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Frogs
face season’s toughest foe
The
men’s tennis team brings a perfect record into their
contest with No. 9 Texas A&M on Wednesday afternoon.
By
Mary
Hollis
Skiff Staff
To reward the TCU men’s tennis team for running their
record to a perfect 3-0, the Frogs get a date with one
of the nation’s most dominant programs this week.
Wednesday afternoon the No. 13 Frogs will look to remain
unbeaten as they host No. 9 Texas A&M, in what the
team says is one of the season’s toughest.
If the Frogs can defeat A&M, they will probably enter
the top ten in the nation for men’s Division I tennis.
Senior Alex Menichini said a victory against a team the
caliber of A&M would go a long way in proving the
Frogs are one of the better teams in the nation.
“This would be a big win,” Menichini said. “A&M
is a team that could win NCAA. If we beat them, it puts
us up among the elite.”
He said the team should benefit from its early successes
this season in a match of this magnitude, especially because
they are progressively getting better and more confident
as a team.
Assistant coach Cory Hubbard said this match will be huge
for the team and it would be great if there were a big
turnout of fans to support the Frogs.
“This is the biggest sporting event at TCU this spring
because it’s No. 13 against No. 9,” Hubbard
said. “It is a big rivalry with a long history; it
will be an intense match.”
Players and coaches both said they want to see a large
crowd out to support the team at such an important match.
“The more people that come out the better,”
Menichini said. “(A large crowd) gives a good atmosphere
and a lot of energy for our team and intimidates the other
team. It will be a very good match to play and fun to
watch.”
Hubbard said free pizza and drinks will be provided at
the beginning of the match on a first-come, first-serve
basis to help promote a larger gathering this week.
The match begins at 1:30 p.m. on the Tut Bartzen Varsity
Tennis Courts at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The match will open with doubles play and move to singles.
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Ty
Halasz/Staff Photographer
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No. 19 doubles team of sophomore Rafael Abreu (pictured)
and Fabrizio Sestini led the Frogs in a 5-2 victory
over Colorado Saturday at the Bayard H. Friedman
Tennis Center. |
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