April 2, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas - The 36th ranked TCU men's tennis team fell to the 3rd ranked Baylor Bears 5-2 Wednesday afternoon in a valiant effort to de-throne the top-ranked Bears.

TCU lost two of the three doubles matches, the only win coming from the team of Rafael Abreu and Jacob Martin who defeated the #26 doubles team of Matias Marin and Ivor Lovrak 8-6.

On the singles side, on court No. 1 Alex Menichini (TCU) defeated # 31 Matias Marin 4-6; 7-6; 10-5 (Super Tiebreaker). This was the fifth consecutive win for Menichini and the second consecutive win over a ranked opponent.

On court No. 5 freshman Jacopo Tezza (TCU) handed Baylor's Reiner Neurohr a loss taking it into three sets, 6-7; 6-1; 10-5 (Super Tiebreaker).

Baylor took victories in the other four singles matches, with Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) dropping a tremendous effort against No. 1 Benedikt Dorsch 6-7 (7-3); 6-1

The Frogs take their game on the road against #9 Texas A&M Sunday April 6 at 1:00 p.m. They will return home for their last home match on Saturday April 12 at Noon. They will take on SMU.

Complete Results: Baylor 5, TCU 2

Doubles: #1 Benedikt Dorsch/Reiner Neurohr (BU) def. Fabrizio Sestini/Toni Gordon (TCU) 8-5 #2 Benjamin Becker/Zoltan Papp (BU) def. Alex Menichini/Daniel Scholten (TCU) 8-3 #3 Rafael Abreu/Jacob Martin (TCU) def. Matias Marin/Ivor Lovrak (BU) 8-6 Order of finish: 2,1,3

Singles: #1 Alex Menichini (TCU) def. Matias Marin (BU) 4-6; 7-6 (7-5TB); 1-0 (10-5 Supertiebreaker) #2 Benedikt Dorsch (BU) def. Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) 7-6 (7-3 TB); 6-1 #3 Zoltan Papp (BU) def. Toni Gordon (TCU) 7-5; 6-2 #4 Benjamin Becker (BU) def. Jacob Martin (TCU) 7-5; 6-3 #5 Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Reiner Neurohr (BU) 6-7; 6-1; 1-0 (10-5 Supertiebreaker) #6 Ivor Lovrak (BU) def. Rafael Abreu (TCU) 6-7; 6-3; 6-4 Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1