April 6, 2001

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis fell to 5th-ranked Texas A&M yesterday in College Station, Texas, 7-0. The Red Raiders dropped its third straight conference match making the overall record 6-12 and 1-4 in league play. The Aggies won its 12th-straight match improving to 18-2 overall and 5-0 in league play.

The Aggies won the first point of the day by taking two out of three in doubles. Tech snagged the No. 1 position with Richard Crabtree and Ben Gudzelak defeating Tres Davis and Keith From, 8-5. With the win the duo snapped a two-match losing streak and improved its record to 6-8 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12. The two have won four straight in conference play.

In singles action, the Red Raiders dropped all six matches in straight sets. In the No. 4 position John Walker retired with a right hand injury that has been bothering him over the past few weeks.

The men look to turn things around on Saturday, April 7 in Austin, Texas, against the University of Texas.

RESULTS SINGLES 1. Keith From (A&M) def. Borut Martincevic (TT) 6-4, 7-5 2. Dumitru Caradima (A&M) def. Ben Gudzelak (TT) 7-5, 6-4 3. Cody Hubbell (A&M) def. Richard Crabtree (TT) 6-0, 7-5 4. Tres Davis (A&M) def. John Walker (TT) 6-0, 4-1 Ret. Inj. 5. Nathan Price (A&M) def. Costa Yiannakopolous (TT) 7-5, 6-1 6. Khaled El Dorry (A&M) def. Chris Drumm (TT) 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES 1. Crabtree/Gudzelak (TT) def. Davis/From (A&M) 8-5 2. Hubbell/Jarin Skube (A&M) def. Martincevic/Walker (TT) 8-5 3. Caradima/Price (A&M) def. Drumm/Yiannakopolous (TT) 8-4