Feb. 9, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas-Arlington men's tennis team opened the 2006 season with a 5-2 loss to crosstown-rival TCU, Wednesday evening at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. TCU is ranked No. 41 in the nation.

The Mavericks (0-1) lost all three doubles matches as TCU (2-0) took the doubles point to begin the match.

In singles play, senior Sandy Farquharsen defeated Andrei Mlenda, 6-1, 0-6, 6-1, at the No.1 position. Sophomore Daniel Omana won the other point for the Mavericks, defeating Cosmin Cotet, 7-5, 6-4, at the No. 3 position. Sophomore Alberto Agis lost a tough match to Jacopo Tezza, 5-7, 6-4, 10-4, at the No. 4 position.

The Mavericks will be back in action Saturday when they travel to take on #21 Texas Tech. First-serve is set for 9 a.m. in Lubbock, Texas.

#41 TCU 5, Texas-Arlington 2 Fort Worth, Texas

Singles 1 - #63 Sandy Farquharsen (UTA) d. Andrei Mlenda (TCU), 6-1, 0-6, 6-1 2 - #70 Rafael Abreu (TCU) d. Diego Mattar (UTA), 6-2, 6-2 3 - Daniel Omana (UTA) d. Cosmin Cotet (TCU), 7-5, 6-4 4 - Jacopo Tezza (TCU) d. Alberto Agis (UTA), 5-7, 6-4, 10-4 5 - Krieger Brink (TCU) d. Javier Herrera (UTA), 6-2, 7-5 6 - Jordan Freitas (TCU) d. Ian Vazquez (UTA), 6-3, 6-2

Doubles 1 - Abreu/Tezza (TCU) d. Farquharsen/Omana (UTA), 8-6 2 - Brink/Freitas (TCU) d. Buksik/Herrera (UTA), 8-4 3 - Barbu/Cotet (TCU) d. Mattar/Omana (UTA), 8-2