Feb. 3, 2005

ARLINGTON - The Texas-Arlington men's tennis squad battled with nationally ranked TCU Thursday afternoon but it was the Frogs who came out on top, dropping the Mavericks 5-2 at the UTA Tennis Center. The Mavs fall to 0-2 on the season while TCU improves to 2-0.

TCU took control early claiming the first point with a sweep of the doubles flights.

Niels Buksik dropped Radu Barbu in straight sets at the third singles flight for the Mavs first point of the afternoon.

With UTA already down 5-1, freshman Alberto Agis rallied from one set down to defeat TCU's Jordan Freitas, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, at the No. 4 position.

Texas-Arlington (0-2) will return to action Feb. 11 at Arkansas-Little Rock.

#16 TCU 5, UTA 2

Doubles
1 - Sestini/Abreu (TCU) def. Farquharson/Buksik (UTA), 8-2
2 - Tezza/Freitas (TCU) def. Mattar/Agis (UTA), 8-5
3 - Barbu/Martin (TCU) def. Trimmier/Vazquez (UTA), 9-7

Singles
1 - #34 Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) def. Sandy Farquharson, 6-3, 6-4
2 - Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Diego Mattar, 6-2, 7-6
3 - Niels Buksik (UTA) def. Radu Barbu, 6-3, 6-4
4 - Alberto Agis (UTA) def. Jordan Freitas (TCU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5 - Jacob Martin (TCU) def. Ian Vazquez (UTA), 7-5, 6-4
6 - Rafael Abreu (TCU) def. Josey Trimmier (UTA), 6-3, 6-0

Order of finish: 6, 3, 1, 2, 5, 4

UTA (0-2)
TCU (2-0)

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