March 14, 2008

Final Stats

FORT WORTH, Texas - Despite opening the match with a doubles win, the No. 22 Wake Forest men's tennis team was topped 4-3 by No. 27 TCU on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Wake Forest now sits at 9-5 for the season as it heads back into conference play on Tuesday, March 18 with North Carolina. The Horned Frogs improved to 11-4 with the victory on Friday evening.

WFU's Mariusz Adamski and Jon Wolff jumped quickly into play with an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles. 31st-ranked WFU pair Steve Forman and Cory Parr followed with its fourth consecutive win (8-5) to clinch the doubles point.

The Frogs knotted the score when 21st-ranked Cosmin Cotet defeated Steve Forman 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1. Adamski and Parr added additional Demon Deacon wins at Nos. 2 and 3, but TCU held the final edge as Zack Nichols defeated Wolff in a third set tiebreaker at No. 5.

No. 27 TCU (11-4) def. No. 22 Wake Forest (9-5), 4-3

SINGLES
1. No. 21 Cosmin Cotet (TCU) def. No. 73 Steven Forman (WF) 6-4, 6-1
2. No. 53 Cory Parr (WF) def. Emanuel Brighiu (TCU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. Mariusz Adamski (WF) def. No. 115 Adrian Simon (TCU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. Carlos Salmon (WF) 6-4, 6-1
5. No. 122 Zach Nichols (TCU) Jonathan Wolff (WF) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5)
6. Jack Seider (TCU) def. Jason Morgenstern (WF) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5*

DOUBLES
1. No. 31 Forman/Parr (WF) def. Brink/Cotet (TCU) 8-5
2. Brighiu/Simon (TCU) def. Morgenstern/Salmon (WF) 8-5
3. Adamski/Wolff (WF) def. Nichols/Seider (TCU) 8-2

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