March 27, 2000

WACO, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team lost their second straight Big 12 match this afternoon when they fell by a 4-3 count to the No. 8 Baylor Bears. The loss drops Tech to 7-9, 1-3 in Big 12 play. The match came down to the doubles point. The teams both took three singles matches, Tech winning at the 2, 3 and 5 positions. In doubles play, Patricio Espinosa and Clay Estes were victorious at the No. 3 position but Baylor won at No. 1 and No. 2 to claim the fourth point and the match.

Singles Results
No. 1 Johann Jooste (BU) def. Borut Martincevic (TT) 5-7, 6-7, 6-4
No. 2 Jevgenij Cariov (TT) def. David Hodge (BU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Ryan Shupe (TT) def. Pawel Gajdzik (BU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Zoltan Papp(BU) def. Patricio Espinosa (TT) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Clay Estes (TT) def. Johannes Michalsky (TT) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Mark Williams (BU) def. Marino Baghdati (TT) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles Results
No. 1 Hodges/Williams (BU) def Martincevic/Cariov (TT) 8-6
No. 2 Gajdzik/Jooste (BU) def. Shupe/Earl (TT) 8-6
No. 3 Espinosa/Estes (TT) def. Papp/Michalsky (BU) 8-6