TCU Sweeps Texas, Advances to Semifinals

Saturday, February 19

Seattle, Wash.

11 AM

TCU

Texas

TCU Sweeps Texas, Advances to Semifinals

2/19/2022 3:22:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score TCU 4 UT 0

Horned Frogs are into the Indoor National Semifinals

SEATTLE, Wash. – No. 4 TCU men's tennis (10-1) made a statement on Saturday afternoon, sweeping the No. 13-seeded Texas Longhorns (7-4), 4-0, inside the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle, Wash. TCU advances into the semifinals of the ITA Team Indoor National Championship with the win. The Frogs will play the winner of No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Wake Forest, tomorrow at 2 p.m. CT.

The Horned Frogs are into the Indoor Nationals semifinals for the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2016. TCU is 1-2 all-time in semifinal matches with the lone win coming in 1992.

This was TCU's eighth win in a row and fifth straight over a ranked opponent, the longest winning streak against ranked opponents since 2019. Six of TCU's 10 victories this season have come against Top 20 ranked programs.

"Anytime you beat Texas, it's a good day for the Frogs," head coach David Roditi said. "It was an absolute battle, like we thought it would be. I thought, even though the score was 4-0, it was anybody's match for a long time. Coach Bowen made some adjustments in doubles and we just came out firing. It was great to get off to such a great start in doubles. Then, we jumped all over them in the first set in singles. We had a hard time closing them out, but these guys compete, it's always difficult to close out a team of that caliber. It was critical that Pedro got off his court, and he did. Sander came up big with a tiebreaker to put us up, 3-0, then, Charlie Aguilar, again. The clinch man. He's been in those situations before. He has such great experience. He was the right man for the job and now we're into the Final Four. We don't know who we're going to play, but we know it's going to be a war. Again, thank you to the fans for being out here, supporting us on the road. It means a lot and we love playing in front of you. Go Frogs!"

The Horned Frogs clinched the dual with three singles victories from Pedro Vives, Sander Jong and Juan Carlos Aguilar. Vives and Aguilar have contributed points in both Indoor Nationals matches this weekend.

TCU won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. The Horned Frogs are 10-1 in doubles points this season, getting back into the win column after losing its first doubles point of the season yesterday.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point with a pair of wins at the top of the lineup.
Sander Jong and Lui Maxted were the first to finish, winning the final four games of the match to collect a 6-3 win.
The No. 25-ranked pairing in the land got back into the win column after suffering its first loss of the season yesterday.
Jong and Maxted improve to 7-1 this season, all at No. 2.
Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley climched the doubles point, playing at No. 1.
The top duo for the Horned Frogs won the first four games of the match, before holding serve through the end, 6-2.
They defeated No. 14 Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper, marking the second ranked win for the TCU duo this year.
They improve to 7-2 together this season, all at No. 1, and 2-0 against ranked pairings.
TCU is 21-4 in doubles matches this season and is outscoring opponents 169-121.

Doubles Results
1. Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #14 Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper (UT) 6-2
2. #25 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Siem Woldeab (UT) 6-3
3. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Tim Ruehl (TCU) vs. Micah Braswell/Chih Chi Huang (UT) 2-5, unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 1

The Frogs came out with plenty of energy in singles play, securing five of six first sets to put Texas on its heels. The Longhorns stiffened up in the second sets, extending the dual by forcing third sets on two courts, but the Horned Frogs held fast, delivering straight set wins on three courts to clinch the dual.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU won matches at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 to secure its eighth victory in a row and sixth overall over a ranked opponent.
Vives recorded the first singles point for the Frogs at No. 4.
He advances to 5-0 this season in singles and 6-0 overall.
He improves his career record at Indoor Nationals to 2-0 with the win.
Vives becomes the first TCU freshman to win his first two singles matches at Indoor Nationals since Jong did so, in 2018.
Jong earned the next point with a straight set victory at No. 3 over No. 75 Ciamarra.
The win ties Jong for the most singles wins on the team this season, alongside Fearnley, with seven.
This was Jong's second ranked win of the season, bringing his record up to 2-2.
Jong won his second set in a tiebreaker, 7-5. He had lost tiebreakers in each of his last two matches prior to this, improving his season mark in breakers to 2-2.
Jong improves his career record at Indoor Nationals to 13-6 overall and 7-3 in singles play.
Aguilar clinched the victory at No. 2, defeating No. 62 Bailly in two sets.
He posts his sixth win of the season and fourth over a ranked opponent.
He improves his career record at Indoor Nationals to 5-2 with the win today.
This was the Frogs' third sweep of the season and first against a ranked opponent.
TCU is 10-1 this season and 6-1 vs. Top 25 teams.
The Horned Frogs are 37-13 in singles matches this dual season.
TCU has now won 29 of its 37 singles matches in straight sets, including all three today.
This was the first time TCU had recorded three three-set victories in the same match this season and the first time since beating Pepperdine, 4-2, in February of last season.

Singles Results
1. #44 Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. #57 Micah Braswell (UT) 6-4, 3-6, 3-3, unfinished
2. #15 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. #62 Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) 6-4, 6-4
3. #109 Sander Jong (TCU) def. #75 Richard Ciamarra (UT) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
4. Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Eliot Spizzirri (UT) 6-3, 6-3
5. #52 Jake Fearnley (TCU) vs. Siem Woldeab (UT) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 2-3, unfinished
6. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) vs. #110 Cleeve Harper (UT) 6-7 (2-7), 1-4, unfinished

Order of finish – 4, 3, 2

Up Next
The Horned Frogs face the winner of No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Wake Forest in the ITA Team Indoor Championships Semifinals tomorrow, at 2 p.m., at the Nordstrom Tennis Center, in Seattle.

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