TCU
Fresno State
TCU tops No. 50 Fresno State, 4-3
3/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 21, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. - The No. 28 TCU men's tennis team edged No. 50 Fresno State on Friday afternoon by a score of 4-3 at the Wathen Tennis Center in Fresno, Calif. With the win, the Horned Frogs improve to 13-4 this season, while Fresno State drops to 9-7 overall."It was good to get the win on the road in front of a big crowd," said TCU head coach Dave Borelli. "It's tough to get consistency going from indoors to outdoors, so I was glad we pulled out the win."
In doubles play, the 45th-ranked TCU duo of Kriegler Brink and Cosmin Cotet defeated Rudolf Siwy and Mirko Zapletal by a score of 8-5, while the Frog duo of Adrian Simon and Emanu Brighiu followed with an 8-5 victory over Flavio Mollinedo and Tejesvi Veerepalli to clinch the doubles point.
The Frogs lost singles matches at the No. 6 and No. 2 singles positions to go down 2-1 in the match before freshman Zach Nichols defeated Martin Nilsson by a score of 7-5, 6-2 to knot the match at 2-2.
Brink, a junior from Gauteng, South Africa, followed with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Denny Fafek at the No. 4 position to give TCU the 3-2 lead in the match. With the win, Brink improved to 16-0 in singles play this season.
Cotet would follow at the top singles position with a 6-1, 6-4 rout of No. 104 Siwy to clinch the match for the Frogs. The win was Cotet's fifth over a ranked opponent this season and 13th overall.
TCU will return to action tomorrow in Malibu, Calif., against No. 15 Pepperdine at 3 p.m. CDT.
No. 28 TCU (13-4) def. No. 50 Fresno State (9-7), 4-3
SINGLES
1. No. 29 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. No. 104 Rudolf Siwy (FS) 6-1, 6-4
2. Mirko Zapletal (FS) def. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS) def. Adrian Simon (TCU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Denny Fafek (FS) 6-3, 6-3
5. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Martin Nilsson (FS) 7-5, 6-2
6. Siddharth Alapati (FS) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 7-5, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 5, 4, 1*, 3
DOUBLES
1. No. 45 Brink/Cotet (TCU) def. Siwy/Zapletal (FS) 8-5
2. Brighiu/Simon (TCU) def. Mollinedo/Veerepalli (FS) 8-5
3. Fafek/Leiby (FS) def. Nichols/Seider (TCU) 9-8(6)
Order of Finish: 1, 2*, 3
*Clinching point
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