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The Lady Bears defeated Texas A&M Wednesday in College Station, 5-2, and clinched at least a share of the Big 12 championship in the process. The team will take on Texas Tech at 6 p.m. today at the Baylor Tennis Center.

Food to an athlete is essentially the fuel necessary for peak performance. When it comes to the Baylor men’s tennis team, food is vital to performing at the highest level and quickly recovering. The routine is different for many athletes but the goal is the same —­ load up on food to provide the body with enough energy to last the body through a possibly grueling three-hour marathon match.

The Big 12 Conference announced today that men’s tennis head coach Matt Knoll has received a one-game suspension for vular language – “conduct toward an opposing student-athlete” at the Apr. 6 win against the Longhorns. Knoll will serve the suspension with the Apr 15 game against Oklahoma.

The No. 13 ranked men’s tennis team beat the rival No. 8 Texas Longhorns in Austin, 4-3, and made a major statement to not only the conference but the entire nation.

There was a window of opportunity for No. 18 SMU to pull an upset over the ninth-ranked Baylor women’s tennis team Wednesday, but the Lady Bears quickly made sure they slammed that window shut.

The No. 16 Baylor men’s tennis team stayed red hot as it dominated the eighth-ranked Stanford Cardinal 6-1 and kept their winning streak against ranked opponents intact.

From the first toss to the last winner, the 10th-ranked Baylor women’s tennis team dominated the Kentucky Wildcats Wednesday. The Bears swept the dual match 7-0 and did not drop a set in singles play.

Junior Julian Bley hit a cross-court winner to earn a third set, tiebreak win and clinch a dual match victory for the men’s tennis team over the No. 1 ranked Tennessee Volunteers 4-3. As if the first ever win for Baylor men’s tennis over a No. 1 ranked squad wasn’t enough, his clutch play came on his birthday.

The 3-2 Baylor men’s squad returns to Baylor Tennis Center for a 1 p.m. Sunday matchup with No. 31 Mississippi State. The Bears dropped to No. 11 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings but have not yet lost to a non-top 10 opponent. The Baylor women, fresh from defeating two top-15 opponents last weekend in Tennessee and UCLA, challenge No. 60 Fresno State at noon Saturday.

After falling short in a comeback effort versus No. 23 Virginia in the first round of the ITA Women’s National Team Indoor Championship, the No. 3 Lady Bears fought back to earn two consecutive victories over top-15 teams and finish the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., on a positive note.

The year was different but the results were the same, as the ninth-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team handily defeated the No. 52 TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday.

The Baylor men’s tennis team dominated No. 6 UCLA early in doubles, but the Bruins made a comeback in singles and edged the No. 9 Bears 4-3 Sunday at the Baylor Tennis Center.

A frigid blast of winter weather chilled Central Texas, forcing the seventh-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team to move the match to Lion Tennis Center in Ennis last Thursday.

Baylor women’s tennis will face Houston at 3:30 p.m. today in the Baylor Tennis Center.

The Baylor men and women’s tennis teams started off the spring season with strong showings in each of their respective tournaments. The men placed the tandem of sophomore Roberto Maytin and senior John Peers in the finals of the main draw at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup on Monday in Thousand Oaks, Calif. For the women, junior Diana Nakic reached the title match Sunday at National Collegiate Tennis Classic in La Quinta, Calif.