TCU
Pepperdine
Frogs fall to No. 15 Pepperdine on Saturday
3/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 22, 2008
MALIBU, Calif. - The No. 28 TCU men's tennis team fell 7-0 to No. 15 Pepperdine on Saturday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif. The Horned Frogs dropped to 13-5 overall, while Pepperdine improved to 9-6 with the win."Pepperdine is a top-10 program and it shows where we have to go from here to get to that level," said TCU head coach Dave Borelli. "We've had a tough road schedule, and we've had both indoor and outdoor matches, and I think it will get us ready for conference play. Our two goals from this point are to win the Mountain West and do well in the NCAA Regional."
TCU dropped all three doubles contests to begin the match down 1-0. The Pepperdine duo of Mahmoud Kamel and James Lemke defeated Jack Seider and Adrian Simon by a score of 8-4, while the No. 23 duo of Omar Altmann and Andre Begemann downed the 45th-ranked TCU duo of Kriegler Brink and Cosmin Cotet by a score of 8-5 to clinch the point.
Pepperdine quickly won the first three singles matches in straight sets to seal the match. Brink dropped a tough 3-6, 7-6(4), 10-5 decision to No. 123 Altmann to lose his first match of the season. Brink entered Saturday's contest with a 16-0 record.
Seider also won a set against his Pepperdine opponent, eventually falling by a score of 5-7, 7-5, 10-6 to Brian Brogan at the No. 6 position.
"Jack played exceptionally well today and Kriegler also played a good match," Borelli said.
The Frogs wrapped up the non-conference slate on Saturday and will face three MWC opponents in Las Vegas, Nev., next weekend, beginning with Air Force on Thursday at 4 p.m. CDT.
No. 15 Pepperdine (9-6) def. No. 28 TCU (13-5), 7-0
SINGLES
1. No. 10 Andre Begemann (PEP) def. No. 29 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
2. No. 20 Bassam Beidas (PEP) def. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) 6-2, 6-3
3. No. 123 Omar Altmann (PEP) def. Kriegler Brink (TCU) 3-6, 7-6(4), 10-5
4. James Lemke (PEP) def. Adrian Simon (TCU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Mahmoud Kamel (PEP) def. Zach Nichols (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Brian Brogan (PEP) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 5-7, 7-5, 10-6
Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 1*, 3, 6
DOUBLES
1. No. 23 Altmann/Begemann (PEP) def. No. 45 Brink/Cotet (TCU) 8-5
2. Beidas/de Villiers (PEP) def. Nichols/Brighiu (TCU) 8-3
3. Kamel/Lemke (PEP) def. Seider/Simon (TCU) 8-4
Order of Finish: 3, 1*, 2
*Clinching point
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