No. 23 Clemson Defeats No. 36 TCU 6-1

Jan. 26, 2007

FORT WORTH, Texas – The No. 23 Clemson men’s tennis team defeated No. 36 TCU 6-1 on Friday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, TX. The win boosts Clemson’s record to 2-0, while dropping TCU to 1-1.

The Frogs won two doubles matches to jump out to a 1-0 lead. The duo of Cosmin Cotet and Kriegler Brink evened the doubles match with a win over the Tigers’ Clement Reix and Ryan Young 8-6 in the No. 1 slot. Chris Biro and Caleb Bulls clinched the point for TCU with a defeat of Gera Boryachinskiy and Carlos Alvarez 8-4 in the No. 3 spot.

In singles, No. 46 Clement Reix defeated Cosmin Cotet of TCU 7-6, 3-6, 6-3. Clemson won the over five singles matches in straight sets to take the 6-1 win.

Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese began his 32 season at Clemson with today’s action. Earlier in the day, Clemson defeated Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

No. 23 Clemson (2-0) def. No. 36 TCU (1-1) 6-1

Singles 1. #46 Clement Reix (Clemson) def. Cosmin Cotet (TCU), 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3 2. Jarmaine Jenkins (Clemson) def. Chris Biro (TCU), 6-1, 6-4 3. Ryan Young (Clemson) def. Kriegler Brink (TCU), 6-4, 7-6 (8-5) 4. Paul Koenke (Clemson) def. Andrew Ulrich (TCU), 6-4, 6-4 5. Rok Bizjak (Clemson) def. Caleb Bulls (TCU), 6-0, 6-4 6. Carlos Alvarez (Clemson) def. Stuart Row (TCU), 7-5, 6-2Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 4*, 3, 1

Doubles 1. Cotet/Brink (TCU) def. Reix/Young (Clemson), 8-6 2. Jenkins/Koenke (Clemson) def. Ulrich/Row (TCU), 8-1 3. Biro/Bulls (TCU) def. Boryachinskiy/Alvarez (Clemson), 8-4Order of finish: 2, 1, 3 *Clinching point