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Bulls Fall to No. 29 Baylor, 4-3

March 16, 2018

INDIAN WELLS, Calif., MARCH 16, 2018 – The USF men's tennis team faced the No. 29-ranked Baylor Bears in the opener of the three-day BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Challenge and took it down to the wire before falling, 4-3, in heartbreaking fashion.

After dropping the doubles point, Pierre Luquet (Drauignan, France) gave the Bulls their first point of the night, making quick work of Baylor's Will Little, 6-2, 6-1 in match number five.

No. 69 Alberto Barroso-Campos (Montijo, Spain) defeated the No. 66-ranked Bjoern Petersen in a straight sets battle, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 for the second Bulls point of the night on court one. Barroso-Campos has now won five straight singles matches and is an impressive 9-3 on the season for USF.

The third Bulls point came on court three, where Peter Bertran (Santiago, Dominican Republic) outlasted Sven Lah in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Bertran has now won three straight singles matchups dating back to the Utah State match last Sunday.

The heartbreaking loss came on a third set tiebreaker on court two, where Grayson Goldin (Bradenton, Fla.) battled No. 123 Matias Soto to the wire before falling 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6).

The Bears captured the doubles point by winning the first two matches over the Bulls. In the third suspended match, the USF duo of Barroso-Campos and Goldin had a 5-4 lead over the No. 2 ranked doubles pair in the country, Will Little and Johannes Schretter. The team of Barroso-Campos and Goldin came into the Indian Wells match clicking, winning six of their last eight matches together.

The loss snapped a two match winning streak for the Bulls. Previously, the Bulls had defeated Utah State and Pepperdine in back-to-back matches.
                                                 
Up Next
The Bulls will get right back to work tomorrow at 8 p.m. EST, taking on Purdue on day two of the three day BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge. The match will be the third of four straight out in California for USF.
 
Results
  
Singles:
1. Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Bjoern Petersen (BU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
2. Matias Soto (BU) def. Grayson Goldin (USF) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
3. Peter Bertran (USF) def. Sven Lah (BU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. Constantin Franzten (BU) def. Jakub Wojcik (USF) 7-5, 6-2
5. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Will Little (BU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Akos Kotorman (BU) def. Sean Burnette (USF) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Order of finish: (5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 2)

Doubles:
1. Grayson Goldin/Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) vs. Will Little/Johannes Schretter (BU) Suspended (USF leading 5-4)
2. Constantin Frantzen/Akos Kotorman (BU) def. Peter Bertran/Jakub Wojcik (USF) 6-3
3. Sven Lah/Roy Smith (BU) def. Sean Burnette/Jourdan Kast (USF) 6-0
Order of finish: (3, 2)