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Matisse Bobichon
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VCU VCU (7-6)
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Winner Baylor BU (13-3)
VCU VCU
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Final
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Baylor BU
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Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

VCU FALLS IN COMPETITIVE MATCH AT BAYLOR

Score: No. 25 Baylor 4, No. 30 VCU 2
Location: Waco, Texas
Records: VCU 7-6 (1-0 Atlantic 10) , Baylor 13-3

The Short Story: VCU dropped the doubles point and staged a comeback down 3-1 in singles, but couldn't get over the hump against the Bears

Opening Serve

  • Senior Matisse Bobichon returned to the court after missing the last four VCU contests and came back after dropping the first set to win his match
  • German Samofalov and Oscar Pinto Sansano continued their streak in doubles, taking their match on court one
  • Romain Gales got VCU on the board with a competitive win on court four
  • After Bobichon's victory made it 3-2, the Rams looked to tie it up on court five but couldn't convert as Baylor clinched the match

Singles results

1. #59 Tadeas Paroulek (BU) vs. #41 Mathis Bondaz (VCU) 4-6, 7-5, 3-3, unfinished
2. #123 Devin Badenhorst (BU) def. Oscar Pinto Sansano (VCU) 6-4, 6-4
3. #70 Matisse Bobichon (VCU) def. Louis Bowden (BU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
4. ROMAIN GALES (VCU) def. Oskar Brostrom (BU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Marko Miladinovic (BU) def. HAMZA EL AMINE (VCU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
6. Ethan Muza (BU) def. GERMAN SAMOFALOV (VCU) 7-5, 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 4, 6, 3, 5

Doubles results

1. #31 GERMAN SAMOFALOV/OSCAR PINTO SANSANO (VCU) def. Tadeas Paroulek/Devin Badenhorst (BU) 6-3
2. Christopher Frantzen/Oskar Brostrom (BU) def. ROMAIN GALES/HAMZA EL AMINE (VCU) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Arman Zamani/Ethan Muza (BU) def. MATISSE BOBICHON/MATHIS BONDAZ (VCU) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Notable:

  • Samofalov and Sansano played their first match since being named #31 in the nation in ITA National Doubles Rankings. Mathis Bondaz also played his first singles match since moving up to #41 in the ITA National Singles Rankings.

Up next: The Rams conclude their road trip in Norman with a match up against No. 47 Oklahoma on Sunday, March 10th at 11 a.m. EST.

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