Saturday, February 1
Ann Arbor, MI
11:00 a.m.
TCU
at
Michigan
Preview: No. 8 TCU at No. 16 Michigan
1/31/2020 10:59:00 AM | Men's Tennis
FORT WORTH -- TCU men's tennis prepares for its second road duel against a ranked opponent this season when the No. 8 Horned Frogs travel to Ann Arbor for a Saturday morning bout with No. 16 Michigan. Doubles play is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. (CT) with singles play to follow.
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Scoring & Video
FROG FOCUS
TCU enters play with a 3-0 record, coming off back-to-back 4-0 sweeps of Florida Atlantic and Arizona in the ITA Kickoff Weekend. Junior Alastair Gray was named Big 12 Player of the Week for his efforts as tallied his second ranked singles victory this season, over No. 61, as well as winning both of his doubles matches with his partner, Jacob Fearnley.
As a team, the Horned Frogs have achieved strong results through three matches. They are a perfect, 6-0 in doubles matches and 10-2 in singles competition.
Head coach David Roditi has shown plenty of trust in the young talent on the roster as he started a lineup of three freshmen, two sophomores and a junior in singles last weekend. The squad won all six of their matches, including freshmen Tadeas Paroulek taking down No. 36 Malbasic of Arizona at the No. 2 singles slot. It was the first ranked-win of his career and his first victory at No. 2 singles.
Elsewhere on the courts, freshman Tomas Jirousek won both of his singles matches at No. 6 in his collegiate tennis debut, including winning the duel clinching match on Saturday, against FAU.
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
Michigan is ranked No. 16 in the latest ITA poll. The Wolverines are 4-1 on the season after qualifying for the ITA Indoor Natationals last weekend by taking down Ole Miss and Texas Tech, 4-3. Michigan dropped its only previous ranked duel this season when No. 23 NC State bested them, 4-3.
RANKED PLAYERS
Singles
No. 51 -- Alastair Gray, TCU
No. 78 -- Andrew Fenty, Michigan
No. 94 -- Ondrej Styler, Michigan
No. 100 -- Luc Fomba, TCU
No. 119 -- Jacob Fearnley, TCU
Doubles
No. 5 -- Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar, Michigan
No. 29 -- Alastair Gray/Jacob Fearnley, TCU
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and the all new men's tennis Instagram.
FOLLOW ALONG
Live Scoring & Video
FROG FOCUS
TCU enters play with a 3-0 record, coming off back-to-back 4-0 sweeps of Florida Atlantic and Arizona in the ITA Kickoff Weekend. Junior Alastair Gray was named Big 12 Player of the Week for his efforts as tallied his second ranked singles victory this season, over No. 61, as well as winning both of his doubles matches with his partner, Jacob Fearnley.
As a team, the Horned Frogs have achieved strong results through three matches. They are a perfect, 6-0 in doubles matches and 10-2 in singles competition.
Head coach David Roditi has shown plenty of trust in the young talent on the roster as he started a lineup of three freshmen, two sophomores and a junior in singles last weekend. The squad won all six of their matches, including freshmen Tadeas Paroulek taking down No. 36 Malbasic of Arizona at the No. 2 singles slot. It was the first ranked-win of his career and his first victory at No. 2 singles.
Elsewhere on the courts, freshman Tomas Jirousek won both of his singles matches at No. 6 in his collegiate tennis debut, including winning the duel clinching match on Saturday, against FAU.
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
Michigan is ranked No. 16 in the latest ITA poll. The Wolverines are 4-1 on the season after qualifying for the ITA Indoor Natationals last weekend by taking down Ole Miss and Texas Tech, 4-3. Michigan dropped its only previous ranked duel this season when No. 23 NC State bested them, 4-3.
RANKED PLAYERS
Singles
No. 51 -- Alastair Gray, TCU
No. 78 -- Andrew Fenty, Michigan
No. 94 -- Ondrej Styler, Michigan
No. 100 -- Luc Fomba, TCU
No. 119 -- Jacob Fearnley, TCU
Doubles
No. 5 -- Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar, Michigan
No. 29 -- Alastair Gray/Jacob Fearnley, TCU
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and the all new men's tennis Instagram.
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