Texas Tech University Athletics
Men's Tennis Drops Big 12 Opener
June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 22, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team fell to Texas A&M Sunday 7-0 at Lakeridge Country Club in the team's first Big 12 match of the season. The Red Raiders move to 4-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play. Texas A&M, ranked No. 33 in the ITA pre-season poll, swept the Red Raiders in both singles and doubles action.
Junior Petar Danolic dropped a 6-4, 6-1 decision to the Aggie's Rafael de Mesa, No. 37 in the pre-season, from the No. 1 singles slot, while senior Tylir Jimenez and sophomore Ryan Shupe both pushed their opponents to three sets. The Aggie's Carlos Tori, carrying a No. 66 singles pre-season rank, stole the No. 2 win from Jimenez 6-3, 6-7, 6-1. Shupe pulled out a strong second set over A&M's Brent Horan, but fell 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
The Red Raiders' next match will also be at home against Colorado on Feb. 28 at 1:30 p.m.
TEXAS TECH MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
Singles:
No. 1, Rafael de Mesa (A&M) def. Petar Danolic (TTU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 2, Carlos Tori (A&M) def. Tylir Jimenez (TTU) 6-3, 6-7, 6-1
No. 3, Shoun Madden (A&M) def. Wojtek Stasiak (TTU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4, Brant Horan (A&M) def. Ryan Shupe (TTU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 5, Demitra Caradima (A&M) def. Adam Baranowski (TTU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 6, Cody Hubbell (A&M) def. Carey Biorkman (TTU) 7-6, 6-1
Doubles:
No. 1, Madden-Tori (A&M) def. Jimenez-Shupe (TTU) 8-1
No. 2, Horan-Caradima (A&M) def. Doug Lacy-Baranowski (TTU) 8-5
No. 3, de Mesa-Hubbell (A&M) def. Danolic-Biorkman (TTU) 9-8
