TCU Drops Hard-Fought Match to LSU

Friday, February 5

Fort Worth, Texas

2:00 PM

TCU

LSU

TCU Drops Hard-Fought Match to LSU

2/5/2021 7:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TCU closes its season opening, six-match, homestand with a 4-2 record.

FORT WORTH – TCU women's tennis (4-2) came up short against LSU, 4-2, on Friday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth. Mercedes Aristegui won both of her matches, including a 6-0 doubles win over the No. 14 ranked pairing in the country, in the loss.

"It may sound similar to last match, but there's so much to be excited about with this team," head coach Lee Taylor Walker said. "We are showing great courage and fortitude in so many areas. It happens so often that a team loses a tight doubles point and there's not much of a confident fight in singles. But with our team, we've remained resilient, brave and confident to start singles and this is a real sign of the character our ladies have. Our day is coming soon and we know it. But beyond the tangible team win, there were many highlights: Mercedes and Isabel took out a top 15 doubles team 6-0. Tate grabed her first ranked win since knee surgery. Isa bounced back from a tough loss Tuesday to be in position to win today. There have been years where I've lost 4-3 matches early in season and I feel like it almost starts to define the season. But this feels genuinely different. I feel like we are building confidence for something great this season. It's a positive feeling and I think our staff and players share it."

Aristegui and Isabel Pascual Montalvo secured their best victory as a doubles team, dispatching of No. 14 Richardson/Geissler, 6-0. It was their first ranked victory together and their first 6-0 doubles win.

In singles play, Tate Schroeder delivered her first ranked win as a Horned Frog at No. 2, taking down No. 83 Carrington. That win was closely followed by yet another singles victory for Aristegui, her fifth of the dual season. Aristegui remains unbeaten in dual singles play, with a 5-0 record.

The Horned Frogs won two of five singles matches against LSU. TCU has now won 19 of 26 dual singles matches this season.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU recorded singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3.
Tate Schroeder delivered her first dual singles win as a Horned Frog in style, taking down No. 83 Carrington.
It was her first singles win of the new year and her first ranked victory as a Horned Frog.
Schroeder is now 1-0 against ranked opponents.
Mercedes Aristegui recorded TCU's second point of the day at No. 3 singles: 7-6(4), 6-1
She is now 5-0 in dual singles play this season, 6-1 overall in 2021.
All five of her wins this season have come at No. 3 singles.
She has not dropped a set this dual season (11-0)
Aristegui is outscoring her opponents by a combined game-score of 72-26 (73.5 percent).
Pascual Montalvo was leading her match against Cubitt in their third set when play was halted.
The Horned Frogs are now 19-7 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #41 Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. #68 Marie Norris (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. #46 Tate Schroeder (TCU) def. #83 Safiya Carrington (LSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Eden Richardson (LSU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
4. Paris Corley (LSU) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
5. Isabel Pascual Montalvo (TCU) vs. Maggie Cubitt (LSU) 5-7, 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
6. Nina Geissler (LSU) def. Addy Guevara (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish – 2, 6, 3, 4, 1

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU lost the doubles point with defeats at No. 2 and No. 3.
Aristegui and Pascual Montalvo opened the day with a confident, 6-0 victory over No. 14 Richardson/Geissler at the No. 1 spot.
This was the first ranked victory for Aristegui/Pascual Montalvo and the first ranked win by any Horned Frog pairing this season.
This was their second win as a pairing this dual season, and third overall.
The Horned Frogs battled hard throughout doubles play but would ultimately fall short at No. 3, in a tiebreak, allowing LSU to take a 1-0 lead.

Doubles Results
1. Mercedes Aristegui/Isabel Pascual Montalvo (TCU) def. #14 Eden Richardson/Nina Geissler (LSU) 6-0
2. Safiya Carrington/Maggie Cubitt (LSU) def. Tate Schroeder/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-4
3. Paris Corley/Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. Marie Norris/Addy Guevara (TCU) 7-6 (7-5)
Order of finish: 3, 2

Up Next
TCU will have a full week of practice before embarking on its first road trip of the 2021 season. The Horned Frogs will travel to Alabama for a weekend of matches against Samford (Feb. 12) and Alabama (Feb. 14).

For more information on TCU women's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUWomensTennis on twitter and Facebook, @tcuwomenstennis on Instagram.