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Jackets Fall to Fifth-Ranked Baylor, 6-1

March 19, 2007

WACO, Texas – Georgia Tech fell, 6-1, to the fifth-ranked Baylor Bears Sunday slipping to 5-7 for the season.

Georgia Tech swept all three doubles matches to take an early lead. Scott Blackmon and Jose Muguruza defeated Baylor’s duo of Lars Poerschke and Denes Lukacs, 8-5, while Eric Molnar and Luke Rassow-Kantor downed previously undefeated Matija Zgaga and David Galic 8-6. Georgia Tech’s George Gvelesiani and Jordan DeLass added another win for the Yellow Jackets defeating Dominik Mueller and Matt Brown 9-7.

Baylor bounced back, downing Tech in all six singles spots to earn the 6-1 win Sunday.

The Jackets return to action Tuesday, March 21 when they face Atlantic Coast Conference foe Miami at 2:00 p.m. in Coral Gables, Fla.

Match ResultsDoublesOrder of Finish: 2, 1, 31.      Molnar/Rassow-Kantor (GT) def. Zgaga/Galic (BU) 8-62.      Blackmon/Muguruza (GT) def. Poerschke/Lukacs (BU) 8-53.      Gvelesiani/DeLass (GT) def. Mueller/Brown (BU) 9-7

Singles Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 6, 4, 5 1. #31 Lars Poerschke (BU) def. Jose Muguruza (GT) 6-1, 6-2 2. Matt Brown (BU) def. #40 David North (GT) 6-0, 1-0 (ret.) 3. #101 Matija Zgaga (BU) def. Jordan DeLass (GT) 6-2, 6-2 4. Denes Lukacs (BU) def. Eric Molnar (GT) 6-4, 6-2 5. #87 Dominik Mueller (BU) def. Luke Rassow-Kantor (GT) 7-6(4), 6-1 6. Attila Bucko (BU) def. Scott Blackmon (GT) 6-3, 6-4

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