April 27, 2002

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team could not over come the sixth ranked Baylor Bears in the Semifinals of the Big 12 Championships, falling 4-1 this afternoon in College Station, Texas.

The Red Raiders (14-11) coming off a quarterfinal win in yesterday's match-up with the Oklahoma State Cowboys could manage only one point against the Bears (24-1) who have not lost since March 8. Junior Alfonso Perez (Guadalajara, Mexico) posted Tech's lone win of the day in strait sets, defeating Baylor's Reiner Neurohr in the number five singles match, 6-4, 6-4.

Baylor will now take on the winner between Texas and Texas A&M in tomorrow's Big 12 Championship match.

RESULTS

Singles
Royce Ramey, TTU vs. Benjamin Becker, BU, DNF
Zoltan Papp, BU def. Ben Gudzelak, TTU, 6-1, 6-4
Richard Crabtree, TTU vs. Markus Hornung, BU, DNF
Matias Marin, BU def. Michael Innerebner, TTU, 6-2, 7-6
Alfonso Perez, TTU def. Reiner Neurohr, BU, 6-4, 6-4
Armando Carrascosa, BU vs. David Knaszak, TTU, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
Hornung / McGregor, BU def. Crabtree/Gudzelak, TTU, 8-0
Becker / Papp, BU def. Ramey/Wakeford, TTU, 8-1
Innerebner / Perez, TTU vs. Marin / Neurohr, BU, DNF

Final Score
Baylor 4, Texas Tech 1