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TCU'S Brink and Harkins Sweep Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Tennis Player of the Week Honors
March 14, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - TCU's Kriegler Brink and Macall Harkins have been named the Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Tennis Players of the Week, respectively. This marks the first career honor for Brink and the second for Harkins. Brink, a junior from Gauteng, South Africa, went a combined 4-0 last week as No. 29 TCU split a pair of 4-3 decisions with two nationally-ranked opponents. Against No. 35 Oklahoma, Brink and partner Cosmin Cotet routed the No. 28 duo of Andrei Daescu and Federico Chavarria by a score of 8-4 at the top position to clinch the doubles point in what would be the deciding factor in the Horned Frogs' victory. In singles play, Brink cruised past Alexander Joitoiu by a score of 6-1, 6-3. Brink and Cotet led off doubles play against No. 19 Texas A&M with an 8-3 victory over Austin Krajicek and Wil Spencer as the Horned Frogs would eventually clinch the doubles point. In singles action, Brink outlasted Chris Chirico by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to push the match score back to 3-3 in the eventual loss. Brink remains unbeaten in singles action this season at 11-0. Harkins, a junior from Palos Verdes, Calif., won all four of her matches to lead No. 22 TCU to victories over two nationally-ranked opponents. Against No. 37 Wake Forest, Harkins defeated Christian Tara at the No. 3 position by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. In doubles play, Harkins and partner Anna Sydorska routed the No. 27 duo of Alex Hirsch and Sasha Kulikova by a score of 8-3 to clinch the crucial doubles point in a match where all six singles contests went to three sets. Harkins led off singles play against No. 28 VCU with a dominating 6-2, 6-0 victory
over No. 121 Kateryna Yergina at the No. 3 spot. Harkins and Sydorska also led off doubles action with an 8-6 win over VCU's Tatsiana Uvarova and Viktoria Konstantinova at the top position. Harkins and Sydorska are
currently ranked No. 14 nationally in doubles play with an 8-1 record this season.
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