Sunday, January 22
Tulsa, OK
Noon
TCU
at
Tulsa
Third-Ranked Horned Frogs head to Tulsa to Face Golden Hurricane
1/20/2023 10:28:00 AM | Men's Tennis
First serve is set for noon inside the Michael D. Case Tennis Center
FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU will hit road for the first time in 2023, as the Horned Frogs are set to clash with Tulsa at noon on Sunday inside the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
The dual will mark the 11th meeting over the last decade between the two programs.
TCU (2-0) can attain its third 3-0 start to a season in the last four years with a victory.
A live stream for Sunday's match can be accessed here or by visiting Track.Tennis.
Series History: Tulsa
All-Time: TCU leads 15-12
Home Record: 10-4
Away Record: 5-6
First Meeting: 7-0 TCU, Feb. 25, 1993, in Fort Worth
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Jan. 30, 2022, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W3
Inside the Match
TCU commenced the 2023 campaign with comfortable home victories over Abilene Christian and SMU on Jan. 14-16. The Horned Frogs downed the Wildcats 6-1 in their season-opener before pitching a 5-0 shutout opposite the Mustangs two days later. TCU did not surrender a set vs. SMU and won 26-of-27 completed sets between the two matches. Four players – Luc Fomba, Sander Jong, Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives – went 2-0 in singles play. The defeat of ACU pushed TCU's all-time record in season-openers to 41-9 and boosted the program's mark in home-opening duals to 13-0 under David Roditi. The Horned Frogs extended their rivalry winning streak against SMU to 14 with Monday's takedown.
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return home to the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center to participate in the 14th annual ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 28-29. TCU begins the two-day affair vs. Gonzaga at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28 and will play either Texas Tech or Utah on Jan. 29 depending on day one results.
TCU is one of 60 programs participating in ITA Kickoff Weekend and one of 15 host schools. Host sites are predetermined based on 2022 year-end ITA team rankings. The remaining 45 teams engaged in a kickoff weekend draft in June. The draft grants head coaches the opportunity to select which host site their program travels to. Draft order is determined based on year-end finish, beginning with the No. 16 ranked team.
Utah is the No. 2 seed in TCU's quadrant. Texas Tech will be the No. 3 seed, followed by Gonzaga at No. 4.
Admission to all four matches is free.
Across the ITA Rankings
ITA Team Rankings (Jan. 18)
No. 3 - TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 8 - Jake Fearnley
No. 28 - Luc Fomba
No. 76 - Pedro Vives
ITA Doubles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 4 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Luc Fomba
No. 58 - Sander Jong
No. 65 - Jake Fearnley
No. 66 - Lui Maxted
No. 87 - Pedro Vives
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 1 - Luc Fomba / Jake Fearnley
No. 3 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
ITA Newcomer Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Sebastian Gorzny
TCU Tops Texas Tennis
TCU claimed a pair of regional awards on Jan. 16-18 courtesy of Texas Tennis on the strength of its dominant run in 2022.
David Roditi was voted as the No. 1 College Coach in the Lone Star State while Luc Fomba was chosen as the No. 1 College Player in Texas tennis.
Roditi guided the Horned Frogs to a 26-5 overall record and was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his TCU tenure. Fomba anchored the No. 1 singles and doubles positions all spring, posting a combined 39-12 overall record on his way to two sets of All-American credentials.
TCU fully staked its claim as the top men's tennis program in the Lone Star State in 2022, capturing the ITA Indoor National Championship, winning the Big 12 regular season championship and attaining the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
253 and counting...
As of Friday, Jan. 20, four years, 10 months and one week have passed since TCU last dipped outside the top-25 of the ITA team rankings. The Horned Frogs have boasted 253 consecutive top-25 appearances, a streak matched by few other Division I programs.
The streak began on March 21, 2018, when TCU skyrocketed from No. 32 to No. 11 following three straight wins over No. 17 Duke (March 13), No. 12 Florida (March 14) and No. 9 Columbia (March 18)
The trio of top-20 wins ignited a 12-match winning streak to close the regular season. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2016-17 season with a 20-5 overall record and No. 9 final ITA team ranking.
Since then, TCU has spent just one week outside the top-20 of the ITA team rankings and posted a 81-24 combined record in that span.
TCU's program-best streak of top-25 appearances will reach five years should the Horned Frogs hold steady in the rankings through March 21.
The dual will mark the 11th meeting over the last decade between the two programs.
TCU (2-0) can attain its third 3-0 start to a season in the last four years with a victory.
A live stream for Sunday's match can be accessed here or by visiting Track.Tennis.
Series History: Tulsa
All-Time: TCU leads 15-12
Home Record: 10-4
Away Record: 5-6
First Meeting: 7-0 TCU, Feb. 25, 1993, in Fort Worth
Last Meeting: 4-0 TCU, Jan. 30, 2022, in Fort Worth
Current Winning Streak: TCU W3
Inside the Match
- The Horned Frogs and Golden Hurricane have competed annually since 2012. TCU has won eight of the last nine meetings - six of which were played indoors - between the two programs.
- Head coach David Roditi is 8-4 all-time vs. Tulsa.
- Sunday's match will be Tulsa's third in four days. The Golden Hurricane host Bryant and Montana State on Friday.
- The Horned Frogs' 4-0 shutout of Tulsa on Jan. 30, 2022 punched the program's fourth consecutive and 19th-ever ticket to the ITA Indoor National Championships. TCU went on to capture its first-ever indoor national title from Feb. 18-21.
- TCU did not drop a set all dual in its 2022 match vs. the Golden Hurricane. Luc Fomba posted a 2-0 combined record in the No. 1 singles and doubles flights. Sander Jong clinched match point out of the No. 3 singles position.
- The program last faced Tulsa in the Sooner State on Jan. 17, 2021. TCU won the match 4-1.
- TCU's most recent visit to Tulsa came on Oct. 3-7, when the Horned Frogs traveled four players - Fomba, Jong, Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives - north for the ITA All-American Championships. Fomba notched three consecutive victories in the main singles draw to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in his career.
- TCU won 26-of-27 possible sets in its season-opening victories over Abilene Christian and SMU on Jan. 14 and Jan. 16. The Horned Frogs did not surrender a set vs. the Mustangs. Their lone set defeat came in a 10-point pro set in the No. 6 singles position against ACU.
- Fomba, a four-time All-American, notched a 4-0 combined record vs. ACU and SMU. He clinched the doubles point and was the first player to come off the court in singles play in both contests.
- Jong, who was the national runner-up in doubles alongside Maxted at the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships, got the nod in the No. 1 singles and doubles flights opposite ACU and SMU.
- Jong and Maxted are 31-9 when paired together in doubles. They have won 10 of their last 12 completed matches dating back to the fall 2022 season.
- TCU's season-opener featured the collegiate debuts of two Horned Frogs; Sebastian Gorzny and Luke Swan. Gorzny, the 2022 Wimbledon Junior Doubles Champion, went 2-0 with wins in the No. 2 doubles post and No. 4 singles position. Swan earned his first collegiate win alongside Fomba as TCU's No. 3 doubles pairing.
- Six of the eight active players on TCU's roster are featured in the ITA singles, doubles or freshman / newcomer rankings - more than any other program in the country.
- The Horned Frogs held steady at No. 3 in the latest set of ITA team rankings on Jan. 18.
- Nearly three years have passed since TCU dropped out of the top-10 of the ITA team rankings. In fact, the Horned Frogs are enjoying the longest consecutive streak of weeks ranked in the top-10 of any Division I program. TCU has boasted a top-10 ITA team ranking for 153 consecutive weeks, dating back to March 10, 2020.
- TCU is the only program in the country that has finished in the top-10 of the final ITA team rankings for eight consecutive seasons.
TCU commenced the 2023 campaign with comfortable home victories over Abilene Christian and SMU on Jan. 14-16. The Horned Frogs downed the Wildcats 6-1 in their season-opener before pitching a 5-0 shutout opposite the Mustangs two days later. TCU did not surrender a set vs. SMU and won 26-of-27 completed sets between the two matches. Four players – Luc Fomba, Sander Jong, Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives – went 2-0 in singles play. The defeat of ACU pushed TCU's all-time record in season-openers to 41-9 and boosted the program's mark in home-opening duals to 13-0 under David Roditi. The Horned Frogs extended their rivalry winning streak against SMU to 14 with Monday's takedown.
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return home to the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center to participate in the 14th annual ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 28-29. TCU begins the two-day affair vs. Gonzaga at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28 and will play either Texas Tech or Utah on Jan. 29 depending on day one results.
TCU is one of 60 programs participating in ITA Kickoff Weekend and one of 15 host schools. Host sites are predetermined based on 2022 year-end ITA team rankings. The remaining 45 teams engaged in a kickoff weekend draft in June. The draft grants head coaches the opportunity to select which host site their program travels to. Draft order is determined based on year-end finish, beginning with the No. 16 ranked team.
Utah is the No. 2 seed in TCU's quadrant. Texas Tech will be the No. 3 seed, followed by Gonzaga at No. 4.
Admission to all four matches is free.
Across the ITA Rankings
ITA Team Rankings (Jan. 18)
No. 3 - TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 8 - Jake Fearnley
No. 28 - Luc Fomba
No. 76 - Pedro Vives
ITA Doubles Rankings (Nov. 16)
No. 4 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Luc Fomba
No. 58 - Sander Jong
No. 65 - Jake Fearnley
No. 66 - Lui Maxted
No. 87 - Pedro Vives
Preseason ITA Singles Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 1 - Luc Fomba / Jake Fearnley
No. 3 - Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
ITA Newcomer Rankings (Sept. 6)
No. 5 - Sebastian Gorzny
TCU Tops Texas Tennis
TCU claimed a pair of regional awards on Jan. 16-18 courtesy of Texas Tennis on the strength of its dominant run in 2022.
David Roditi was voted as the No. 1 College Coach in the Lone Star State while Luc Fomba was chosen as the No. 1 College Player in Texas tennis.
Roditi guided the Horned Frogs to a 26-5 overall record and was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his TCU tenure. Fomba anchored the No. 1 singles and doubles positions all spring, posting a combined 39-12 overall record on his way to two sets of All-American credentials.
TCU fully staked its claim as the top men's tennis program in the Lone Star State in 2022, capturing the ITA Indoor National Championship, winning the Big 12 regular season championship and attaining the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
253 and counting...
As of Friday, Jan. 20, four years, 10 months and one week have passed since TCU last dipped outside the top-25 of the ITA team rankings. The Horned Frogs have boasted 253 consecutive top-25 appearances, a streak matched by few other Division I programs.
The streak began on March 21, 2018, when TCU skyrocketed from No. 32 to No. 11 following three straight wins over No. 17 Duke (March 13), No. 12 Florida (March 14) and No. 9 Columbia (March 18)
The trio of top-20 wins ignited a 12-match winning streak to close the regular season. The Horned Frogs concluded the 2016-17 season with a 20-5 overall record and No. 9 final ITA team ranking.
Since then, TCU has spent just one week outside the top-20 of the ITA team rankings and posted a 81-24 combined record in that span.
TCU's program-best streak of top-25 appearances will reach five years should the Horned Frogs hold steady in the rankings through March 21.
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