TCU
Texas A&M
Frogs Edged By Texas A&M, 4-3
2/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 18, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas — The No. 34 TCU men's tennis team suffered a tough 4-3 loss to No. 14 Texas A&M at home Wednesday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The loss dropped the Horned Frogs to 1-4 in spring dual matches, while TAMU improved to 3-2. Each of TCU's matches this season has been against squads listed among the ITA's national team rankings.
The Frogs started the night off on a high note, earning the doubles point with wins in the Nos. 2 and 3 positions. Senior Kriegler Brink and freshman Slah Mbarek teamed up for the first Frog win, defeating the duo of Marcus Lunt and Wil Spencer, 8-5. Clinching the point for TCU, Junior Christopher Price and sophomore Zach Nichols battled back to top the Aggies' tandem of Austin Klores and Colin Hoover, 9-7.
Brink kept riding momentum to pull off a major win to get the Frogs rolling in singles action, knocking off No. 8 Spencer in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Ranked 97th in the latest ITA poll, Brink now moves to 4-1 for the year. Nichols snagged the other TCU win for the night, picking up the 6-4, 6-3 victory over Klores to move to 2-2 for the season.
Senior Emanu Brighiu and Mbarek suffered tough losses in signles play, both falling to ranked opponents. Brighiu drew No. 12 Conor Pollock, losing in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, while Mbarek struggled against the Aggies' No. 46 Austin Krajicek, taking the loss at 6-3, 6-2.
TCU will hit the road for four-straight matches, making a two-day trip through Oklahoma this weekend, facing No. 12 Tulsa and No. 17 Oklahoma State on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
#14 Texas A&M University 4, #34 TCU 3
SINGLES
1. #12 Conor Pollock (TAMU) def. #93 Emanu Brighiu (TCU) 6-3, 6-2
2. #46 Austin Krajicek (TAMU) def. Slah Mbarek (TCU) 6-3, 6-2
3. #97 Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. #8 Wil Spencer (TAMU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Marcus Lunt (TAMU) def. Adrian Simon (TCU) 7-5, 6-0
5. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Austin Klores (TAMU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Colin Hoover (TAMU) def. Casey Powers (TCU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: (3,1,2,4,6*,5)
DOUBLES
1. #34 Krajicek/Pollock (TAMU) def. #12 Brighiu/Simon (TCU) 8-5
2. Brink/Mbarek (TCU) def. Lunt/Spencer (TAMU) 8-5
3. Price/Nichols (TCU) def. Klores/Hoover (TAMU) 9-7
Order of finish: (2,1,3*);
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