March 8, 2008

Box Score

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 29 TCU men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 19 Texas A&M on Saturday at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas. With the loss, the Horned Frogs fall to 10-2 this season, while the Aggies improve to 6-4.

"We played a good match that could've gone either way," said TCU head coach Dave Borelli. The attitude of the guys was good today. Playing here is tough, and I think the crowd gave them a little bit of an edge. We had three guys battling illness, and I think they just ran out of gas at the end, but that's just a part of the game."

The Frogs took the early 1-0 lead in the match with doubles wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. The TCU duo of Kriegler Brink and Cosmin Cotet led off with an 8-3 victory over Austin Krajicek and Wil Spencer at the top position.

The TCU duo of Zach Nichols and Jack Seider followed with an 8-3 win over Matt Bain and Kayvon Karimi at the No. 3 spot to clinch the doubles point. The win improved Nichols and Seider to 12-0 this season.

The Aggies jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the match after winning singles contests at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.

TCU's Emanu Brighiu answered back with a gutsy 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 victory over Krajicek at the No. 2 flight to even the match at 2-2.

After a tough three-set loss at the No. 6 singles position, Brink knotted the match again with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Chris Chirico at the No. 4 spot. With the win, Brink improved to 11-0 in singles play this season.

At the No. 5 position, TCU's Nichols was unable to rally back from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to drop his first match of the season by a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Texas A&M's Bain.

The Frogs will remain on the road, facing No. 62 Wisconsin on Monday at 3 p.m. and No. 7 Illinois on Wednesday.

No. 19 Texas A&M (6-4) def. No. 29 TCU (10-2), 4-3

SINGLES
1. No. 31 Conor Pollock (A&M) def. No. 21 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) def. Austin Krajicek (A&M) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
3. Wil Spencer (A&M) def. No. 115 Adrian Simon (TCU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Chris Chirico (A&M) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Matt Bain (A&M) def. No. 122 Zach Nichols (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Stephen Shields (A&M) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 5*

DOUBLES
1. Brink/Cotet (TCU) def. Krajicek/Spencer (A&M) 8-3
2. Pollock/Chirico (A&M) def. Brighiu/Simon (TCU) 8-4
3. Nichols/Seider (TCU) def. Bain/Karimi (A&M) 8-3

Order of Finish: 1, 3*, 2

*Clinching point

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