INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - California's hopes of repeating as champion at the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge were dashed on Saturday, as the 31st-ranked and fourth-seeded Golden Bears lost to the top-seeded and sixth-ranked Baylor Bears. 4-0, in the semifinals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Baylor clinched the victory when Constantin Frantzen defeated Cal junior Dominic Barretto, 7-6(2), 6-2.

The Golden Bears' record now stands at 7-6. Baylor improved to 15-2.
 
Cal dropped the doubles point when Baylor's second-ranked Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck beat the 11th-ranked Jacob Brumm and Yuta Kikuchi, 6-2, on court one to clinch.
 
In singles, Baylor took a 2-0 lead after the 77th-ranked Matias Soto beat Cal sophomore Jack Molloy, 6-2, 6-4, on court two. Cal trailed 3-0 when junior Bjorn Hoffmann fell to Baylor's Adrian Boitan, 7-5, 7-5, on court four. Once Baylor clinched on court six, the remaining three matches were abandoned. That included the court-five match, in which Cal sophomore Ben Draper led Lah, 6-1 5-7, 4-2.
 
Cal next plays Arizona State in the third-place match on Sunday to close out its run in Indian Wells. The match will start not before 2 p.m. and will be the last match of the day.
 
BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge Presented by Oracle
 
Semifinal Round
 
[1] No. 6/10 Baylor (15-2) defeated [4] No. 31 California (7-6), 4-0
March 16, 2019, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Indian Wells Tennis Garden
 
Doubles
1. No. 2 Sven Lah/Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor) def. No. 11 Jacob Brumm/Yuta Kikuchi (Cal), 6-2*
2. Will Little/Matias Soto (Baylor) def. No. 33 Paul Barretto/Can Kaya (Cal), 6-2
3. Jack Molloy/Mert Zincirli (Cal) vs. Constantin Frantzen/Johannes Schretter (Baylor), 4-3 Did Not Finish
 
Baylor won the doubles point
Order of Finish: 2, 1*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles: 
1. Yuta Kikuchi (Cal) vs. No. 42 Johannes Schretter (Baylor), 6-7(7), 6-3 Did Not Finish
2. No. 77 Matias Soto (Baylor) def. Jack Molloy (Cal), 6-2, 6-4
3. Paul Barretto (Cal) vs. No. 65 Will Little (Baylor), 6-3, 4-6, 1-1 Did Not Finish
4. Adrian Boitan (Baylor) def. Bjorn Hoffmann (Cal), 7-5, 7-5
5. Ben Draper (Cal) vs. Sven Lah (Baylor), 6-1, 5-7, 4-2 Did Not Finish
6. Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) def. Dominic Barretto (Cal), 7-6(2), 6-4^
 
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 6^
^Clinched the overall match