COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 18 San Diego men's tennis program (23-3, 7-1 WCC) navigated around a four-hour rain delay to defeat No. 39 Baylor (18-12, 2-5 Big 12), 4-1 and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon at the Mitchell Tennis Center on the campus of Texas A&M.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• With inclement weather looming in the College Station area, the Toreros took the court behind a grey and gloomy backdrop with intense focus.  
• Doubles proved to a be a feisty affair, despite a comfortable, 6-1 win for Savriyan Danilov and Lambert Ruland on court three.
• Both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles remained on serve before the match entered a brief rain delay.
• Returning to the court less than a half an hour later, the Toreros forced two tiebreakers, but it would be Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet who clinched the doubles point first.
• However, the match entered another rain delay, that lasted around four hours.
• Once play finally resumed, the Toreros and Bears began action in singles.
• Klaassen would jump out to an early advantage to power the Toreros to a strong start at the back end of the lineup.
• Tarvet, Sacchitt Sharrma and Danilov each took their opening sets, but the Bears would have an answer.
• While Klaassen steamrolled to a 6-3, 6-1 win, the five remaining matches proved to be extremely tight.
• Baylor picked up a win at No. 2 singles to cut the lead to 2-1, while they rallied for second set wins in Sharrma and Tarvet's matches.
• However, Danilov fended off some second set break points to pull away, clinching a straight set win to make it 3-1.
• With the Bears taking leads on court three and six, Tarvet showed composure and rattled off five straight games to secure the 6-2 third set win and the match.

 
NEXT UP

• The Toreros will face off against 15th seed and No. 17 ranked Texas A&M on Saturday at 2 p.m. PT, at the Mitchell Tennis Center.  

 
RESULTS
#18 San Diego 4, #39 Baylor 1
Doubles
No. 1 – No. 90 Sacchitt Sharrma/Iiro Vasa (San Diego) vs. Oskar Brostrom/Tadeas Paroulek (Baylor) – 6-6 (UF)
No. 2 – Stian Klaassen/Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Devin Badenhorst/Zsombor Velcz (Baylor) – 7-6 (4)
No. 3 – Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (San Diego) def. Louis Bowden/Christopher Frantzen (Baylor) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 8 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. No. 81 Zsombor Velcz (Baylor) – 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 86 Tadeas Paroulek (Baylor) def. No. 85 Iiro Vasa (San Diego) – 7-6 (5), 6-3
No. 3 – Lambert Ruland (San Diego) vs. No. 122 Devin Badenhorst (Baylor) – 3-6, 7-6 (5), 3-5 (UF)
No. 4 – Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. Louis Bowden (Baylor) – 7-6 (1), 6-3
No. 5 – Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. Luc Koenig (Baylor) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) vs. Oskar Brostrom (Baylor) – 7-6 (3), 2-6, 1-3 (UF)
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 1
 
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