Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Rice's Rosa Falls in ITA South Central Regional Championship Match

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (October 29, 2008) No. 2 seed Bruno Rosa of the Rice men’s tennis team lost a hard-fought 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 battle against No. 3 Conor Pollack of Texas A&M Tuesday at the ITA South Central Regionals from the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center on the Texas A&M campus.

Rosa grabbed an early break and held on for a 6-4 win in the opening set. Pollack regrouped and evened the match by claiming the second set 6-1.

Rosa fired back and charged out to a 4-1 advantage in the third set. The Brazilian had a couple of opportunities to secure a double break before Pollack held and reeled off six of the final eight games for the 7-5 win.

“It was a great back-and-forth match,” assistant coach Efe Ustundag said. “Unfortunately for Bruno, Conor had one last run in the third set. It was great tournament for Bruno all-in-all. I thought he played with more confidence and hopefully this will be a springboard for him to get him ready for the ITA Indoors.”

Rice heads to Austin this weekend for the Texas Fall Invitational.

Finals
No. 3 Conor Pollack (Texas A&M) def. No. 2 Bruno Rosa (Rice) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5

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