WACO, Texas – Texas A&M’s Conor Pollock (San Antonio, Texas) and Chris Chirico (Philadelphia, Pa.) advanced to the quarterfinals of doubles at the HEB Baylor Invitational held Friday at the Baylor Tennis Center.

Playing in the doubles main draw, Pollock and Chirico topped Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s James Langford and Mike Pavlov, 8-6, in the round of 32. The Aggie duo reached tomorrow’s quarterfinals by default as Texas Tech’s Michael Breler and Sinisa Markovic handed the pair a walkover. Pollock, seeded fifth in the 32-player singles main draw, lost a close two-set match in the round of 32 to Baylor’s David Galic, 7-6, 7-5. He advanced to second-round action with a 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 win over Texas’ Josh Zavala in the opening round. Chirico, a sophomore transfer from Saint Joseph’s, moved on in consolation singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Boise State’s Poitr Dilaj.

Meanwhile, sophomore Brad Williams (Cape Town, South Africa) defeated 12th-seeded Ralph Knupfer of Rice, 6-4, 7-6 (4), in consolation play. He dropped a tough three-setter to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Dmitry Novikov, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, in the opening round of 64. Freshman Kayvon Karimi (Dallas, Texas), in his collegiate debut, reached the round of 16 in the B singles draw after picking up a pair of victories versus Cal Baptist’s Andrew Meister and Lamar’s Andres Medina in the opening rounds.

Competition at the HEB Baylor Invitational continues through Sunday.

HEB BAYLOR INVITATIONAL

Sept. 21-23, 2007

Baylor Tennis Center

at Waco, Texas

MEN’S OPEN SINGLES (A) DRAW

Round of 64

Dmitry Novikov (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) def. Brad Williams (Texas A&M), 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Piotr Banas (Louisiana-Lafayette) def. (4) Jerry Makowski (Texas A&M), 6-3, 3-3 (retired).

(5) Conor Pollock (Texas A&M) def. Josh Zavala (Texas), 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Bram Ten Berge (Ole Miss) def. Chris Chirico (Texas A&M), 6-0, 6-4.

(6) Moritz Baumann (Wisconsin) def. Matt Bain (Texas A&M), 6-3, 6-4.

Round of 32

David Galic (Baylor) def. (5) Conor Pollock (Texas A&M), 7-6, 7-5.

Consolation

Brad Williams (Texas A&M) def. (12) Ralph Knupfer (Rice), 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Jose Zunio def. (4) Jerry Makowski (Texas A&M), default (WO).

Chris Chirico (Texas A&M) def. Poitr Dilaj (Boise State), 6-3, 6-3.

MEN’S OPEN SINGLES (B) DRAW

Round of 64

Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M) def. Andrew Meister (Cal Baptist), 6-1, 6-2.

Round of 32

Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M) def. Andres Medina (Lamar), 6-1, 6-4.

MEN’S OPEN DOUBLES (A) DRAW

Round of 32

Baumann-Polley (Wisconsin) def. Kayvon Karimi-Brad Williams (Texas A&M), 8-5.

(3) Galic-Muller (Baylor) def. Matt Bain-Jerry Makowski (Texas A&M), 8-4.

Chris Chirico-Conor Pollock (Texas A&M) def. Langford-Pavlov (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), 8-6.

Round of 16

Chris Chirico-Conor Pollock (Texas A&M) def. Breler-Markovic (Texas Tech), default (WO).