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TCU to Host Two Big 12 Duals
4/3/2024 4:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Horned Frogs will play BYU on Thursday and Texas Tech on Saturday
FORT WORTH - After a seven-match road trip, No. 3 TCU returns to the purple courts as they host Big 12 foes BYU and Texas Tech.
TCU went 5-2 over its three-week stretch from home. Every team TCU faced boasts an ITA top-50 ranking.
The Horned Frogs will battle the Cougars on 5:30 p.m. on Thursday before playing the Red Raiders at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Series History: BYU
All-Time: 8-1
Home Record: 3-1
Away Record: 2-0
Neutral Record: 3-0
Conference Record: 0-0
First Matchup: 6-0, TCU on February 2, 1989 in Louisville, Kentucky
Last Matchup: 4-3, BYU on April 10, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas
Winning Streak: BYU W1
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Series History: Texas Tech
All-Time: 43-6
Home Record: 24-2
Away Record: 14-4
Neutral Record: 1-0
Conference Record: 5-0
First Matchup: 6-1, Texas Tech on April 9, 1974 in Lubbock, Texas
Last Matchup: 4-1, TCU on April 8, 2023 in Lubbock, Texas
Winning Streak: TCU W10
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2024 So Far
● The Horned Frogs notched their sixth consecutive ITA Kickoff Weekend championship to begin the season.
● While playing host to ITA Kickoff Weekend, TCU pitched consecutive 4-0 shutouts of Rice and Tulsa to punch its ticket to ITA Indoor Nationals. Both the Owls and Golden Hurricane have since cracked the top-75 of the ITA team rankings.
● After ITA Kickoff Weekend, TCU welcomed a pair of top-15 teams to the indoor Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, respectively in No. 15 Stanford and sixth-ranked Tennessee.
● After winning the doubles point, TCU claimed wins on courts two, three, four and five to secure a 5-2 win over the Cardinal.
● Just two days later, TCU played in an instant classic against the Volunteers. TCU trailed 3-1 and was down to match point on court one, before Jake Fearnley earned his biggest collegiate victory thus far. Fearnley took down his Wimbledon doubles partner, Johannus Monday, who is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation. Fearnley fought off match point to win, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(3). Fearnley's win fueled the TCU comeback which led to Tomas Jirousek clinching the match on court six over Tennessee's Chris Li, 6-3, 6-2.
● TCU then traveled up north to play No. 13 Michigan (Feb. 13) in its indoor regular season finale and won 4-0 in Ann Arbor.
● TCU made its third-straight ITA Indoor National Championship.
● TCU went 3-1 in the ITA Indoor National Championships
● TCU took down No. 15 Arizona State (Feb. 16), No. 10 Texas A&M (Feb. 17) and No. 6 Wake Forest (Feb. 18) in the ITA Indoor National Championships before falling to No. 1 Ohio State (Feb.19) , 4-3.
● In its first outdoor dual of 2024, TCU defeated No. 10 Texas (Mar. 2), 4-3 in a thrilling collegiate tennis match.
● Jake Fearnley clinched the match with a win over the No. 1 ranked Eliot Spizzirri, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4.
● TCU won three straight ranked road matches from March 13-17 over spring break, defeating, No. 29 UCLA, No. 44 USC and No. 40 Pepperdine.
● TCU is 13-3 against ranked foes.
● TCU took down No. 27 Baylor (Mar. 22) 4-1 in its opening conference match on the road in Waco.
Frog Focus
● TCU was picked second in the Big 12 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll.
● TCU is No. 3 in the ITA rankings.
● The Horned Frogs have been ranked in the top-five the entirety of the season.
● TCU had two selections on the ITA Indoor National Championships All-Tournament Team as Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington garnered the honors.
● No. 72 Lui Maxted leads the Horned Frogs in with 13 single wins in 2024.
● No. 8 Jack Pinnington is second on the team with 12 singles wins.
● Pinnington is the leader in overall wins with 25.
● Pinnington filled in for the injured Jake Fearnley (Mar. 13-17) on court one and went 3-0.
● Pinnington defeated three ranked foes March 13-17 on court one and was named Big 12 POTW.
● Pinnington is 6-2 in 2024 on court one.
● Jake Fearnley is 9-2 in 2024.
● All nine of Fearnley's wins have come on court one.
● Fearnley owns six wins over nationally ranked foes.
● No. 71 Sebastian Gorzny, the 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, is 7-4 so far in 2024.
● Two of TCU's three doubles pairs are nationally ranked.
● The third-ranked duo of Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives are 8-2 on the year with all matches on court one.
● The 70th-ranked tandem of Duncan Chan and Lui Maxted are 11-5 in 2024.
● Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington are 6-4 with five wins coming on the second flight.
● Duncan Chan played on court six vs. No. 25 Baylor (Mar. 10) and clinched the match for the Horned Frogs.
● Chan clinched the match against No. 44 USC on court six.
● Chan is 4-2 in 2024 in singles play.
● Chan tallied his first Big 12 win at Baylor on Mar. 22.
● Tomas Jirousek is 8-6 in 2024 and is a combined 5-2 on courts four and five.
● Julian Alonso is 2-1 in 2024.
● Alonso registered his first career Big 12 win at Oklahoma State (March 30).
Frogs in the ITA Rankings (April 2)
Singles
No. 7 Jack Pinnington
No. 9 Jake Fearnley
No. 54 Pedro Vives
No. 58 Lui Maxted
No. 70 Sebastian Gorzny
Doubles
No. 3 Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives
No. 70 Duncan Chan and Lui Maxted
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