March 6, 2006

The No. 9 Baylor men's tennis team will travel to Fort Worth tomorrow to take on No. 23 TCU at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Match time is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Baylor comes into Tuesday's contest after handing No. 7 Stanford its first loss of the season in a 5-1 upset victory in Palo Alto, Calif. The Bears are led by No. 4 Lars Poerschke, No. 53 Michal Kokta andNo. 56 Matija Zgaga.

TCU is 6-3 on the season after falling to No. 34 Oklahoma State in Stillwater 5-2 yesterday.

TCU's top player is No. 75 Rafael Abreu and is the lone Horned Frog ranked in the top 100. Jacopo Tezza has posted an 8-0 start to his 2006 campaign and is the reigning Mountain West Conference Player of the Week.

The Bears and Frogs met twice a year ago with Baylor sweeping the season series. As the home team, Baylor posted a 7-0 victory on March 29 and completed the sweep with a 5-2 victory in Fort Worth on April 6.

Baylor increaed its current win streak with two last season to six in the series which is the second-longest in the rivalry between the two programs. The Frogs posted 30-straight victories from 1975-1998.

Results will be posted at www.baylorbears.com.