Men's Tennis Travels to No. 12 Baylor

Thursday, February 6

Waco, TX

6 PM

Wake Forest University

Baylor

2/5/2020 4:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Grace Bolin, Wake Athletic Communications

Match Day Central \| No. 6 Wake Forest Travels to Baylor
Match 6	Thursday, Feb. 6 vs. No. 12 Baylor- 6 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| Live Stream
Location	Waco, Texas (Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center) - Facility Info
Information	Wake Forest Notes \| @WakeMTennis

The Matchup
• The sixth-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team will travel to the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for a top 10 matchup against No. 12 Baylor at 6 P.M.
• The Deacs are 1-1 all-time against the Bears. Their last meeting was last season in Winston-Salem where the Deacs won 7-0 by default against the 9th ranked Bears.

Last Time Out
• Wake Forest remains undefeated after defeating UCF 5-2
• Sophomore Siddhant Banthia rallied after dropping the first set to clinch the match for the Deacons as Wake improved to 5-0 on the year.
•Duo Eduardo Nava and Henri Squire picked up their third doubles win together, winning 6-3 over Trey Hilderbrand and Bogdan Pavel.

Bresky Gets win Number 200
• Coach Tony Bresky collected his 200th career-victory in the first match of the season over Coastal Carolina.
• His .767 overall winning percentage is the best of any Wake Forest men's tennis coach.

Scouting the Bears
• Junior Sven Lah went a team-best 11-4 in singles action and finished a career-high No. 19 in the final fall singles rankings. Lah is current 6-0 in spring singles action.
• Wake will be the first ranked team the Bears will face through six matches this season.
• The Bears went 2-0 at ITA Kickoff Weekend in Waco. Baylor won their initial matchup against then Gonzaga 4-0 before being defeating Louisville 4-1 in the championship.
• In their first road match of the year, Baylor couldn't overcome a late deficit in singles action and fell 4-3 to Arkansas.

Meet the Deacs
• The Deacs return 11 players from last year's NCAA finals team and welcome seven newcomers to the squad.
• Freshmen Brant Fenno, Juan Lopez de Azcona, Jack Parry, Matt Thomson and transfer Robert Maciag joined the Deacs in the fall, while Taha Baadi and Henri Squire enrolled in January.