TCU Powers Past ACU, 4-1

Thursday, January 27

Fort Worth, Texas

2 PM

TCU

Abilene Christian

TCU Powers Past ACU, 4-1

1/27/2022 5:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis

TCU 4 - ACU 1 Box Score

The Horned Frogs dominate the dual over ACU

FORT WORTH – No. 4 TCU men's tennis (3-1) controlled the match from start to finish, defeating Abilene Christian, 4-1, on Thursday afternoon inside the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs didn't drop a set all dual. ACU's lone point in the match came via forfeit at No. 6 singles.

"This was a good victory today," head coach David Roditi said. "I'm very proud of how professional we were today, in our first match since our tough loss to Tennessee. We went down in the rankings despite not playing any matches last week, so I thought our guys were very professional and determined today. We played a very good doubles point and carried that into singles. Everyone is dealing with challenges and I thought our team responded well to today's challenge. We'll see you here Saturday at 2 p.m. Big weekend. We'll have a lot going on. See you then! Go Frogs!"

TCU won the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3. This was the first match of the season that TCU got a doubles victory from its No. 3 pairing, which today was Juan Carlos Aguilar and Tim Ruehl.

Sander Jong and Lui Maxted collected their fourth doubles win of the dual season together at No. 2, winning, 6-1. The duo looked poised all match, winning the final five games to collect the first win of the day. Aguilar and Ruehl followed up with a 6-2 victory at No. 3 to clinch the doubles point. It was Ruehl's first dual victory as a Horned Frog after transferring in from Arizona State over the summer.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won its fourth doubles point of the season with victories at No. 2 and No. 3
Maxted and Jong collected their fourth win of the season together at No. 2.
They improve to 4-0 as a pair this season, winning a doubles match in every match thus far.
Maxted is now a perfect 4-0 in doubles in his budding collegiate career.
Jong improves his doubles record to 27-9 in dual matches over the last three seasons and 36-19 in dual matches over his career.
Aguilar and Ruehl earned their first doubles win together after suffering a loss against Florida earlier in the season.
This was Aguilar's 61^st career doubles victory and first as a Horned Frog – previous wins recorded at Texas A&M.
Ruehl won his 40^th career dual doubles match today and his first as a Horned Frog.
TCU is 8-1 in doubles matches this season and is outscoring opponents 58-35.

Doubles Results
1. Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) vs. Daniel Morozov/Tyler Stewart (ACU) 3-3, unfinished
2. Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Savan Chhabra/Riley Tran (ACU) 6-1
3. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Tim Ruehl (TCU) def. Jose Maria Rastrojo/Mihaly Deli (ACU) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3

In singles play, TCU dominated action, collecting quick, straight-set victories at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4. TCU won all eight of the completed sets on the day, outscoring the Wildcats 54 games to 17.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU won matches at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4.
Fearnley finished his match first at No. 4, winning, 6-2, 6-2.
He earns his team-leading fourth singles win of the year. He is 4-0 this season in singles and 7-0 overall.
Fearnley has won three of his four matches this year in straight sets.
This was his first win of the season at No. 4 – improving his career record to 10-4 at No. 4 and 18-8 overall.
Jong made his second start of the season at No. 2 singles, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
In both of his starts at No. 2 this season, he has won by a combined score of 24-5.
Jong is 3-1 in singles matches this season and 7-1 overall.
He is tied with Fearnley for the most wins on the team this season.
Maxted clinched the dual with a victory at No. 3.
This was his first start at No. 3 singles after playing No. 5 in TCU's duals against Tennessee and Florida.
He improves to 2-2 in singles matches this season and 6-2 overall.
TCU is now 13-7 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #68 Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. Daniel Morozov (ACU) 6-4, 3-0, unfinished
2. Sander Jong (TCU) def. Dario Kmet (ACU) 6-2, 6-1
3. #33 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Savan Chhabra (ACU) 6-1, 6-1
4. #76 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Tyler Stewart (ACU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Tim Ruehl (TCU) vs. Cesar Barranquero (ACU) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished
6. Riley Tran (ACU) def. No player (TCU), by forfeit

Order of finish – 6, 4, 2, 3

Up Next
The Horned Frogs host the ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan.29-30 inside Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. TCU will be the No. 1 seed in the tournament and play No. 4-seed Portland on Saturday at 2 p.m. No. 2 Wichita State plays No. 3-seed Tulsa, Saturday at 11 a.m. The winners of the two matches will play on Sunday at 2 p.m. with a consolation match for the two losing teams, starting at 11 a.m. Admission is free to the public. Free pizza will be provided during TCU matches, courtesy of Buffalo Bros.

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