April 28, 2006
SAN DIEGO - The 33rd-ranked TCU men's tennis team downed 71st-ranked BYU 4-0 on Friday afternoon at the Barnes Tennis Center to advance to the 2006 Mountain West Conference Championship match. The Frogs will take on the winner between top-seeded San Diego State and fourth-seeded Utah at 1 p.m. (CDT) on Saturday for the title.
Seniors Rafael Abreu and Jordan Freitas dispatched Dominik Kaufhold and James Ludlow 8-2 at No. 1 for their fifth conference doubles win. The tandem is currently ranked 24th in the ITA doubles poll.
Junior Radu Barbu and sophomore Cosmin Cotet recorded an 8-2 victory over Christian Hand and Jonathan Sanchez at No. 3.
32nd-ranked Andrei Mlendea picked up his first win of the conference tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 decision versus Ludlow at No. 1. With the win, Mlendea ran his conference record to 6-1 on the season. For his efforts this season, he was named to the All-MWC singles squad.
Senior Jacopo Tezza defeated Ivan Kokurin 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4.
Freitas recorded his second win of the match by a tally of 6-3, 6-3 versus Sanchez at No. 6.
With the win, TCU improved to 16-9 overall.
No. 33 TCU def. No. 71 BYU, 4-0
Doubles
1. No. 24 Abreu/Freitas (TCU) def. Ludlow/Kaufhold (BYU) 8-2
2. Roshan/Lechuga (BYU) def. Brink/Tezza (TCU) 8-3
3. Barbu/Cotet (TCU) def. Hand/Sanchez (BYU) 8-2
Singles
1. No. 32 Andrei Mlendea (TCU) def. James Ludlow (BYU) 6-2, 6-2
2. No. 93 Rafael Abreu (TCU) vs. Nima Roshan (BYU) 6-7 (5), 6-1 (DNF)
3. Cosmin Cotet (TCU) vs. Dominik Kaufhold (BYU) 6-1, 6-5 (DNF)
4. Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Ivan Kokurin (BYU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Radu Barbu (TCU) vs. Jose Lechuga (BYU) 4-6, 5-2 (DNF)
6. Jordan Freitas (TCU) def. Jonathan Sanchez (BYU) 6-3, 6-3
