College notes: TCU men’s tennis team falls to No. 12 Pepperdine

From online and wire reports

The TCU men’s tennis team won the doubles point, but were unable to muster momentum early in singles and dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 12 Pepperdine on Tuesday the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

The Waves (7-2) are the fifth top-20 opponent TCU has faced this season. The Frogs (7-4) are 1-4 against those teams.

TCU’s Nick Chappell and Will Stein notched their biggest win of the season, dropping No. 27 Francis Alcantara and Finn Tearney 8-5 in doubles. Max Stevens and JT Sundling followed with an 8-4 win over Sebastian Fanselow and Alex Sarkissian to clinch the point for the Frogs.

In singles, Sundling picked up a victory, beating David Sofaer, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Big 12 error

The Big 12 said officiating errors were made at the end of regulation before No. 6 Kansas outlasted Iowa State in overtime on Monday night.

The league said Tuesday that “appropriate measures will be taken” against the two officials involved, including an adjustment of “the number of future assignments.”

The Big 12 did not identify the officials or the plays in question.

Kansas’s Elijah Johnson drove into the lane and got tangled up with Iowa State’s Georges Niang with less than 10 seconds left. No foul was called, and Niang was then whistled for fouling Johnson on the floor. Johnson sank two free throws to force OT with 4.9 seconds left.

Kansas won the game 108-96.

Briefly

• TCU baseball: The Frogs have sold out of reserved tickets for today’s men’s basketball game against No. 15 Oklahoma State. Limited general admission tickets are still available for purchase through the TCU Athletics Ticket Office.

• Oklahoma football: Jerry Montgomery has been hired to coach the Sooners’ defensive linemen after being in charge of the same position at Michigan for the past two seasons. Coach Bob Stoops said he is impressed by Montgomery’s ability to recruit top players and develop their skills. The Wolverines were among the top 15 teams in the nation in total defense the past two seasons.

• Big Ten football: The Big Ten approved the request from Nebraska and Iowa to move next season’s game to the day after Thanksgiving in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska and Iowa met on the day after Thanksgiving in both 2011 and 2012, Nebraska’s first two years in the Big Ten. The 2013 game will mark the 24th straight season Nebraska has played on the day after Thanksgiving.

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