Feb. 18, 2008

LUBBOCK, Texas - After a 5-2 win over Arkansas-Little Rock, Texas Tech narrowly missed No. 63 TCU today, 4-3, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Head coach Tim Siegel claimed his 200th career win and the No. 31 Red Raiders advanced their season record to 6-1.

The No. 10-ranked duo of Christian Rojmar and Bojan Szumanski added to their undefeated duals streak, going 2-0 on the weekend and 5-0 at No. 1. Tech's No. 11 pair of Michael Breler and Sinisa Markovic went 1-1 after dropping their first match of the season to TCU's Emanu Brighiu and Adrian Simon, 8-5. Siegel continued to mix and match players in the No. 3 spot, but was unable to find a winning combination resulting in Tech dropping the doubles point to TCU.

No. 50 Szumanski went 2-0 at No. 1, defeating Rain Roigas (ULAR) and No. 27 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) in straight sets. In addition both Markovic and Breler notched in two straight set victories in the No. 2 and 6 singles positions, respectively. Breler is the only player to remain undefeated, sitting 6-0 in both the No. 5 and 6 singles spots for Tech.

In his 16 years at the helm of the men's tennis program, Coach Siegel tabbed his 200th program win against Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday. Siegel currently holds a 200-177 career record at Tech, 228-190 overall.

The Red Raiders continue play on the road as they travel to Las Cruces, N.M., to face New Mexico State and University of New Mexico beginning Feb. 23.

#31 Texas Tech - 5
Arkansas-Little Rock - 2
February 16, 2008
Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center


Doubles:
1. Rojmar/Szumanski (TTU) def. Abrao/Roigar (UALR); 8-3
2. Breler/Markovic (TTU) def. Mikitin/Wredvans (UALR); 8-1
3. Wilson/Ramos (TTU) vs. Nunez/Perce (UALR); DNF

Singles:
1. #50 Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. Rain Roigas (UALR); 6-1, 7-5
2. Sinisa Markovic (TTU) def. German Perez (UALR); 6-3, 6-2
3. Edson Abrao (UALR) def. Lenoir Ramos (TTU); 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-6(7)
4. Marko Bollok (UALR) def. Ilya Babinciuc (TTU); 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
5. Christian Rojmar (TTU) def. Juan Carlos Nunez (UALR); 6-2, 6-3
6. Michael Breler (TTU) def. Dorian Sovic (UALR); 6-1, 6-0

#63 Texas Christian - 4
#31 Texas Tech - 3
February 17, 2008
Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center

Doubles:
1. #10 Rojmar/Szumanski (TTU) def. #44 Brink/Cotet (TCU); 8-2
2. Brighiu/Simon (TCU) def. #11 Breler/Markovic (TTU); 8-5
3. Nichols/Seider (TCU) def. Babinciuc/Ramos (TTU) 8-2

Singles:
1. #50 Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. #27 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Sinisa Markovic (TTU) def. #54 Adrian Simon (TCU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) def. Lenoir Ramos (TTU) 6-3, 7-6(5)
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Christian Rojmar (TTU) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
5. #94 Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Ilya Babinciuc (TTU) 7-6(3), 6-3
6. Michael Breler (TTU) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 6-4, 6-1