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TCU Advances to MWC Men's Tennis Championship Match
Frogs' win sets up finals showdown with New Mexico
April 25, 2008 FORT WORTH, Texas - The top-seeded TCU Horned Frogs posted a 4-0 shutout over the No. 5 BYU Cougars on Friday to punch their ticket to the championship ship match of the 2008 Mountain West Conference Men's Tournament on Saturday. The Frogs improved to 19-7 overall with the win, while BYU dropped to 16-12 on the season. BYU won the first doubles contest, as Cassidy Mears and Evan Urbina defeated Zach Nichols and Jack Seider at the bottom position by a score of 8-5. TCU's Cosmin Cotet and Adrian Simon answered back with an 8-3 defeat of Daniel Hwang and Thomas Shubert at the No. 2 position, while the duo of Kriegler Brink and Emanu Brighiu clinched the point with an 8-5 win over BYU's Jonathan Sanchez and A.J. Young at the top spot. The Frogs carried the momentum over to singles play, winning the first three contests in straight sets to seal the victory. Brighiu led off the scoring with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Shubert at the No. 2 position, while Brink followed with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Mears at the No. 3 spot to put TCU up 3-0 in the match. Freshman Casey Powers clinched the match for TCU, topping Young at the No. 6 slot by a score of 6-3, 6-0. The Frogs will face No. 2 New Mexico on Saturday at 10 a.m. CDT in the finals. No. 1 TCU (19-7) def. No. 5 BYU (16-12), 4-0 SINGLES
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 6* DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*
*Clinching point
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