Frogs ready to rip Baylor
By Ram Luthra
Sports Editor

The men’s tennis team will not spend its Spring Break in the sand at the beach. Instead, the Horned Frogs will be confronted with a barrage of Hurricanes and later in the week a pack of Bears.

TCU, ranked No. 34, (5-3) will play the Miami Hurricanes, ranked No. 39, (4-3) at 1 p.m. today and will travel to play regional-rival Baylor Bears ranked No. 8, (9-0) 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Head coach Joey Rive said the highlight over the break will be the match against Baylor.
“This is a great opportunity for our team,” Rive said. “The sight is set on Baylor. Our guys know that is a big match against an undefeated Top 10 team.”

Senior and team captain Daniel Wajnberg said the Baylor match has been a priority from the beginning of the season.

“This match has been circled on our calendars for quite some time,” Wajnberg said. “This was one of our goals coming into the season.

“This is a team that we really don’t like much, and they are probably are true rival, so we will be playing with a lot of energy and determination against Baylor,” Wajnberg said.

Wajnberg said the team has a good chance to hand Baylor its first loss on the season.

Playing in Waco will give them an advantage also, he said.

“Playing over there will give us a boost and even more reason to beat them,” Wajnberg said. “We have played them so many times that we know what to expect so you can throw everything else out. It is simply going to be a battle.”

With so much attention focused on the Bears, TCU is not ignoring the match against Miami, Rive said.

“We know Baylor is key for us, but we are trying to play eve match with the same mentality,” Rive said. “We will certainly not look past Miami. They are a team just like us looking at the records and rankings.”

Freshman Fabrizio Sestini, ranked No. 51 in the nation, will probably play at the No. 1 singles position in the matches over Spring Break, Rive said. He is 8-4 overall and has won five of the past six singles matches.

The Horned Frogs are coming off a victory against No. 67-ranked Furman, 6-1, at home. In the match, TCU dropped its match at the No. 1 spot, while capturing the rest of the matches in the other slots.

Rive said they team will use the break as a time to rest and take some time off from school.

“We will take the weekend off after the Miami match,” Rive said. “The team is not having any problems with injuries, but the time off will provide them some relaxation. During the past couple of weeks, the guys have been busy studying for exams and have been a bit tired so they can catch up on some sleep. ”

Ram Luthra
r.d.luthra@student.tcu.edu

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