March 5, 2012

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The 58th-ranked Maryland men's tennis team concludes a four match road trip at 41st-ranked Baylor Tuesday, March 6 at 3 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco.

Maryland
Senior Maros Horny occupies the Terps' No. 1 singles position. Horny is currently ranked 91st and is 4-6 with a victory over then-30th ranked Luka Somen of Virginia Tech.

Freshman Vlad Stefan joined Horny in last week's ITA poll at No. 122. Stefan has played at No. 2 the past five matches and is 2-3.

Junior John Collins has played at the No. 2, 3, and 4 positions this season. At Purdue and at Notre Dame this past weekend, Collins played the No. 4 and 3 spots, respectively, and is 3-6 on the season.

Junior Andy Magee has played the majority of his matches at No.4, but against the Fighting Irish he debut at No. 6 and earned a three-set victory.

Junior Tommy Laine is 3-2 at No.5. In five matches at the No. 6 spot, junior Jesse Kiuru is 4-1.

In doubles, 36th-ranked Horny and Collins improved to 8-2 over the weekend. The tandem has won five in a row.

Last Time Out
The Terps won two doubles matches to earn the opening point, but fell on the road to 26th-ranked Notre Dame.

Magee was the lone Terp to earn a victory in singles play. Magee defeated Michael Moore 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to earn his first win at the No. 6 position.

Spencer Returns
Head coach Kyle Spencer will return to Baylor for the first time since taking the top job at Maryland. Spencer was an assistant for the Bears from 2006-2009.

Live Stats
Baylor will provide live coverage of the match. Live stats and a live blog will be available on baylorbears.com

Baylor

Baylor is coming off three straight wins last week with home victories over SMU, St. Edward's and Laredo CC.

Baylor is led on the season by 28th-ranked freshman Mate Zsiga's 22-4 season mark; he is 8-1 in dual match play, with his only loss coming to then-29th-ranked Ryan Thacher of Stanford. Junior Roberto Maytin, BU's other ranked singles player at No. 125, owns the team's second-best singles record at 17-8, including a 7-3 dual match record.

Maytin and freshman Marko Krickovic are ranked No. 26 in doubles with a 5-2 record, but haven't played dual match competition together yet. Maytin and Zsiga, the Bears' top doubles team, are 7-3 in dual-match play while Robert Verzaal and Krickovic, playing at the No. 2 spot, are 7-2 in spring matches.

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