March 29, 2008

LAS VEGAS - In a battle for first place, the UNLV men's tennis squad lost its first Mountain West Conference match of the season, 5-2, to 31st-ranked TCU at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Saturday.

The Rebels fell to 8-9/2-1 while the Horned Frogs improved to 16-5/3-0.

TCU began the morning by winning all three doubles matches for one team point. In singles, the team's lone senior, David Campbell, celebrated senior day by winning 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7) over Adrian Simon on court four. The Rebels' other point came at the bottom of the lineup where Andrew Giuffrida swept Jack Seider 7-5, 7-6.

Next up for UNLV is a final non-conference match vs. UC Irvine on April 5.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#31 TCU 5, UNLV 2At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
DOUBLES -- (TCU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #45 Brink/Cotet (TCU) def. Wronski/Campbell (UNLV) 8-02. Simon/Brighiu (TCU) def. Barlocchi/Yeghnazary (UNLV) 8-23. Nichols/Seider (TCU) def. Burrows/Matthew Kunkel (UNLV) 8-3
SINGLES -- (TCU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #29 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. #69 Elliot Wronski (UNLV) 6-3, 7-62. Emanu Brighiu (TCU) def. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) 6-1, 6-23. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) 6-3, 6-24. David Campbell (UNLV) def. Adrian Simon (TCU) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7)5. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Rony Yeghnazary (UNLV) 6-1, 7-66. Andrew Giuffrida (UNLV) def. Jack Seider (TCU) 7-5, 7-6