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Brink and Cotet earn bids to NCAA Championships
April 30, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas - TCU senior Cosmin Cotet earned an automatic bid to this year's 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Singles Championships, while the duo of Cotet and Kriegler Brink also earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships. The individual championships will begin on May 21 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
Cotet will become the first Frog to compete in the singles portion since 2006 after posting an overall record of 24-8 this season and a 20-6 mark at the top position this spring. Cotet, ranked No. 39 nationally, defeated 12 ranked players this season, including two opponents ranked in the top 10. Cotet was named the Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year for his efforts this season.
Cotet and Brink will also be the first Frog duo to return to the doubles contest since 2006, when Rafael Abreu and Jordan Freitas earned All-America honors. The TCU duo, ranked No. 50 nationally, put together a 16-7 overall record this season and a 14-6 mark in the spring.
TCU will be the only team to represent the Mountain West Conference in the team and individual championships this season.
The Frogs will open NCAA Regionals in Austin, Texas, on May 9 at 1 p.m. against No. 24 Rice.
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