TCU
San Diego State
Frogs rebound with 4-1 win over San Diego State
4/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 11, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 34 TCU men's tennis team bounced back from Thursday's loss with a 4-1 victory over No. 54 San Diego State on Friday at the BYU Tennis Complex. The Horned Frogs improved to 17-6 overall and 4-1 in Mountain West Conference action, while the Aztecs fell to 12-10 on the season and 1-4 in league play."We played much better today as we were a little more used to the conditions," said TCU head coach Dave Borelli. "We just have to go out and play well tomorrow, and if we get the job done, we'll be conference champs."
TCU's Cosmin Cotet and Adrian Simon teamed up at the No. 2 doubles position to defeat Tim Schulz van Endert and Andre Feliz by a score of 8-3. The Frog duo of Emanu Brighiu and Kriegler Brink followed with an 8-5 victory over Bartosz Golas and Juan Gomez at the top spot to clinch the doubles point.
Brink led off singles play with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Achim Ceban at the No. 3 position to improve to a stellar 21-1 on the season.
Cotet, ranked No. 35 nationally, followed with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Matan Shitrit at the top spot for his 17th win this season, while Zach Nichols would clinch the match for TCU with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 win over Gomez at the No. 4 position.
Simon and Casey Powers had completed the first set of their respective matches at the bottom two positions when the match was clinched.
The Frogs kept their MWC regular season title hopes alive on Friday, and will face No. 41 New Mexico on Saturday at 11 a.m. CDT.
No. 24 TCU (17-6, 4-1) def. No. 54 San Diego State (12-10, 1-4), 4-1
SINGLES
1. No. 35 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. Matan Shitrit (SDSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Bartosz Golas (SDSU) def. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Achim Ceban (SDSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Juan Gomez (SDSU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
5. Adrian Simon (TCU) vs. Jordan Colman (SDSU) 6-4, unf.
6. Andre Feliz (SDSU) vs. Casey Powers (TCU) 6-3, unf.
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2, 4*
DOUBLES
1. Brighiu/Brink (TCU) def. Golas/Gomez (SDSU) 8-5
2. Cotet/Simon (TCU) def. Schulz/Feliz (SDSU) 8-3
3. Ceban/Shitrit (SDSU) def. Nichols/Seider (TCU) 9-8
Order of Finish: 2, 1*, 3
*Clinching point
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