Browsing: Tennis

The last time third-seeded Baylor men’s tennis hosted the Big 12 Championships was in 2021. It won with a dominant 4-0 sweep over Texas in the final. Hosting again this year, the Bears (21-9, 6-2) will look to repeat their success, facing off against No. 6-seed Arizona State in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.

After sweeping Sunday’s doubleheader, Baylor men’s tennis looks to keep building momentum as it hits the Midwest for its first road trip of the season. The Bears will face Nebraska at 6 p.m. Friday in Lincoln and No. 4 Ohio State at noon Sunday in Columbus.

Today, Dong is a freshman sensation at Baylor, 3-0 in singles and half of the Bears’ No. 2 doubles pairing alongside Purdue transfer Kennedy Gibbs. At No. 85 in the national ITA singles rankings and No. 18 among newcomers, she’s been a revelation. But it took the counsel of a longtime friend to bring her back.

In the second-ever meeting between the two teams, the green and gold came up short while trying to make up for a 4-1 loss to the Toreros in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Despite dropping the doubles point, the Bears made a statement and won the first set on all six courts before San Diego staged a comeback.

When junior Luc Koenig was a little boy in South Africa, his father, Rob Koenig, gave him a choice. Luc could do anything he wanted, or he could follow in his father’s footsteps as a professional tennis player. His father never forced tennis on him but made sure he knew that the journey to becoming a professional tennis player would be hard. Luc understood this and has taken that challenge and ran with it ever since.