TCU
South Alabama
No. 23 TCU stumbles against South Alabama
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 1, 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 23 TCU men's tennis team dropped a tough 5-2 decision to South Alabama on Tuesday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Frogs claimed a 1-0 match lead after taking the doubles point. The tandem of senior Jacopo Tezza and freshman Kriegler Brink finished first with an 8-4 victory over Jake Baker and Robert Hodel. Sophomores Cosmin Cotet and Andrei Mlendea clinched the doubles point for TCU with a 9-7 victory at court No. 3 over Sam Huffman and Filip Kricka.
TCU pushed its lead to 2-0 when Tezza defeated Marek Sramek 6-0, 6-2 on court No. 4.
South Alabama was able to climb back into the match with a 6-4, 6-3 victory by Hodel over senior Jordan Freitas at No. 5.
The match knotted at 2-2 when Baker unseated Mlendea 6-1, 7-6 at No. 2 and the Jaguars claimed the lead when Tucker defeated Abreu 7-6, 6-2 on court No. 1.
South Alabama clinched the match when R. J. Nagel defeated Brink 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6.
With the loss, TCU fell to 6-1 on the season. The team returns to action on Saturday when it heads to Tulsa, Okla. Start time is scheduled for noon.
South Alabama def. No. 23 TCU, 5-2
Singles
1. Monte Tucker, USA, def. Rafael Abreu, TCU, 7-6, 6-2
2. Jake Baker, USA, def. Andrei Mlendea, TCU, 6-1, 7-6
3. Dias Doskarayev, USA, def. Cosmin Cotet, TCU, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
4. Jacopo Tezza, TCU, def. Marek Sramek, USA, 6-0, 6-2
5. Robert Hodel, USA, def. Jordan Freitas, TCU, 6-4, 6-3
6. R. J. Nagel, USA, def. Kriegler Brink, TCU, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 2, 1, 6*, 3
Doubles
1. Tucker/Doskarayev, USA, def. Abreu/Freitas, TCU, 8-6
2. Brink/Tezza, TCU, def. Baker/Hodel, USA, 8-4
3. Cotet/Mlendea, TCU, def. Huffman/Kricka, 9-7
Order of Finish: 2, 3*, 1
*Indicates clinching match
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