Slow Start Leads to TCU Loss

Friday, March 25

Fort Worth, Texas

5:30 PM

TCU

Baylor

Slow Start Leads to TCU Loss

3/25/2022 11:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score TCU 2 BU 5

Horned Frogs fall to No. 9 Baylor at home

FORT WORTH – No. 1 TCU men's tennis (16-3) couldn't muster momentum quickly enough on Friday night, falling, 5-2, to No. 9 Baylor (18-2) at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs dropped the doubles point and fell behind by a set on all six singles courts resulting in the third loss of the season. TCU falls to 4-2 in duals against Top 10 opponents this season and 9-3 in Top 25 matches.

"This was disappointing." head coach David Roditi said. "We didn't start well at all and I blame myself for that. You can't lose all six first sets in singles play after losing the doubles point and expect to win. We'll learn from it. There are some things we need to fix but there are also fundamental things that we just didn't do right tonight. Credit to Baylor, they are a obviously such a strong team, one of the best in the nation. We just have to play better. A+ effort from our fans and our marketing department for the atmosphere tonight. You all showed up, we just didn't, until it was too late. We have a quick turnaround to Tulane on Sunday and then it's on to Big 12 play next week with a huge match against Texas Tech at home next Friday. Go Frogs!"

TCU dropped the doubles point for just the third time all season, falling at No. 2 and No. 3. Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley recorded a dominant win at No. 1, taking down No. 30 Bass/Lah 6-2. They stay perfect in ranked matches together, 6-0. The win is tied for their largest margin of victory in a ranked match this season – also 6-2 over No. 14 Ciamarra/Harper (Texas).

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

Fomba and Fearnley dominated their match at No. 1, winning 6-2.
The No. 2 ranked pairing in the nation stayed perfect against ranked opponents (6-0) while collecting their 13^th win together this season
They are 13-3 as a pair, all at No. 1
TCU falls to 29-8 in doubles matches this season, outscoring opponents 250-186.
TCU has won 16 of 19 doubles points this season (84.2%).

Doubles Results
1. #2 Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #30 Finn Bass/Sven Lah (BU) 6-2
2. Matias Soto/Juampi Mazzuchi (BU) def. #3 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-4
3. Adrian Boitan/Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives (TCU) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

After dropping all six opening sets, TCU found its form in the second sets, with Fomba, Sander Jong and Pedro Vives forcing third sets. Vives retired while on serve, 1-2, before Jong and Fomba won their third sets to give TCU two points after Baylor clinched the match, 4-0, on courts four, one and six.

The Horned Frogs had strong results in ranked matchups, winning three of the four matches across both singles and doubles.

SINGLES QUICK HITS

Jong collected his team-leading 13^th victory of the season, improving to 13-4.
He is now 4-3 against ranked opponents and 4-1 in three-set matches this season.
Jong has won his last four three-set matches dating back to Jan. 14.
Three of those wins have come after dropping the opening set bringing Jong's record after losing the first set to 3-4 this year.
Fomba won his third set, 7-5, for his ninth win of the year.
He improves to 9-3 and 4-3 against ranked opponents.
TCU is 16-3 this season and 9-3 vs. Top 25 teams.
The Horned Frogs are 60-29 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #15 Adrian Boitan (BU) def. #14 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #18 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #50 Matias Soto (BU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
3. #55 Sander Jong (TCU) def. #31 Sven Lah (BU) 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (10-3)
4. Finn Bass (BU) def. #65 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. Pedro Vives (TCU) 6-2, 3-6, 2-1, retired
6. Juampi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 6-4, 6-1

Order of finish – 4,1,6,5,2,3

Up Next
The Horned Frogs travel to New Orleans for its non-conference season finale against No. 65 Tulane. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m. this Sunday at City Park Tennis Center.

For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and Instagram.