TCU Can’t Wrangle the Raiders

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TCU Can’t Wrangle the Raiders

4/10/2021 6:52:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TCU split singles competition but ultimately fell to No. 29 Texas Tech

FORT WORTH –No. 50 TCU women's tennis (9-10, 3-4) suffered a 4-3 home loss at the hands of No. 29 Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs won at the top three positions in singles play but couldn't overcome losing the doubles point.

"Another tough battle by our ladies," head coach Lee Taylor Walker said. "We had some chances in doubles that got away from us, but overall, our doubles was much better than last week. Isa [Montalvo] was also much better in singles and was right there at the end. She's getting better and better in those moments. There's nothing that will help accelerate her development more than having these moments as a freshman. Obviously, we want her to come through in those situations, but we are confident if she keeps embracing the mental process of how to handle those moments, we know the victories will come. We continue to show that we can beat anyone in the country top of the lineup. Tate was dominant today. Mercedes beat a super confident player with exceptional energy and aggressive play and Marie hung around time and time again after being down 5-7 0-3 15-40 to beat a very good player, a player that beat her 6-0, 6-1 last time out. I told the girls they're just setting everyone up for a dramatic finish. They are going to put everything they've learned from all the 4-3 matches into play now and take some top 10 opponents on with a great passion and attitude to elicit a victory. No time to sulk. We are already positively looking forward to Wednesday. Can't wait. We know our time is coming."

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

Marie Norris and Stevie Kennedy made their second start at No. 1 doubles this season and delivered a 6-4 victory over the No. 32-ranked pairing in the nation.
This was their highest ranked win of the season together and their second straight victory over a ranked pairing.
They improve to 5-1 as a doubles team this season and 2-0 at No. 1.
Norris is now 14-7 in doubles matches this year, the most wins on the team.
Kennedy bumped her record up to 11-8 in doubles play this year.
They improve to 2-0 against ranked pairs this season.
The Horned Frogs are 4-2 against ranked opponents in doubles competition.
TCU is now 21-27 in dual doubles play.

Doubles Results
1. Marie Norris/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. #32 Lisa Mays/Kaitlin Staines (TTU) 6-4
2. Olivia Peet/Margarita Skriabina (TTU) def. Isabel Pascual/Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 7-5
3. Metka Komac/Nell Miller (TTU) def. Tate Schroeder/Margaret Polk (TCU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

SINGLES QUICK HITS

The Horned Frogs split singles competition with wins at No. 1, 2 and 3.
Tate Schroeder got the ball rolling with a dominant two-set victory at No. 2 over No. 124 Staines.
It was her fifth singles win of dual season and her second ranked win of the year.
She improves to 4-3 at No. 2 singles and 2-1 against ranked opponents.
After Tech clinched the match, Aristegui collected her team-leading 15^th dual victory with a three-set win at No. 2.
She took down No. 58 Skriabina to stay perfect against ranked opponents, 3-0.
She has set a new career high with 15 dual victories in a single season.
This was her sixth three-set victory, she improves to 6-1 in matches that have gone the distance.
She won her third set, 6-0, marking her first-career bagel in a third set.
This was her fourth 6-0 set of the season and first since Feb. 25.
Two of her four 6-0 sets have come against ranked opponents.
Norris closed the day with a super-tiebreaker victory at No. 1.
She improves her overall singles record to 17-5 and 14-5 in duals.
She is now 6-5 at No. 1 singles.
Norris went 2-0 on the day, her team-leading 10th unbeaten day of the season.
The Horned Frogs are now 53-47 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #103 Marie Norris (TCU) def. Lisa Mays (TTU) 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. Tate Schroeder (TCU) def. #124 Kaitlin Staines (TTU) 6-3, 6-2
3. #82 Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. #58 Margarita Skriabina (TTU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
4. Nell Miller (TTU) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Olivia Peet (TTU) def. Isabel Pascual (TCU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
6. Metka Komac (TTU) def. Margaret Polk (TCU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish – 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1

Up Next
TCU will look to regroup before getting back into Big 12 Conference play against No. 10 Baylor next Wednesday (April 14) at 3 p.m. on the purple courts.

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