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#35 Dartmouth
TCU Scores Win Over Dartmouth
3/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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FORT WORTH, Texas - A dominant effort from start to finish led the No. 3 TCU men's tennis team to its eighth consecutive victory of the season and 21st straight at home with a 4-0 sweep of No. 35 Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Horned Frogs (13-2) convincingly won the doubles point with 6-1 victories on courts two and three, before carrying the momentum into singles action to score three straight-set victories over the Big Green (11-6) to finish off the match.
Jerry Lopez won his sixth straight match, as the junior picked up a team-best 18th victory in singles action by defeating Max Fliegner, 6-2, 6-1, on court four for the team's second point in the match. No. 2 Cameron Norrie made it 3-0 for TCU as he defeated No. 55 Dovydas Sakinis, 6-2, 6-2, for his 10th win this season over a ranked foe. Trevor Johnson closed out the match for his second straight victory this weekend and 15th of the season with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Roko Glasnovic at the No. 5 position.
Quotes of the Match
Head Coach David Roditi
Opening Statement
"This was a very solid win against a very good Dartmouth team. I thought our new doubles combinations paid off. Trevor (Johnson) and Guillermo (Nuñez) played really well at No. 3 and they had never played together and it was kind of fun to see a very dynamic team. I am just happy that regardless of who they played with, they were ready to play and followed the fundamentals of doubles.
"In singles, we did a good job of jumping all over them. We won all of the first sets and that put Dartmouth in a very tough position. I do think that Dartmouth was making a run there in the second sets in every match and they were up in almost every match except on courts one and three so this could have been a five-hour match, but Trevor was able to break at 5-all and served it out beautifully just being aggressive, coming forward and playing his type of game that pays off for him. I am happy for where we are because I think we are in a good place."
On the upcoming match against No. 7 Northwestern
"Now we have a battle with Northwestern on Tuesday. I know it's a little breezy out and cold here so it is probably not the best weather to come and sit on the bleachers, but we are going to need our fans on Tuesday. We are going to need our students and staff to come out and eat lunch here at the tennis center. The match could be indoors because its supposed to be really windy, but we are going to need everything we have to go up against this team that is No. 7 in the nation and won 11 straight matches. They are an indoor team so it is going to be a battle."
Match Results
Dartmouth College vs TCU
Mar 20, 2016 at Fort Worth, Texas
(Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
#3 TCU 4, #35 Dartmouth College 0
Singles competition
1. #2 Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. #55 Sakinis, Dovydas (DART) 6-2, 6-2
2. #16 Alex Rybakov (TCU) vs. Riccardi, Ciro (DART) 6-2, 3-4, unfinished
3. #109 Eduardo Nava (TCU) vs. Wall, George (DART) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
4. Jerry Lopez (TCU) def. Fliegner, Max (DART) 6-2, 6-1
5. Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Glasnovic, Roko (DART) 6-1, 7-5
6. Trey Daniel (TCU) vs. Grabill, Eddie (DART) 6-3, 3-4, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Hudson Blake/Reese Stalder (TCU) vs. #59 Sakinis, Dovydas/Glasnovic, Roko (DART) 3-5, unfinished
2. Cameron Norrie/Alex Rybakov (TCU) def. Wall, George/Tannenbaum, Brendan (DART) 6-1
3. Guillermo Nuñez/Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Schmidt, Max/Fliegner, Max (DART) 6-1
Match Notes:
Dartmouth College 11-6; National ranking #35
TCU 13-2; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,1,5)
A-212
Up Next
TCU will wrap-up its four-match home stand by welcoming No. 7 Northwestern for a showdown on Tuesday, March 22 at Noon on the Bernard J. 'Tut' Bartzen Varsity Courts.
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