Jan. 20, 2007
HOUSTON, Texas - Kriegler Brink and Mike Donovan highlighted play for the men's tennis team in the first day of action at the 10th Annual Rice University/Downtown Club at the Met Indoor Invitational on Friday.
Brink teamed up with newcomer Mike Donovan to defeat Clemson's duo of Alvarez and Bizjak 8-4 in the Flight B doubles round of 16. The tandem will face Anic and Krestski of Southern Miss in the Flight B quarterfinals at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Andrew Ulrich, Chris Biro and Caleb Bulls all recorded first-round victories in the Flight B singles round of 32. Ulrich defeated Jon Greenberg of Rice 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1, while Biro defeated Clemson's Ike Bell in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1. Bulls, a new addition to the TCU squad, outlasted Timo Kienle of Denver 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. All three Frogs fell in the singles round of 16.
For complete results of Saturday's action from Houston, visit www.gofrogs.com.
Flight A Singles (Round of 32)
No. 1 Steven Moneke (Ohio State) def. Cosmin Cotet (TCU), 6-1, 6-1
Christoph Muller (Rice) def. Kriegler Brink (TCU), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Flight B Singles (Round of 32)
Andrew Ulrich (TCU) def. Jon Greenberg (Rice), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1
Chris Biro (TCU) def. Ike Bell (Clemson), 7-5, 6-1
Caleb Bulls (TCU) def. Timo Kienle (Denver), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Filip Zivojinovic (Rice) def. Radu Barbu (TCU), 7-5, 6-0
Flight B Singles (Round of 16)
Matt Bain (Texas A&M) def. Andrew Ulrich (TCU), 6-0, 6-0
Niklas Persson (Denver) def. Chris Biro (TCU), 6-4, 6-4
Domajoi Anic (Southern Miss) def. Caleb Bulls (TCU), 6-2, 6-2
Flight A Singles (Consolation)
Paul Koenke (Clemson) def. Cosmin Cotet (TCU), ret. inj.
Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Andrea Moreira (UTSA), ret. inj.
Flight B Singles (Consolation)
Carlos Alvarez (Clemson) def. Radu Barbu (TCU), def.
Flight A Doubles (Round of 16)
Brown/Bucko (Baylor) def. Barbu/Cotet (TCU), 8-5
Flight B Doubles (Round of 16)
Boryachinskiy/Fleck (Clemson) def. Biro/Ulrich (TCU), 9-7
Polyakov/Zivojinovic (Rice) def. Bulls/Row (TCU), 8-2
Brink/Donovan (TCU) def. Alvarez/Bizjak (Clemson), 8-4
