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#30 Kansas
TCU Upends No. 30 Kansas
4/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 1, 2016
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FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 35 TCU women's tennis team opened Big 12 action at home by upending No. 30 Kansas, 4-1, for the team's eighth straight win of the season and second consecutive upset in conference action on Friday night at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Horned Frogs (10-2, 2-0 Big 12) opened action in doubles against the Jayhawks (12-4, 2-1 Big 12) with the No. 27 ranked pair of Seda Arantekin and Caroline Wegner picking up win No. 17 this season and sixth straight by topping Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia, 6-2. Olaya Garrido-Rivas closed out the point for TCU by upsetting the previously unbeaten Anastasiya Rychagova and Smith Hinton on court three, 6-3, for the duo's fifth consecutive win this season.
In singles action, Wegner easily handled Koch, 6-2, 6-1, for the junior's sixth straight win this season to put TCU up 2-0. Kansas scored its only point of the match with a win on court one, before Alexis Pereira and Aleksandra Zenovka closed out the match with wins on court six and five, respectively. Pereira downed Maria Jose Cardona, 6-3, 6-1, before Zenovka recorded her team-best 18th win of the season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Summer Collins.
Quotes of the Match
Head Coach Lee Taylor Walker
"This was a great win. I think honestly that both Kansas and our team were a little underrated on the year and I think rightly so. In the preseason rankings, we were not picked to be leading the conference like we are now. I think it was more of an unknown thing rather than they are not any good. Todd (Chapman) has done a great job at Kansas and they have got good wins over Baylor and Texas already. Anytime that we can beat a team that has beat Texas and Baylor, with the tradition they have, then I am happy.
"The biggest match of the day for us was Mia King and Olaya Garrido-Rivas who beat the No. 3 doubles team from Kansas that hasn't lost a match all year long. That not only helped us win the doubles point, but I think it kind of crushed their spirit a little bit. Any time you break a record that they have going like that is nice. Awesome day and awesome victory and I am really happy about it all."
Match Results
Kansas Jayhawks vs TCU
Apr 01, 2016 at Fort Worth, Texas
(Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
#35 TCU 4, #30 Kansas Jayhawks 1
Singles competition
1. #96 Anastasiya Rychagova (KU) def. Marie Norris (TCU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Seda Arantekin (TCU) vs. Smith Hinton (KU) 6-1, 3-6, 2-0, unfinished
3. Caroline Wegner (TCU) def. Janet Koch (KU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Olaya Garrido-Rivas (TCU) vs. Nina Khmelnitckaia (KU) 6-2, 1-6, 3-3, unfinished
5. Aleksandra Zenovka (TCU) def. Summer Collins (KU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Alexis Pereira (TCU) def. Maria Jose Cardona (KU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #27 Seda Arantekin/Caroline Wegner (TCU) def. Janet Koch/Nina Khmelnitckaia (KU) 6-2
2. Marie Norris/Alexis Pereira (TCU) vs. Maria Jose Cardona/Summer Collins (KU) 2-5, unfinished
3. Olaya Garrido-Rivas/Mia King (TCU) def. Anastasiya Rychagova/Smith Hinton (KU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Kansas Jayhawks 12-4, 2-1; National ranking #30
TCU 10-2, 2-0; National ranking #35
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,1,6,5)
T-2:10 A-371
Up Next
TCU will continue its opening Big 12 weekend at home by hosting Kansas State on Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m.
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