Air Force's Season Ends With 4-0 Loss to TCU @ MWC Championships

April 26, 2007

The TCU men's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the 2007 Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championships Thursday with a 4-0 victory over Air Force at the Academy. TCU, seeded No. 2 at the tournament and ranked 68th in the nation, improved to 10-11 and will face the No. 3 seed, UNLV, in the semifinals on Friday, April 27 at 2 p.m. With the loss, Air Force ended its season with an 11-16 record.

The Horned Frogs took an early 1-0 lead by winning the top two doubles matches. TCU's duo of Cosmin Cotet and Kriegler Brink won the No. 1 match, 8-2, over Robby Alexander and Ryan White. The doubles point was clinched when Radu Barbu and Chris Biro downed Brett Rodgers and Austin Francis, 8-5, at the No. 2 position. TCU was winning the No. 3 match, 7-6, when the match was halted.

Stuart Row gave the Frogs a 2-0 lead with a decisive, 6-1, 6-0 victory over Greg Ferry at No. 6 singles. Brink made it 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4 singles over White, who moved up from the No. 5 spot after Air Force's Mike Youn was unable to play.

TCU's Cosmin Cotet, ranked 103rd in the nation, clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Robby Alexander at the No. 1 position.

The other three singles matches were halted at that time.

No. 2 TCU 4, No. 7 Air Force 0
Quarterfinals - 2007 MWC Men's Tennis Championships
Thursday, April 26, 2007 @ Air Force Academy

Singles
1. Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. Robby Alexander, 6-1, 6-0
2. Chris Biro (TCU) vs. Brett Rodgers, 6-3, 2-1 (DNF)
3. Radu Barbu (TCU) vs. Keith Cronican, 5-4 (DNF)
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Ryan White, 6-1, 6-1
5. Andrew Ulrich (TCU) vs. Austin Francis, 6-4 (DNF)
6. Stuart Row (TCU) def. Greg Ferry, 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1

 

 

Doubles
1. Cotet/Brink (TCU) def. Alexander/White, 8-2
2. Barbu/Biro (TCU) def. Rodgers/Francis, 8-5
3. Ulrich/Caleb Bulls (TCU) vs. Cronican/James Tomlin, 7-6 (DNF)
Order of Finish: 1, 2
 
 

Senior Robby Alexander played his final match for Air Force Thursday
 
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