TCU
#50 Utah State
Horned Frogs Advance at NCAAs
5/12/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas - For the fourth straight year and 21st time in program history, the No. 8 TCU men's tennis team advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship by scoring a 4-1 victory over No. 50 Utah State in the opening round on Saturday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth.
The Horned Frogs (19-4) got off to a hot start in doubles action against the Aggies (19-9) as courts two and three ran up to 5-1 leads. Trevor Johnson and Reese Stalder were the first off the courts with a 6-1 win on court two before Eduardo Roldan and Max Kurzban closed out the doubles point with a 6-1 victory on their own on court three.
In singles action, the top four courts were all TCU as No. 65 Johnson was able to close out court two, 6-1, 6-1, to give the Frogs the 2-0 lead in the match. Stalder served it out on court four to put TCU within a point of the overall team victory as the junior got his eighth straight victory of the season with a 6-1, 6-4 win. Senior and No. 114 Guillermo Nuñez was able to clinch the overall team victory for TCU as he topped his opponent on court three, 7-5, 6-3.
Quotes from the Match
Head Coach David Roditi
"At this point, all wins are great wins. Today was a great win. Utah State is a team that has won nine in a row and their conference. Coach (James) Wilson has done an unbelievable job with that program not just this year but since he arrived. They fight and they beat us last year. Great win for us and our team was led by upperclassmen. They did what they needed to do. It was a great win and a great performance at No. 3 doubles by the freshmen Eduardo (Roldan) and Max (Kurzban). We are alive and we have a shot tomorrow.
"There are some things we need to tighten up at this point. We are still making mistakes that are not acceptable in postseason and hopefully we can get better from today to tomorrow. Please come and support us. We appreciate everyone who came out today. It was beautiful, hot and breezy out here and it can't get any better. We hope for a lot of support and see if our fans and our community can help us get to the Sweet 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C., which has been a huge goal of ours. This would be only the third time in the history of TCU that players like Trevor (Johnson) and Guillermo (Nuñez) make it four years in a row to the Sweet 16. Come and support us."
Match Results
Utah State vs TCU
May 12, 2018 at Fort Worth, Texas
(Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
#8 TCU 4, #50 Utah State 1
Singles competition
1. #21 Alex Rybakov (TCU) vs. Jaime Barajas (USU) 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
2. #65 Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Sergiu Bucur (USU) 6-1, 6-1
3. #114 Guillermo Nuñez (TCU) def. Valdemar Holm (USU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Reese Stalder (TCU) def. Felipe Acosta (USU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Addy Vashistha (USU) def. Eduardo Roldan (TCU) 6-1, 7-5
6. Max Kurzban (TCU) vs. Jose Carvajal (USU) 5-7, 2-4, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #6 Alex Rybakov/Guillermo Nuñez (TCU) vs. Jaime Barajas/Jose Carvajal (USU) 3-3, unfinished
2. Trevor Johnson/Reese Stalder (TCU) def. Valdemar Holm/Andrew Nakajima (USU) 6-1
3. Max Kurzban/Eduardo Roldan (TCU) def. Addy Vashistha/Felipe Acosta (USU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Utah State 19-9; National ranking #50
TCU 19-4; National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,4,3,5)
NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship First Round
TCU advances to the second round and will face Oregon tomorrow at 1 PM.
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Up Next
TCU moves into the second round of the NCAA Tennis Championship and will face No. 33 Oregon on Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m., at the Friedman Tennis Center.
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