April 26, 2007

Final Stats

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The No. 68 TCU men's tennis team fought back extremely windy conditions on Thursday to roll to a 4-0 victory over Air Force at the AFA Outdoor Tennis Facility. The men will move on to the semifinals of the MWC Championship where they will face UNLV on Friday at 3 p.m. CT.

"It was a great effort today," said TCU head coach Dave Borelli. "The conditions were as bad as I've ever seen, but it didn't bother the guys. It's a good experience that will make them better."

The No. 43 ranked duo of Kriegler Brink and Cosmin Cotet led off doubles play with an 8-3 defeat of Air Force's Robby Alexander and Ryan White. The victory improved the tandem to 15-4 on the season.

Radu Barbu and Christopher Biro followed with an 8-5 victory over Brett Rodgers and Austin Francis at the No. 2 position to clinch the doubles point for TCU.

Stuart Row, a junior from Austin, Texas, put the Frogs up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Greg Ferry at the No. 6 slot.

Brink followed with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat of White at the No. 4 position, while No. 103 Cotet clinched the match for the Frogs as the junior defeated Alexander 6-1, 6-1.

The Frogs defeated UNLV by a score of 4-3 earlier this season in Fort Worth. For live stats and complete results of Friday's match, visit www.gofrogs.com.

No. 68 TCU (10-11, 6-1) def. Air Force (11-16, 0-7), 4-0

SINGLES
1. No. 103 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. Robby Alexander (AFA) 6-1, 6-1
2. Christopher Biro (TCU) vs. Brett Rodgers (AFA) 6-3, 2-1, DNF
3. Radu Barbu (TCU) vs. Keith Cronican (AFA) 5-4, DNF
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Ryan White (AFA) 6-1, 6-1
5. Andrew Ulrich (TCU) vs. Austin Francis (AFA) 6-4, DNF
6. Stuart Row (TCU) def. Greg Ferris (AFA) 6-1, 6-0

Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1*

DOUBLES
1. No. 43 Brink/Cotet (TCU) def. Alexander/White (AFA) 8-3
2. Barbu/Biro (TCU) def. Rodgers/Francis (AFA) 8-5
3. Bulls/Ulrich (TCU) vs. Cronican/Tomlin (AFA) 7-6, DNF

Order of Finish: 1, 2*

*Clinching point