TCU Barges Past South Florida

Saturday, March 19

Fort Worth, Texas

2 PM

TCU

USF

TCU Barges Past South Florida

3/19/2022 6:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score TCU 6 - USF 1

Horned Frogs collect 6-1 victory for 15th win of the year

FORT WORTH – No. 2 TCU men's tennis (15-2) flexed its muscles on Saturday afternoon, taking down No. 65 USF, 6-1, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. TCU won a hard-fought doubles point before winning four straight set matches and one of two 10-point super sets for the first outdoor win of the season on the purple courts.

TCU is now 2-1 outdoors this season with the previous victory coming at No. 25 UCLA last weekend, the program's first win at UCLA.

"I felt the team played well to win matches, especially Pedro [Vives], Charlie [Aguilar], Tomas [Jirousek] and Sander [Jong]," head coach David Roditi said. "I felt the doubles was a big point for us to get. USF is very well coached by Horned Frog Alumnus Ashley Fisher, who was a world class doubles player himself. I was very proud of the way Fomba fought back to win his match. Now we get to play at SMU Monday night. That's always a tough match due to metroplex rivalry and they have won a lot of matches this year. It will be a battle and we hope to get some Horned Frog support there on Monday."

TCU was pushed in doubles play, with breaks proving hard to come by on all three courts. The Frogs had to show patience and perseverance before Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives managed to secure a break to go in front, 4-3. They would go on to win their match at No. 2 doubles as both remaining courts were deadlocked, 5-5. But the No. 1 pair, Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley, came through, breaking their opponents to go in front, 6-5, before Fearnley held serve for a 7-5 victory.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point with wins from the No. 1 and No. 2 pairings.
Aguilar and Vives put TCU on the board first with a 6-4 victory in their first match together at No. 2.
This was their fourth match paired together. They have won their last three in a row and hold a 3-1 record as a duo.
Vives is now 4-1 in doubles while Aguilar improves to 9-4.
This was Aguilar's first start at No. 2 doubles as a Horned Frog and Vives' second (2-0).
Fomba and Fearnley found a late break to clinch the doubles point, 7-5 at No. 1.
The No. 6 ranked pairing in the nation collected their 11^th win together this season.
They are 11-3 together this year and 8-2 on the purple courts, all at No. 1.
TCU improves to 26-6 in doubles matches this season, outscoring opponents 220-161.
TCU has won 15 of 17 doubles points this season (88.2%).

Doubles Results
1. #6 Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Riyhvik Bollipalli/Bruno Oliveira (USF) 7-5
2. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Chase Ferguson/Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 6-4
3. Tim Ruehl/Lui Maxted (TCU) vs. Sergio Gomez Montesa/Alvin Tudorica (USF) 5-6, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1

The Horned Frogs clinched the match quickly in singles play, winning four matches in succession and holding USF to three or fewer total games won at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6. With TCU leading 5-0, both matches that went to three sets were decided by 10-point tiebreakers. Luc Fomba won his super set, 10-5, at No. 2 after USF won at No. 5, resulting in a 6-1 final score.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

Pedro Vives turned in his most dominant performance as a Horned Frog, dispatching of his opponent at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-0.
It was his first-career bagel and the fewest games against he has allowed as a Horned Frog.
He improves to 9-2 this season with five wins coming in straight sets.
Aguilar tied his season-best for largest margin of victory for the second match in a row, taking down Yatsuk 6-2, 6-1.
This was his second consecutive 6-2, 6-1 victory after defeating UCLA's No. 1 in his last match by the same score.
Aguilar is now 2-0 this season at No. 1 singles, winning both matches by a combined score of 24-6.
He is now 9-5 in dual play this year, winning each of his last three matches.
Eight of his nine singles wins this year have come in straight sets.
Tomas Jirousek clinched the match with a dominant victory at No. 6, 6-2, 6-1.
This was Jirousek's outdoor debut and just his third match over the last two months after dealing with injuries.
This was his second win of the year and his most dominant score line since beating Ohio State's Boulais 6-2, 6-0 in the NCAA Sweet 16 last season at No. 4.
Sander Jong stepped into No. 3 singles after having the day off from doubles duties, delivering a 6-4, 6-3 victory to give TCU a 5-0 lead.
He collects his team-leading 11^th victory of the season, improving to 11-4.
This was his first outdoor win of the season after his match at UCLA was left unfinished.
Fomba finished off the day with a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(5) come from behind win at No. 2.
He improves to 8-3 this season and 1-1 outside.
This was his first victory of the season after dropping the opening set. He last accomplished this on April 3, 2021, when he came from behind to earn a match clinching win over Texas, in Austin.
TCU is 15-2 this season and 8-2 vs. Top 25 teams.
The Horned Frogs are 55-24 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #12 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 6-2, 6-1
2. #14 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Chase Ferguson (USF) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
3. #89 Sander Jong (TCU) def. Antonio Muniz (USF) 6-4, 6-3
4. Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-2, 6-0
5. Alvin Tudorica (USF) def. #73 Lui Maxted (TCU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)
6. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Bruno Oliveira (USF) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish – 4,1,6,3,5,2

Up Next
The Horned Frogs will take a trip to Dallas for a Monday evening dual against No. 42 SMU. The match will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.

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