TCU Men Advance To Title Match Of MWC Tennis Championships

Horned Frogs down Cougars, 4-0, in semifinals

April 28, 2006

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - No. 2 seed TCU moved past No. 3 seed BYU, 4-0, to advance to the title match of the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship at Barnes Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs took singles matches at the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 positions along with the doubles point.

TCU's Andrei Mlendea defeated BYU's James Ludlow at No. 1 singles (6-2, 6-2), while Jordan Freitas (TCU) downed Jonathan Sanchez (BYU) at No. 6 singles (6-3, 6-3). The Horned Frogs' Jacopo Tezza upended BYU's Ivan Kokurin (6-2, 6-1) to bring his record to 20-3 in dual match singles competition this season. The TCU tandem of Radu Barbu and Cosmin Cotet improved to 11-1 in doubles play this season after a victory at No. 3 doubles over the Cougars' Christian Hand and Sanchez (8-2).

TCU will face the winner of No. 1 seed San Diego State and No. 4 seed Utah in the finals Saturday at 10 a.m. The Horned Frogs fell to the Aztecs, 3-4, in the regular season and defeated the Utes, 6-1.

MWC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 26-29, 2006  *  Barnes Tennis Center  *  San Diego, Calif.

Men's Results - April 28, 2006
Semifinal No. 1 - No. 2 TCU def. No. 3 BYU, 4-0
Doubles 
1. Rafael Abreu/Jordan Freitas (TCU) def. James Ludlow/Dominik Kaufhold (BYU)       8-2
2. Nima Roshan/Jose Lechuga (BYU) def. Kriegler Brink/Jacopo Tezza (TCU)       8-3
3. Radu Barbu/Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. Christian Hand/Jonathan Sanchez (BYU)       8-2

Singles
1. Andrei Mlendea (TCU) def. James Ludlow (BYU)               6-2, 6-2
2. 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