TCU Comes Up Short vs. No. 29 UCSB

Sunday, March 6

Fort Worth, Texas

11:30 AM

TCU

UCSB

TCU Comes Up Short vs. No. 29 UCSB

3/6/2022 4:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score TCU 2 UCSB 5

TCU begins Big 12 conference play this week

FORT WORTH – TCU women's tennis (8-5) dropped its final non-conference match before the beginning of Big 12 Conference play on Sunday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs battled hard before ultimately falling to No. 29 UC Santa Barbara (8-5), 5-2.

TCU lost the doubles point after being unable to hold serve late in the matches, falling behind 1-0, heading in singles play. It was the first time TCU has lost a doubles point at home this season.

Alisa Soloveva and Isabel Pascual recorded victories to give TCU its two points, but UCSB managed to win on the other four courts, resulting in the fifth loss of the season and dropping TCU's home record to 8-2 this season.

TCU battled back in singles play, winning three first sets from Soloveva, Pascual and Mercedes Aristegui. But the momentum couldn't be carried into the second sets as UCSB claimed a quick win at No. 4 to go in front, 2-0. Soloveva closed out her match at No. 1 to make it 2-1, before UCSB claimed another straight set victory at No. 5 to re-establish its two-point lead, 3-1, while the remaining three matches had entered a third set.

The Gauchos collected the first win among the three three-setters, clinching the dual with a point from court three while Pascual and Aristegui battled, on serve. Pascual won her super-set tiebreaker, 10-5, at No. 6 to give TCU its second point before UCSB closed out the match with a win at No. 2 to bring the day to a close.

Doubles Results
1. Shakhnoza Khatamova/Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) def. Aleksa Cveticanin/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-3
2. Kira Reuter/Ameila Honer (UCSB) def. Mercedes Aristegui/Isabel Pascual (TCU) 6-3
3. Alisa Soloveva/Jade Otway (TCU) vs. Camille Kiss/Marta GonzalezBallbe (UCSB) 5-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Singles Results
1. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) def. Shakhnoza Khatamova (UCSB) 6-3, 6-4
2. Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) def. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Camille Kiss (UCSB) def. Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
4. Ameila Honer (UCSB) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Filippa BruuSyversen (UCSB) def. Jade Otway (TCU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Kira Reuter (UCSB) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)

Order of finish – 4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2

Up Next
The Horned Frogs begin the Big 12 Conference season with a road match against No. 20 Baylor (6-4) on Thursday, March 10 at noon. The match will be held at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.

For more information on TCU women's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUWomensTennis on twitter and Facebook, @tcuwomenstennis on Instagram.