Thursday, April 21
Fort Worth, Texas
10 a.m.
TCU
2
vs
4
Kansas State
TCU Drops Opening Match to KSU
4/21/2022 1:58:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Big 12 Championship was hosted by TCU
FORT WORTH – No. 8 seed TCU dropped a 4-2 match to No. 9 seed Kansas State on Thursday in the first round of the Big 12 Women's Tennis Championship hosted by TCU.
An early 6-2 win by the No. 1 doubles pair of Alisa Soloveva and Jade Otway set up TCU (12-14) with a chance to grab the doubles point. Following a tiebreaker loss at No. 2, Stevie Kennedy and Aleksa Cveticanin got the tiebreaker win on court three, 7-6 (1).
KSU (10-13) earned an early win on court three in singles to even the score at 1-1. Mercedes Aristegui gave TCU its lone win in singles, 6-4, 6-1, over Florentine Dekkers on court two. Aristegui improved to 8-9 on the season in singles.
The three-hour match ended after the Wildcats grabbed wins at number four, one and five.
Singles Results
1. Maria Linares (KSU) def. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Florentine Dekkers (KSU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Karine-Marion Job (KSU) def. Isabel Pascual (TCU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Ioana Gheorghita (KSU) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Anna Turco (KSU) def. Jade Otway (TCU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Helena Narmont (TCU) vs. Rosanna Maffei (KSU) 6-4, 1-6, 0-1 uf
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5
Doubles Results
1. Alisa Soloveva/Jade Otway (TCU) def. Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares (KSU) 6-2
2. Ioana Gheorghita/Manami Ukita (KSU) def. Isabel Pascual/Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 7-6 (4)
3. Stevie Kennedy/Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) def. Florentine Dekkers/Anna Turco (KSU) 7-6 (1)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
An early 6-2 win by the No. 1 doubles pair of Alisa Soloveva and Jade Otway set up TCU (12-14) with a chance to grab the doubles point. Following a tiebreaker loss at No. 2, Stevie Kennedy and Aleksa Cveticanin got the tiebreaker win on court three, 7-6 (1).
KSU (10-13) earned an early win on court three in singles to even the score at 1-1. Mercedes Aristegui gave TCU its lone win in singles, 6-4, 6-1, over Florentine Dekkers on court two. Aristegui improved to 8-9 on the season in singles.
The three-hour match ended after the Wildcats grabbed wins at number four, one and five.
Singles Results
1. Maria Linares (KSU) def. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Florentine Dekkers (KSU) 6-4, 6-1
3. Karine-Marion Job (KSU) def. Isabel Pascual (TCU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Ioana Gheorghita (KSU) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Anna Turco (KSU) def. Jade Otway (TCU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Helena Narmont (TCU) vs. Rosanna Maffei (KSU) 6-4, 1-6, 0-1 uf
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5
Doubles Results
1. Alisa Soloveva/Jade Otway (TCU) def. Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares (KSU) 6-2
2. Ioana Gheorghita/Manami Ukita (KSU) def. Isabel Pascual/Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 7-6 (4)
3. Stevie Kennedy/Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) def. Florentine Dekkers/Anna Turco (KSU) 7-6 (1)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
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