TCU
NCAA First & Second Rounds
Frogs fall to second-ranked Pepperdine, 4-0
5/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
May 14, 2006
MALIBU, Calif. - The 32nd-ranked TCU men's tennis team saw its season come to an end after falling to second-ranked Pepperdine 4-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Frogs finished the 2006 season with an 18-10 overall record to go along with a Mountain West Conference Championship.
The Waves established a strong rhythm early in the match by taking victories at courts No. 1 and No. 2 in doubles to gain a 1-0 advantage. The 47th-ranked duo of Ivor Lovrak and Pedro Rico downed TCU's sophomore tandem of Cosmin Cotet and Andrei Mlendea 8-3 at No. 2.
In a highly anticipated rematch, the third-rated team from Pepperdine of Andre Begemann and Scott Doerner downed 27th-ranked Rafael Abreu and Jordan Freitas by a score of 8-5 at No. 1. The first matchup between these two teams on March 25, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, saw the Waves' pair prevail by the same margin.
Pepperdine moved to a 2-0 advantage in the match after Richard Johnson defeated junior Radu Barbu 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5.
Rico, currently ranked 31st in the ITA singles poll, picked up his second victory of the day by dispatching 91st-ranked Abreu 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2.
Omar Altmann picked up his first victory of the match and clinched a spot in the Sweet 16 for the Waves by posting a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Freitas at No. 6.
No. 2 Pepperdine def. No. 32 TCU, 4-0
Singles
1. No. 8 Scott Doerner (PEP) vs. No. 34 Andrei Mlendea (TCU) 6-1, 4-3 DNF
2. No. 31 Pedro Rico (PEP) def. No. 91 Rafael Abreu (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
3. No. 92 Ivor Lovrak (PEP) vs. Jacopo Tezza (TCU) 7-5, 3-3 DNF
4. Andre Begemann (PEP) vs. Cosmin Cotet (TCU) 4-6, 4-2
5. Richard Johnson (PEP) def. Radu Barbu (TCU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Omar Altmann (PEP) def. Jordan Freitas (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 6
Doubles
1. No. 3 Begemann/Doerner (PEP) def. Abreu/Freitas (TCU) 8-5
2. No. 47 Lovrak/Rico (PEP) def. Cotet/Mlendea (TCU) 8-3
3. Altmann/Johnson (PEP) vs. Brink/Tezza (TCU) 6-5 DNF
Order of Finish: 2, 1
Note: TCU scores listed first in DNF matches
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