TCU Defeats No. 56 Kansas State

Sunday, March 20

Manhattan, KS

12 PM

TCU

Kansas State

TCU Defeats No. 56 Kansas State

3/20/2022 4:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score TCU 4 KSU 2

Horned Frogs shine in singles play for first Big 12 win of the year

MANHATTAN, Kan. – TCU women's tennis (9-8) showed their competitive spirit, coming from behind to take down No. 56 Kansas State, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon in Manhattan, Kansas. The Horned Frogs dropped the doubles point before winning four of five completed singles matches to deliver their first Big 12 victory of the season.

TCU suffered a difficult doubles point, falling behind 1-0 heading into singles action. In the opening set, Stevie Kennedy and Jade Otway got off to strong starts but K-State still managed to win three opening sets, putting the Frogs in a position to need to split sets on at least one court to keep their hopes alive.

Otway and Kennedy polished off straight set victories at No. 3 and No. 5, respectively, putting TCU in front, 2-1. K-State struck next, tying the dual, 2-2, just before Alisa Soloveva and Isabel Pascual swung momentum back in TCU's favor by winning their second sets, setting up a pair of three-setters on courts one and four.

Both Soloveva and Pascual maintained their high level of play into their third set, going in front, 4-2 and 3-0 in their deciding sets. In the end, Soloveva finished first, delivering a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory, on her birthday, to put TCU back in front, 3-2. A few minutes later, Pascual closed out her match, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, clinching the dual.

Singles Quick Hits

Otway got back into the win column first, with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 3 singles.
It was her first-career victory at No. 3, the highest win of her career.
She earns her team-leading eighth win of the season.
Kennedy followed soon after with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5
She played her pace throughout the match, winning long points with steady play for her second singles win of the year.
Soloveva came from behind to win her match at No. 1, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
She improves to 7-5 this season and 2-0 in three-set matches.
This was her first victory after dropping the first set as a Horned Frog and her first since Feb. 2020, when she was at Winthrop.
Pascual clinched the match with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory on court four.
She improves to 6-4 this season and 2-1 in three-set matches.
This was her first career victory after dropping the opening set.

Doubles Results

1. Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares (KSU) def. Aleksa Cveticanin/Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-1
2. Florentine Dekkers/Ioana Gheorghita (KSU) def. Isabel Pascual/Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 6-1
3. Dinara Alloyarova/Manami Ukita (KSU) vs. Stevie Kennedy/Jade Otway (TCU) 4-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles Results

1. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) def. Karine-Marion Job (KSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Maria Linares (KSU) vs. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-0, unfinished
3. Jade Otway (TCU) def. Florentine Dekkers (KSU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Ioana Gheorghita (KSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. Dinara Alloyarova (KSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Manami Ukita (KSU) def. Addy Guevara (TCU) 6-4, 6-2

Order of finish – 3,5,6,1,4

Up Next
The Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth to begin a five-match homestand. TCU will battle West Virginia in its Big 12 home opener on Friday, March 25, at 2:30 p.m at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

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