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Preview: Fort Worth Regional
5/2/2024 3:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Horned Frogs set to host for ninth straight season
FORT WORTH - For the ninth consecutive season, NCAA Tournament tennis will be played on the purple courts as TCU is set to host NCAA Regionals on Friday and Saturday.
The Fort Worth Regional includes four ranked teams in No. 4 TCU, No. 28 Arkansas, No. 35 Cornell and No. 67 UC Irvine.
TCU battles UCI at 5 p.m. on Friday following a dual between the Razorbacks and Big Red. The winners square off at 4 p.m. on Saturday in the Regional final.
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Series History: UC Irvine
All-Time: 4-0
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 2-0
Neutral Record: 2-0
Conference Record: 0-0
First Matchup: 5-4, TCU on March 19, 1977 in San Diego, California
Last Matchup: 7-0, TCU on March 23, 1996 in Irvine, California
Winning Streak: TCU W4
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 15-3 against ranked foes.
● TCU took down No. 27 Baylor 4-1 in its opening conference match on March 22 in Waco.
● The Horned Frogs closed the regular season with five straight victories at the expense of No. 25 Oklahoma State, BYU, Texas Tech, No. 40 SMU and No. 28 UCF
● TCU went 2-1 in the Big 12 Championship. The Horned Frogs beat Baylor for the third time this year, then defeated No. 9 Oklahoma, 4-1, before falling to Texas in the championship match.
● TCU is 10-0 at home this season.
Frog Focus
● TCU was picked second in the Big 12 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll.
● TCU is No. 4 in the ITA rankings.
● The Horned Frogs are one of two teams alongside Ohio State to hold a top-five team ranking for the entire season.
● TCU had two selections on the ITA Indoor National Championships All-Tournament Team as Jake Fearnley and Jack Pinnington garnered the honors.
● TCU earned a national seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season.
● The Horned Frogs finished as the runner-up at the Big
● TCU had a league leading seven All-Big 12 selections.
● No. 78 Lui Maxted owns 16 single wins in 2024.
● No. 13 Jack Pinnington leads the Horned Frogs in overall wins with 27 wins dating back to the fall.
● Pinnington has a record of 15-4 in 2024.
● Pinnington filled in for the injured Jake Fearnley (March 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 was named Big POTW for the second time this season.
● Pinnington went 3-1 (April 11-13) with two ranked wins in singles.
● Pinnington is 9-2 in 2024 on court one.
● Pinnington was named to the All-Big 12 tournament team and was an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championships.
● No. 7 Jake Fearnley is 11-2 in 2024.
● 10 of Fearnley's wins have come on court one.
● Fearnley owns eight wins over nationally ranked foes.
● Fearnley was named to the All-Big 12 singles team.
● Fearnley garnered All-Big 12 tournament team honors at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles.
● No. 77 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 ninth-ranked duo of Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives are 9-2 on the year with all matches on court one.
● Gorzny and Vives made the All-Big 12 doubles team along with being automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Men's Tennis Doubles Championships.
● The pairing of Jake Fearnley and Pedro Vives was named to the All-Big 12 tournament team as the No. 1 doubles team.
● Fearnley and Vives are currently No. 63 in the latest ITA rankings.
● The tandem of Duncan Chan and Lui Maxted are 13-9 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 7-4 in 2024.
● Chan tallied his first Big 12 win at Baylor on Mar. 22.
● Chan clinched the match against No. 31 UCF (April 13).
● Tomas Jirousek is 11-7 in 2024 and is a combined 7-3 on courts four and five.
● Jirousek leads the Horned Frogs with five match-clinchers on the year.
● Jirousek and Kaj Quirijns were the Big 12 No. 3 doubles champions.
● Julian Alonso is 5-1 in 2024.
● Alonso registered his first career Big 12 win at Oklahoma State (March 30).
● Alonso has won four matches in a row.
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