March 7, 2008

Bryan, Texas - The Old Dominion University men's tennis team fell to its third straight ranked opponent on Thursday, as the Monarchs fell to No. 19 Texas A&M 4-0. With the loss the Monarchs fell to 15-11, while the Aggies improved to 5-4.

Texas A&M captured the doubles point by winning at No. 1 and No. 2, although the Monarchs did rebound to win at No. 3 where Matt Fawcett and Timo Gehrke defeated Mike Beatty and Kayvon Karimi.

In singles action the Aggies won at the top three positions to seal the 4-0 victory.

(19) TEXAS A&M 4, (63) OLD DOMINION 0

SINGLES

No. 1 - (31) Conor Pollock (Texas A&M) def. Aleksandr Seleznev (ODU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 - Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M) def. Eidy Igarashi (ODU) 6-4, 6-3

No. 3 - Wil Spencer (Texas A&M) def. Tobias Fanselow (ODU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

No. 4 - Chris Chirico (Texas A&M) vs. Rodrigo Souza (ODU) 6-0, DNF

No. 5 - Matt Bain (Texas A&M) vs. Matt Fawcett (ODU) 1-0, DNF

No. 6 - Mike Beatty (Texas A&M) vs. Yakov Diskin (ODU) DNF

DOUBLES

No. 1 - Krajicek-Spencer (Texas A&M) def. Seleznev-Igarashi (ODU) 8-6

No. 2 - Chirico-Pollock (Texas A&M) def. Fanselow-Souza (ODU) 9-8

No. 3 - Fawcett-Gehrke (ODU) def. Karimi-Beatty (Texas A&M) 9-7

ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles: 2, 1, 3 Singles: 2, 3, 1*