Tim Siegel Quotations

We competed well. Baylor obviously is good, but I'm pleased with the way we fought. And to have two freshmen go out and get wins, it shows how they're improving.

(Texas) A&M was probably the second-toughest loss I've ever experienced in my 15 years. That was a tough one.

I thought he played a very good match against a player (Armando) that's been ranked in the top 100 in the world. He hung in there well.

This is probably the toughest the conference has been. If we're not playing well, we could go 0-7.

He may try to go to school in Poland. He was a major part of our greatest year and obviously, if he had come back, we'd be a top 20 team this year. There had to be a deadline. A lot of coaches might have done everything they could to convince him to come back, but I felt that because he was still wavering at such a late date, if he's not sure he should be here than he probably shouldn't be here.

He needed to pass 24 hours for the year to compete in January and he needed to take 15 hours this fall to do that. It's been a very interesting last couple of weeks ... because Radek was bouncing back and forth on whether he would come back. Finally, I had to make the decision and set a deadline to do what's best for the team, because one player is never more important than the team.

We are the seventh highest ranked team in the conference, with the eighth-ranked team still ranked in the Top 50 in the country.

This was a tough match for us. It was one we had to have.

We're really excited about having this level of tennis at Texas Tech. This is the best display of tennis Lubbock has ever seen.

We're happy we got through it. Troy is a dangerous team with some talented players. Troy kept us out there a long time, and we were fortunate to win.