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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Baylor men’s tennis team and first-year director of tennis Brian Boland have claimed their first Big 12 trophy together.

The No. 8-ranked and second-seeded Bears trounced No. 2 and top-seeded Texas, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Jayhawk Tennis Center.

Baylor freshman Adrian Boitan won the clinching point by defeating the Longhorns’ Leonardo Telles, 7-5, 6-4. Boitan fell to the court in jubilation when Telles’ shot sailed long on match point. The Bears rushed to help up the freshman as the team began its celebration.

The Bears (22-4) have now won the conference tournament nine times. This was their first since 2014.

Baylor rallied from a one-set deficit to grab the doubles point. The Texas pair of Harrison Scott and Christian Sigsgaard defeated Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck in the first doubles match to wrap up. But Bears Johannes Schretter and Constantin Frantzen cruised past Chih Chi Huang and Yuya Ito, 6-2, to tie things at a set apiece. Baylor’s Matias Soto and Will Little edged Texas’ Colin Markes and Telles, 6-4, to clinch doubles play.

Texas (23-3) notched the first singles point when Harrison Scott defeated Little, 6-4, 6-2, in the No. 4 slot.