TCU
#7 Texas Tech
Horned Frogs Pull Off Upset
4/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas - For the third straight season, the No. 31 TCU women's tennis team pulled off a top-15 upset as they scored a 4-1 victory over No. 7 Texas Tech on Saturday in the home season finale at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Horned Frogs (13-7, 5-3 Big 12) controlled the match from the very start against the Red Raiders (20-4, 8-1 Big 12) and quickly took the doubles point. Sofiko Kadzhaya and Alexis Pereira were nearly unstoppable at the No. 3 spot as they began the match with a 6-1 win. The No. 38 pair of Seda Arantekin and Olaya Garrido-Rivas finished off the doubles point with their fourth victory over a ranked opponent as they took out the No. 28 pair of Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak, 6-2.
Texas Tech came back to battle as the teams split the opening sets among the six courts in singles action. Senior Caroline Wegner put the Frogs up 2-0 in the match as she finished off Katelyn Jackson, 6-2, 6-2 on court six. Aleksandra Zenovka scored her first win over a ranked opponent and put TCU up 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 120 Alex Valenstein. The Red Raiders got their lone point of the match with a win at the top position before Donika Bashota finished off the match and the upset by taking out Dvorak, 6-4, 6-3.
Quotes from the Match
Head Coach Lee Taylor Walker
"Today was for the seniors. There are not a lot of words that can really capture today. In terms of tennis, it does a lot for us but really it is just all about the seniors. The relationships, the ups and downs, the sticking together and persevering through it all. This is what means so much about today. Seda (Arantekin), Sofiko (Kadzhaya), Caroline (Wegner) and Olaya (Garrido-Rivas)- this was for them. I'm a very lucky and proud coach!"
Match Results
Texas Tech vs TCU
Apr 15, 2017 at Fort Worth, Texas
(Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
#31 TCU 4, #7 Texas Tech 1
Singles competition
1. #10 Gabriela Talaba (TTU) def. #69 Seda Arantekin (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Sofiko Kadzhaya (TCU) vs. #55 Felicity Maltby (TTU) 4-6, 6-5, unfinished
3. Aleksandra Zenovka (TCU) def. #120 Alex Valenstein (TTU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Donika Bashota (TCU) def. Sarah Dvorak (TTU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Marie Norris (TCU) vs. Sabrina Federici (TTU) 4-6, 6-1, 1-1, unfinished
6. Caroline Wegner (TCU) def. Katelyn Jackson (TTU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #38 Seda Arantekin/Olaya Garrido-Rivas (TCU) def. #28 Sabrina Federici/Sarah Dvorak (TTU) 6-2
2. Caroline Wegner/Donika Bashota (TCU) vs. #68 Gabriela Talaba/Felicity Maltby (TTU) 3-3, unfinished
3. Sofiko Kadzhaya/Alexis Pereira (TCU) def. Alex Valenstein/Alba Cortina-Pou (TTU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Texas Tech 20-4, 8-1 Big 12; National ranking #7
TCU 13-7, 5-3 Big 12; National ranking #31
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,3,1,4)
T-2:28 A-392
Up Next
TCU will end the regular season on the road as they travel to Waco, Texas to face Baylor on Wednesday, April 19 at 4 p.m., at the Hurd Tennis Center.
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