March 5, 2002

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Junior Toni Gordon of the No. 31 TCU men's tennis team (5-3) was named the Conference USA Player of the Week for the period ending March 3. Gordon finished last week with a 2-0 record at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles. This is the second time that the Barcelona, Spain-native has captured player of the week honors this year, and the fourth time a Horned Frog has been recognized this spring. The other two Frogs were freshmen Fabrizio Sestini and Daniel Scholten.

Last week the unranked Gordon shocked No. 13 Kosta Zinchanka of No. 42 South Alabama 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 on February 25.Zinchanka is the highest ranked player Gordon has ever defeated in his career, topping his previous best of then-No. 21 Andres Pedroso of Duke last season.Gordon and Sestini also upset the 40th-ranked duo of Zinchanka and Vincent Baudat 8-6. After posting another upset with Sestini over the No. 15 doubles team of James Cameron and John Chesworth of 67th-ranked Furman on March 1 by an 8-5 count, Gordon continued his hot streak by defeating James Cameron 6-3, 6-2. Gordon and Sestini are unranked as a doubles team.

Gordon is now 16-5 overall this season and 6-2 in dual matches. He owns a perfect 6-0 record at No. 2 singles and is 3-2 at one doubles with Sestini.