April 1, 1999

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team lost to Texas A&M 5-2 this evening at the Texas A&M Varsity Tennis Center in College Station. With the defeat, Texas Tech falls to 12-7 on the season and 2-3 in the Big 12 Conference.

Texas Tech opened the match by being swept at the doubles point. The closest match came at the No. 2 position where Adam Baranowski and Jevgenij Cariov lost to Brent Horan and Jarin Skube 8-6.

The Red Raiders scored their first point in the match when No. 4 Cariov defeated Cody Hubbell in straight sets 7-6, 6-4. Petar Danolic supplied the remaining point with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 win over Keith From. Ryan Shupe, who had won eight of his last nine matches, lost to Dumitru Caradima 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot.

Another major test awaits Texas Tech next when they play the sixth-ranked University of Texas Saturday in Austin. The Longhorns (14-3) face Georgia on Friday before meeting the Red Raiders on Saturday. Texas has not dropped a match in Big 12 play this season.

Texas A&M  5	Texas Tech   2
Singles
No. 1  Shuron Madden (TAM) d. Borut Martincevic (TTU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2  Dumitru Caradima (TAM) d. Ryan Shupe (TTU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3  Brent Horan (TAM) d. Adam Baranowski (TTU) 6-2, 7-6
No. 4  Jevgenij Cariov (TTU) d. Cody Hubbell (TAM) 7-6, 6-4
No. 5  Petar Danolic (TTU) d. Keith From (TAM) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
No. 6  Juan Aramburo (TAM) d. Dustin Hawk (TTU) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Caradima, Madden (TAM) d. Hawk, Shupe (TTU) 8-2
No. 2 Horan, Jarin Skube (TAM) d. Baranowski, Cariov (TTU) 8-6
No. 3 From, Hubbell (TAM) d. Danolic, Martincevic (TTU) 8-4