Friday, February 5
Starkville, Miss.
4:00 p.m.
TCU
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Mississippi State
Preview: at Mississippi State & No. 20 Ole Miss
2/4/2021 11:52:00 AM | Men's Tennis
No. 3 TCU Men’s Tennis travels through Mississippi for a weekend of matches against SEC foes.
FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU men's tennis (4-0), fresh off its best road victory in three seasons, will take its 13-match winning streak to Mississippi for a weekend of matches against Mississippi State (5-0) and No. 20 Ole Miss (1-3).
The Horned Frogs will battle Mississippi State on Friday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. before traveling to Oxford, Miss. for a Sunday morning dual with No. 20 Ole Miss, at 11 a.m.
FOLLOW ALONG
No. 3 TCU at Mississippi State | Feb. 5 | 4 p.m.
Live Stats/Stream
No. 3 TCU at No. 20 Ole Miss | Feb. 7 | 11 a.m.
Live Stats
FROG FOCUS
The Horned Frogs enter the month of February in a historically strong run of form. They have won their last 13 dual matches dating back to Feb. 14, 2020, the longest winning streak since the 2017 season (17 matches). TCU has not lost a dual singles match this season (15-0), its best start to singles play since head coach David Roditi led the Horned Frogs to 16 straight singles wins to start the 1996 season.
Alastair Gray and Sander Jong lead all Horned Frogs with four singles wins each this dual season. Gray doing so with three wins at No. 1 and one at No. 2, while Jong has won all four of his matches at No. 3 singles.
Gray enters the weekend with 99 career victories (singles and doubles) on his collegiate resume. He will be hoping to join a long list of Horned Frogs in the triple digits, including All-Americans Cameron Norrie, Alex Rybakov, David Roditi and Devin Bowen.
Jong wis hoping to build on his historic personal winning streak. The third-year Horned Frog has not lost a dual singles match in nearly a calendar year (Feb. 6, 2020).
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Mississippi State enters the weekend with a 5-0 record. This will be the first test against a Power 5 opponent and the first match against a ranked opponent for the Bulldogs. TCU and Mississippi State have had some memorable matches in recent memory. While this is only the seventh all-time meeting, the last two matches each came in critical moments in the 2019 season. TCU won both matches, the first coming at National Indoors and the second, the NCAA Tournament.
Ole Miss enters play as the No. 20 ranked team in the nation despite a 1-3 record. The Rebels lost two matches to ranked SEC foes – No. 11 Texas A&M and No. 13 Tennessee. They are coming off a 4-3 home defeat at the hands of Memphis on Monday. TCU leads the all-time series, 6-5, including a 4-0 sweep last season (Feb. 28), as a part of TCU's current 13-match win streak.
RANKED PLAYERS
Singles
No. 21 -- Alastair Gray, TCU
No. 36 – Giovanni Oradini, MSU
No. 47 -- Luc Fomba, TCU
No. 62 – Tim Sandkaulen, Ole Miss
No. 87 – Florian Broska, MSU
No. 113 – Sander Jong, TCU
No. 125 -- Jacob Fearnley, TCU
Doubles
No. 7 – Tim Sandkaulen/Finn Reynolds, Ole Miss
No. 15 -- Alastair Gray/Jacob Fearnley, TCU
No. 24 -- Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek, TCU
No. 28 – Florian Broska/Nicolas Ocana, MSU
No. 47 – Alberto Colas/Gregor Ramskogler, MSU
No. 53 – Luc Fomba/Bertus Kruger, 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.
The Horned Frogs will battle Mississippi State on Friday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. before traveling to Oxford, Miss. for a Sunday morning dual with No. 20 Ole Miss, at 11 a.m.
FOLLOW ALONG
No. 3 TCU at Mississippi State | Feb. 5 | 4 p.m.
Live Stats/Stream
No. 3 TCU at No. 20 Ole Miss | Feb. 7 | 11 a.m.
Live Stats
FROG FOCUS
The Horned Frogs enter the month of February in a historically strong run of form. They have won their last 13 dual matches dating back to Feb. 14, 2020, the longest winning streak since the 2017 season (17 matches). TCU has not lost a dual singles match this season (15-0), its best start to singles play since head coach David Roditi led the Horned Frogs to 16 straight singles wins to start the 1996 season.
Alastair Gray and Sander Jong lead all Horned Frogs with four singles wins each this dual season. Gray doing so with three wins at No. 1 and one at No. 2, while Jong has won all four of his matches at No. 3 singles.
Gray enters the weekend with 99 career victories (singles and doubles) on his collegiate resume. He will be hoping to join a long list of Horned Frogs in the triple digits, including All-Americans Cameron Norrie, Alex Rybakov, David Roditi and Devin Bowen.
Jong wis hoping to build on his historic personal winning streak. The third-year Horned Frog has not lost a dual singles match in nearly a calendar year (Feb. 6, 2020).
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Mississippi State enters the weekend with a 5-0 record. This will be the first test against a Power 5 opponent and the first match against a ranked opponent for the Bulldogs. TCU and Mississippi State have had some memorable matches in recent memory. While this is only the seventh all-time meeting, the last two matches each came in critical moments in the 2019 season. TCU won both matches, the first coming at National Indoors and the second, the NCAA Tournament.
Ole Miss enters play as the No. 20 ranked team in the nation despite a 1-3 record. The Rebels lost two matches to ranked SEC foes – No. 11 Texas A&M and No. 13 Tennessee. They are coming off a 4-3 home defeat at the hands of Memphis on Monday. TCU leads the all-time series, 6-5, including a 4-0 sweep last season (Feb. 28), as a part of TCU's current 13-match win streak.
RANKED PLAYERS
Singles
No. 21 -- Alastair Gray, TCU
No. 36 – Giovanni Oradini, MSU
No. 47 -- Luc Fomba, TCU
No. 62 – Tim Sandkaulen, Ole Miss
No. 87 – Florian Broska, MSU
No. 113 – Sander Jong, TCU
No. 125 -- Jacob Fearnley, TCU
Doubles
No. 7 – Tim Sandkaulen/Finn Reynolds, Ole Miss
No. 15 -- Alastair Gray/Jacob Fearnley, TCU
No. 24 -- Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek, TCU
No. 28 – Florian Broska/Nicolas Ocana, MSU
No. 47 – Alberto Colas/Gregor Ramskogler, MSU
No. 53 – Luc Fomba/Bertus Kruger, 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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