The Bears (1-0) rolled through doubles with a sweep. Sebastian Heim and Nico Mertens at No. 3 doubles nearly snagged a set, but it was abandoned at 5-2.

Singles began well for UC Irvine (4-2) with a sweep at No. 6 for Vatsal Bajpai to tie the match at 1-1. The Bears returned with sweeps at Nos. 3, 4, and 5 singles to clinch the match, 4-1.

Heim took the first set at No. 1 singles before his match was abandoned. Mertens held his own taking No. 59 Max Tchoutakian to a tiebreaker in the opening set.

UCI has one more match in Waco on Sun. Jan. 24. They will await the opponent for the match at 10:00 a.m.

(4) BAYLOR 4, (70) UC IRVINE 1
Jan 23, 2016 at Waco, Tex.

Doubles

1 Lenz, Julian/Little, Will (BU) def. Agbayani, Justin/Poon, Jonathan (UCI) -- 6-2
2 Rios, Felipe/Tchoutakian, Max (BU) def. Hammel, Jonathan/Pham, Tyler (UCI) -- 6-1
3 Bendeck, Jimmy/Podvinski, Tommy (BU) vs. Heim, Sebastian/Mertens, Nico (UCI) -- 2-5 (unf.)

Singles

1 Lenz, Julian (BU) vs. (119) Heim, Sebastian (UCI) -- 3-6, 3-3 (unf)
2 (59) Tchoutakian, Max (BU) vs. Mertens, Nico (UCI) -- 7-6, 2-3 (unf.)
3 Rios, Felipe (BU) def. Pham, Tyler (UCI) -- 6-2, 6-4
4 Little, Will (BU) def. Marquard, Luca (UCI) -- 6-1, 6-3
5 Bendeck, Jimmy (BU) def. Agbayani, Justin (UCI) -- 6-1, 6-2
6 Bajpai, Vatsal (UCI) def. Podvinski, Tommy (BU) -- 6-1, 6-1

UCI (4-2) | BU (1-0)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,5,4,3)

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