TCU'S BRINK AND COTET APPEAR IN FINAL RANKINGS

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (June 5, 2008) Senior Cosmin Cotet earned the highest ranking for a TCU men’s tennis player since 2001 in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings (ITA), while Cotet and Kriegler Brink also ended the season ranked nationally in doubles play.

Cotet, a native of Iasi, Romania, earned a final national singles ranking of No. 30 and a South Central regional ranking of No. 6 after posting an overall record of 26-9 and a dual-match mark of 21-6 at the top position. The ranking was the highest for a TCU men’s tennis player since three-time All-American Esteban Carril finished 11th in 2001. Cotet defeated 14 ranked opponents during the 2007-08 season, and was named the Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year. Cotet also earned a No. 93 final singles ranking after the 2007 season.

Cotet and Brink garnered a final doubles ranking of No. 53 and a regional ranking of No. 7 after earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. The Frog duo went 16-7 overall this season and 14-6 in dual play at the top spot. Brink and Cotet ended the 2007 season with a national ranking of No. 44.

Brink also finished the season ranked No. 19 in singles play in the South Central region. Brink had a stellar junior season, leading the team with an overall mark of 32-7 and a spring record of 23-3. Brink’s single-season winning percentage of .821 ranks fifth all-time in TCU history.

With the final rankings, a TCU player has now ended the season in the polls for 30 consecutive years.

Final ITA National Rankings

Singles
30. Cosmin Cotet

Doubles
53. Kriegler Brink/Cosmin Cotet

Final ITA South Central Region Rankings

Singles
6. Cosmin Cotet
19. Kriegler Brink

Doubles
7. Kriegler Brink/Cosmin Cotet

TCU MEN'S TENNIS MOVES TO NO. 27 IN ITA RANKINGS

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (March 12, 2008) The TCU men’s tennis team moved two spots to No. 27 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released on Tuesday. The Horned Frogs made the move after posting a 4-3 win over No. 35 Oklahoma and dropping a tough 4-3 decision to No. 19 Texas A&M last week.

The Frogs are currently 10-3 overall this season, with three players ranked in singles play, which includes No. 21 Cosmin Cotet, No. 115 Adrian Simon and No. 122 Zach Nichols. The No. 27 ranking is the highest for TCU since achieving a No. 23 ranking on March 28, 2006. The Frogs are the highest ranked team in the Mountain West Conference, followed by New Mexico at No. 55.

TCU will meet No. 16 Illinois in Champaign, Ill., at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The Frogs will return home for a Friday contest against No. 22 Wake Forest at 6 p.m.