TCU Comes Up Short at No. 15 Baylor

Thursday, March 4

Waco, Texas

TCU

Baylor

TCU Comes Up Short at No. 15 Baylor

3/4/2021 5:09:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TCU swept top three singles matches in 4-3 loss

WACO, Texas – No. 48 TCU women's tennis (5-5, 0-1) claimed points at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles in a 4-3 loss to No. 15 Baylor (11-1) on Thursday afternoon at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. Mercedes Aristegui collected her first win of the year at No. 1 singles, extending her career-best win streak to nine matches.

"It was a great match," head coach Lee Taylor Walker said. "Isabel and Mercedes are proving they belong in the No. 1 spot in doubles. They're communicating well and adjusting well. I love their attitude. Getting wins at one, two and three, in singles today was phenomenal. I thought Mercedes did. Great job of being mentally tough. She played that opponent twice in the fall and showed that she learned from those matches to do an amazing job today. It was so encouraging to see Stevie elevate her game today. She was facing a really good opponent and kept matching her intensity to get a huge win. Marie turned her match around after the team match was clinched. That mental toughness was big time for us. Great to see her get back in the win column. There's good things coming for this team. I'm proud of our effort today. We'll be back home Saturday, ready to play."

Baylor took the doubles point on courts two and three. However, the No. 1 pairing of Aristegui/Pascual Montalvo had just broken back to tie the score, 4-4, when play was halted. They remain 1-1 against Power 5 doubles opponents this season, with three unfinished matches. They were either leading or on-serve, in all three suspended contests.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU split singles play, collecting wins at No. 1-3 while losing at No. 4-6.
Aristegui continued her winning streak with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles.
She is 9-0 in dual singles play this season, 10-1 overall in 2021.
Her nine-match win streak is the longest streak of her collegiate career.
This was her first win of the season at No. 1 and the third of her career.
She has not dropped a set this dual season (19-0), again, the longest such streak of her career.
Aristegui is outscoring her opponents by a combined game-score of 121-43 (73.8 percent).
She has won 12 of her 19 dual singles sets in eight games or less after doing so in both sets today.
Baylor clinched the dual with wins in the next three recorded results.
Stevie Kennedy stayed strong at No. 3, delivering her fifth dual win of the season, 6-3, 7-6(6).
She improves to 5-4 in dual action this season and 2-2 at the No. 3 slot.
This was her first tiebreaker set of the season, she is 1-0 in the clutch moments.
Marie Norris claimed the final win of the day, taking the No. 2 match, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(3).
This was her seventh win of the dual season and her 10^th overall singles win of 2021, tied for the team lead with Aristegui.
This was Norris first win of the season after dropping the opening set.
The Horned Frogs are now to 29-20 in singles matches this dual season.

Doubles Results
1. Mel Krywoj/A. Herrero Linana (BU) vs. Mercedes Aristegui/Isabel Pascual (TCU) 4-4, unfinished
2. Audrey Boch-Collins/Angie Shakhraichuk (BU) def. Marie Norris/Addy Guevara (TCU) 6-1
3. Kris Sorokolet/Jessica Hinojosa (BU) def. Stevie Kennedy/Margaret Polk (TCU) 6-0
Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles Results
1. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Mel Krywoj (BU) 6-2, 6-1
2. #68 Marie Norris (TCU) def. Jessica Hinojosa (BU) 3-6, 7-5 (10-3), 1-0 (10-3)
3. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. A. Herrero Linana (BU) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Livia Kraus (BU) def. Isabel Pascual (TCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Angie Shakhraichuk (BU) def. Addy Guevara (TCU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Paula Baranano (BU) def. Margaret Polk (TCU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish – 6, 5, 1, 4, 3, 2

Up Next
TCU returns to the purple courts on Saturday for a late morning dual against Oral Roberts. First serve is set for 11 a.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth.

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