TCU
#21 Baylor
TCU Falls in Heartbreaker in Home Finale
4/8/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas - The home season finale ended in heartbreaking fashion for the TCU women's tennis team as they dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 21 Baylor on Sunday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth.
The Horned Frogs (9-11, 0-5 Big 12) were able to snag the doubles point against the Bears (12-11, 2-4 Big 12) with the senior pair of Donika Bashota and Alexis Pereira scoring an upset of the No. 70 pair Kris Sorokolet and Jessica Hinojosa on court one, 6-2. Marie Norris and Elizabeth Tedford clinched the point and early lead for TCU with a 6-4 victory on court three.
TCU quickly went up 2-0 in the match as Aleksa Cveticanin dominated court one with a 6-0, 6-3 victory. Baylor did not back down and evened up the match with wins on courts five and two and then took its first lead of the match with a straight-set win on court six. Norris battled hard and came out on top, 7-5, 6-1 on court four to tie up the match at 3-3, but the Bears' lead on court three proved to be too much to overcome as they took that match and the overall team victory.
Match Results
Baylor vs TCU
Apr 08, 2018 at Fort Worth, Texas
(Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
#21 Baylor 4, TCU 3
Singles competition
1. Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) def. Theresa Van Zyl (BU) 6-0, 6-3
2. Camilla Abbate (BU) def. #98 Aleksandra Zenovka (TCU) 6-2, 7-6 (10-8)
3. Kris Sorokolet (BU) def. Donika Bashota (TCU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Marie Norris (TCU) def. Jessica Hinojosa (BU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Livia Kraus (BU) def. Alexis Pereira (TCU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Angie Shakhraichuk (BU) def. Meredith Roberts (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Donika Bashota/Alexis Pereira (TCU) def. #70 Kris Sorokolet/Jessica Hinojosa (BU) 6-2
2. Aleksa Cveticanin/Aleksandra Zenovka (TCU) vs. Giorgia Testa/Theresa Van Zyl (BU) 5-5, unfinished
3. Marie Norris/Elizabeth Tedford (TCU) def. Angie Shakhraichuk/Dominika Sujova (BU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Baylor 12-11, 2-4 Big 12; National ranking #21
TCU 9-11, 0-5 Big 12
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,5,2,6,4,3)
T-3:03 A-102
Up Next
TCU will finish the regular season on the road with two straight weekends of road trips starting with Oklahoma State on April 13 and Oklahoma on April 15. The team will then wrap-up the season at Iowa State on April 20 and at West Virginia on April 22.
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