 19 (6 p.m. Central).
RESULTS
#6 Baylor 5, #7 Texas 2
Singles
1. #19 Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. #12 Patrick Pradella (BU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. #3 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #38 Lloyd Glasspool (UT) 6-1, 6-4
3. #28 Diego Galeano (BU) def. Adrien Berkowicz (UT) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
4. Mate Zsiga (BU) def. #91 George Goldhoff (UT) 6-3, 6-3
5. Nick Naumann (UT) def. Tony Lupieri (BU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 1-0 (10-8)
6. #113 Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. Clement Homs (UT) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
1. Patrick Pradella/Mate Zsiga (BU) def. #11 Lloyd Glasspool/Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) 8-6
2. Diego Galeano/Tony Lupieri (BU) def. Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (UT) 8-3
3. Julian Lenz/Michel Dornbusch (BU) def. David Holiner/Jacoby Lewis (UT) 8-6
Texas 19-4, 3-1; National ranking #7; Regional ranking #2
Baylor 21-5, 4-1; National ranking #6; Regional ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,6,1,4,3,5)
T-3:27 A-254
