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No. 12 Men's Tennis Suffers Loss to No. 5 Baylor in Waco

Men's Tennis

Bruins will look to get back in the win column next week at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Waco, Texas - The No. 12 UCLA men's tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss at the hands of No. 5 Baylor on Sunday afternoon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. With the loss, the Bruins see their record fall to 6-5 on the season, while the Bears improve to 8-2.

Things didn't go well for UCLA from the start, as it was Baylor who was able to take a 1-0 lead in the match after the Bears captured two matches in doubles play. Baylor took wins at court Nos. 2 and 3, while court No. 1 was suspended.

Straight-set victories by the Bears at court Nos. 4 and 6 quickly put the Bears up 3-0. Baylor eventually got the clinching win at the No. 1 spot, where No. 10 Julian Lenz won the battle top 10 opponents by upsetting second-ranked Mackenzie McDonald, 6-4, 6-2 to give the Bears a 4-0 win.

For their part, the Bruins were leading at two of the three suspended matches, with Dennis Mkrtchian and Martin Redlicki up at court Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

UCLA will look to get back in the win column next week when it hosts Stanford on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

#5 Baylor 4, #12 UCLA 0
Feb 22, 2015 at Waco, Texas (Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. #40 Zsiga/Lupieri (BU) vs. #6 McDonald/Redlicki (UCLA) 5-4, unfinished
2. Lenz/Diego Galeano (BU) def. Sell/Di Giulio (UCLA) 6-0
3. Schneider/Rios (BU) def. Austin Rapp/Mkrtchian (UCLA) 6-3

Baylor Wins Doubles Point

Singles
1. #10 Julian Lenz (BU) def. #2 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2
2. #27 Tony Lupieri (BU) vs. #44 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) 6-7(4), 3-4, unfinished
3. #67 Max Tchoutakian (BU) vs. Martin Redlicki (UCLA) 3-6, 6-3, 1-2, unfinished
4. Vince Schneider (BU) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) 6-4, 6-1
5. Mate Zsiga (BU) vs. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 7-6(8), 5-1, unfinished
6. Felipe Rios (BU) def. Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) 6-1, 6-4
Match Notes
UCLA 6-5; National ranking #12
Baylor 8-2; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,6,1)