April 8, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 36 TCU men's tennis team dropped their second straight match to the No. 9 Texas A&M Aggies Sunday afternoon 2-5. The Frogs are now 11-7 overall and remain 3-0 in C-USA action.

The Frogs lost the doubles point but won one of the three matches. The team of Alex Menichini and Daniel Scholten defeated A&M's team of Matt Loucks and John Nallon 8-5.

TCU dropped four singeles matches, three of which were to ranked A&M individuals.

The Frogs face No. 26 Rice on Wednesday in Houston.

Complete Results:

Texas A&M 5, TCU 2

DOUBLES:

1. #16 Lester Cook/Ryan Newport (A&M) def. Toni Gordon/Fabrizio Sestini 9-8 (6) 2. Khaled El Dorry/Ante Matijevic (A&M) def. Rafael Abreu/Jacob Martin 8-2 3. Alex Menichini/Daniel Scholten def. Matt Loucks/John Nallon (A&M) 8-5

SINGLES: 1. #20 Newport (A&M) def. Menichini 6-1; 7-5 2. #35 Cook (A&M) def. Gordon 6-3; 4-6; 6-4 3. #62 Matijevic (A&M) def. Sestini 6-0; 7-6 4. El Dorry (A&M) def. Martin 6-4; 6-2 5. Jacopo Tezza def. Loucks (A&M) 6-1; 6-2 6. Abreu def. Nallon (A&M) 2-6; 6-1; 6-0