TCU Overcomes UNT, 4-2

Monday, February 7

Fort Worth, Texas

2:30 PM

TCU

North Texas

2/7/2022 7:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score TCU 4 UNT 2

TCU records sixth straight home victory

FORT WORTH -- TCU women's tennis (6-1) stayed perfect on the purple courts with a 4-2 victory over North Texas on Monday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. TCU won the doubles point and three singles matches, capped off by a three-set thriller at No. 2 singles, won by Mercedes Aristegui.

TCU won the doubles point at No. 1 and No. 3. UNT recorded the first win of doubles action before Aleksa Cveticanin and Stevie Kennedy tied things up with a 6-4 victory at No. 1. Just a few moments later, the No. 3 pairing of Addy Guevara and Isabel Pascual combined for a 6-3 victory to clinch the doubles point for the Horned Frogs for the sixth time this season.

In singles play, Cveticanin made quick work of her opponent at No. 4, earning a 6-2, 6-1 victory for TCU, putting the Frogs in front, 2-0. It was the most dominant win of the season for Cveticanin who improves to 3-1 in singles matches and 7-3 overall.

After UNT recorded a pair of points to make the dual score, 2-2, Jade Otway polished off a straight-set victory at No. 5 (6-3, 6-3) to put the Frogs back in front, 3-2. Otway remains in tremendous form for TCU in her freshman campaign. She improves to 5-0 in singles play and 8-2 overall as a Horned Frog.

Otway's win came as Aristegui and Pascual were still playing in their second sets, both down a set. With momentum in danger of falling out of TCU's hands, both Spaniards won their second sets, setting up a pair of three-set matches to decide the dual.

In the third, Aristegui got a quick break to go in front, 3-2. Aristegui raised her level with the match on the line, winning long points against tough opposition and eventually winning her third set, 6-3, to clinch the match for TCU. Pascual had also earned a break in her match at No. 6, leading her third set 4-2, when play was halted.

Doubles Results
1. Aleksa Cveticanin/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. Lucie Devier/Jasmine Adams (UNT) 6-4
2. Saki Oyama/Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) def. Jade Otway/Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-3
3. Addy Guevara/Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Kexuan Zhou/Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles Results
1. Lucie Devier (UNT) def. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Jasmine Adams (UNT) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Saki Oyama (UNT) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) def. Kexuan Zhou (UNT) 6-2, 6-1
5. Jade Otway (TCU) def. Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) 6-3, 6-3
6. Isabel Pascual (TCU) vs. Sophia Hummel (UNT) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 4-2, unfinished
Order of finish – 4, 3, 1, 5, 2

Up Next
The Horned Frogs hit the road for a trip into the SEC. TCU will play LSU in Baton Rouge on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 5 p.m. before facing Alabama on Sunday (Feb. 13) at noon.

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