TCU Battles Past No. 15 Ole Miss

Sunday, February 6

Fort Worth, Texas

12 PM

TCU

Ole Miss

TCU Battles Past No. 15 Ole Miss

2/6/2022 5:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score TCU 4 - OM 3

Pedro Vives goes 2-0 in Dual Debut

FORT WORTH – No. 4 TCU men's tennis (6-1) collected its second ranked win of the season on Sunday afternoon, defeating No. 15 Ole Miss (7-1), 4-3, inside the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Freshman Pedro Vives clinched the dual for TCU, winning both his doubles and singles matches, in his TCU debut.

"This was a great win for a lot of reasons," head coach David Roditi said. "We won an absolute battle against a highly ranked Ole Miss team that had qualified for Indoor Nationals, the same as us. We have a lot of respect for those coaches and players, they compete at a very high level. The guys were so gutsy today, getting through some physical challenges and putting themselves out there for the team. Pedro Vives stepped up big, playing in his first match for us. We put him in some huge moments and he showed a lot of heart to get us wins in doubles as well as singles. Overall, we played a tough match today and came out with the win. I'm very proud of them. And we won it at home in front of another great crowd. We have another huge weekend coming up, hosting Top 20 Mississippi State on Friday and Top 5 Virginia on Sunday. We'll have the tailgate ready, looking forward to seeing you all there. Go Frogs!"

The Horned Frogs clinched the dual at 4-0, winning the first three matches in singles play after winning the doubles point. Ole Miss went on to win two matches, gaining a third point via retirement, at No. 6.

In doubles action, both the No. 2 and No. 3 pairings were on serve, 3-3, when Ole Miss went up by a break on court one. With momentum in danger of shifting to the Rebels favor, both doubles duos won break points on their opponent's next service games, before holding serve and clinching TCU's seventh straight doubles point. Vives and Lui Maxted were the first to win, playing No. 2, with Juan Carlos Aguilar and Tim Ruehl clinching the point at No. 3.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won its seventh doubles point of the season with victories at No. 2 and No. 3.
The Horned Frogs have started the season 7-0 in doubles points, the best start in the Roditi era and longest since 2008 (nine doubles points).
Vives and Maxted won at No. 2, 6-3, in their first dual together.
The duo won the ITA Texas Regional Championships in the fall, earning a preseason ranking of No. 4.
It was Vives' first victory for TCU and Maxted's sixth doubles victory of the season.
Maxted has proven himself to be a strong asset in doubles, posting a 6-0 record with his one unfinished match ending while he was in front, 6-5 (vs. Tulsa).
This was the first win for an all-freshman doubles pairing since 2019 (Luc Fomba and Sander Jong).
Aguilar and Ruehl earned their fourth doubles win of the week together, clinching the doubles point, 6-4.
This was Aguilar's 64^th career dual doubles victory and fourth as a Horned Frog – previous wins recorded at Texas A&M.
Ruehl won his 43^rd career dual doubles match today and his fourth at TCU.
TCU is 14-2 in doubles matches this season and is outscoring opponents 108-68.

Doubles Results
1. Finn Reynolds/Lukas Engelhardt (OM) def. Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-4
2. #4 Pedro Vives/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Jan Soren Hain/Simon Junk (OM) 6-3
3. Tim Ruehl/Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. Jakob Cadonau/John Hallquist Lithe (OM) 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

TCU carried the momentum into singles play, winning four first sets on its way to straight set victories at No. 2 (Aguilar), No. 3 (Jong) and No. 4 (Vives). Ole Miss won two matches in three-sets while claiming another point, via retirement, at No. 6.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU won matches at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 to secure its fourth victory in a row and second over a ranked opponent.
Aguilar improves to 4-1 in dual singles matches this season. All five of his starts have come at No. 2
He recorded his second ranked win of the season, taking down No. 44 Reynolds in straight sets.
He won his second set, 6-0, his first bagel as a Horned Frog.
Aguilar is now 2-1 vs. ranked opponents, defeating No. 2 Shelton earlier this season as well.
Jong won his 10th overall match of the season and fifth singles match. He leads the team in both categories.
Jong has won seven matches in a row overall, only dropping two sets in that stretch (12-2).
Vives clinched the match with a straight-set win at No. 4 in his collegiate debut.
He advances to 1-0 this season and 2-0 overall.
Both of TCU's freshmen, Vives and Maxted, won their debut matches this season.
TCU is 6-1 this season and 2-1 vs. Top 25 teams.
The Horned Frogs are 22-10 in singles matches this dual season.
TCU has now won 20 of its 22 singles matches in straight sets, including all three today.

Singles Results
1. #28 Nikola Slavic (OM) def. #68 Luc Fomba (TCU) 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 1-0 (13-11)
2. #19 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. #44 Finn Reynolds (OM) 6-3, 6-0
3. Sander Jong (TCU) def. John Hallquist Lithe (OM) 7-5, 6-4
4. Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Lukas Engelhardt (OM) 6-4, 6-4
5. Simon Junk (OM) def. #33 Lui Maxted (TCU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2
6. Jan Soren Hain (OM) def. #76 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 1-4, retired

Order of finish – 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1

Up Next
The Horned Frogs prepare for another weekend of Top 25 duals. TCU takes on No. 19 Mississippi State on Friday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. before hosting No. 5 Virginia on Sunday, Feb. 13, at noon inside the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Admission is free along with free pizza 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.