TCU SET TO HOST MINNESOTA, NO. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (February 22, 2008) The No. 46 TCU men’s tennis team will look to remain unbeaten this weekend when they play host to No. 66 Minnesota at 2 p.m. on
Saturday and No. 15 Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Horned Frogs are currently 8-0 overall after upsetting No. 31 Texas Tech last Sunday.

Freshman Zach Nichols and junior Kriegler Brink have also highlighted play for TCU so far, as Nichols is a combined 16-0 on the season and Brink is unbeaten in singles play with a 7-0 mark. Also undefeated in doubles and coming off a victory over the No. 11 team from Texas Tech is the TCU duo of Adrian Simon and Emanu Brighiu, who are currently ranked No. 51 in the country. In singles play, Cotet leads the way with a No. 83 ranking, while the doubles tandem of Cotet and Brink is also ranked No. 14 nationally.

The Frogs have jumped out to an 8-0 record for the first time since the 2004 season, and for only the second time in the last 22 years.

The Minnesota men’s tennis team is currently 1-6 this season and is coming off of two losses to No. 69 Arizona and No. 47 San Diego State. The Golden Gophers are led by senior Raoul Schwark, who is ranked No. 46 in singles play.

The 15th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys are 3-4 this season, with three of the four losses coming to top-10 teams. At the National Team Indoors tournament, Oklahoma State toppled No. 4 Baylor. The Cowboys are led in singles play by No. 10 Oleksandr Nedovyesov, No. 31 Ivan Puchkarov and No. 94 Dmytro Petrov. The doubles duo of Nedovyesov and Nathan Byrnes are ranked No. 54 in doubles action.

TCU has met Minnesota three times in the series history, as TCU took all three contests. The two teams last met during the 1995 season, where TCU won 4-3. Oklahoma State leads the series with TCU by a 7-5 advantage, including last year’s 6-1 victory over the Horned Frogs.