TCU Battles Past West Virginia

Friday, March 25

Fort Worth, Texas

2:30 PM

TCU

West Virginia

TCU Battles Past West Virginia

3/25/2022 9:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score TCU 4 WVU 2

Horned Frogs win their Big 12 home opener, 4-2

FORT WORTH – TCU women's tennis (10-8) collected its second straight Big 12 victory on Friday afternoon, defeating West Virginia, 4-2, in the Big 12 home opener at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. TCU won a tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles to win the doubles point before winning three straight sets singles matches to clinch the win.

Jade Otway and Mercedes Aristegui delivered 2-0 days today. For Otway, it was her team-leading fifth perfect day. The Freshman leads the team with 15 overall victories this season. Aristegui posted her second 2-0 day of the season.

TCU won its first doubles point of conference play, getting wins from the No. 2 and No. 3 pairs in an interesting doubles competition. Aristegui and Isabel Pascual worked quickly on court two, winning 6-3 for the first result of the day. Shortly after, WVU took the match on court one, setting up a winner take all match at No. 3, where Otway and Stevie Kennedy were down a break, 3-5. The Frogs battled back, getting their match back on serve, 5-5, before winning the tiebreaker, 7-5, to clinch the doubles point in a thrilling conclusion.

In singles play, the first sets were all hotly contested, with five of the six matches reaching scores of 4-5 or 5-4. The one that didn't come down to the wire was at No. 1, where Alisa Soloveva delivered a 6-3 first set victory. By the end of the first sets, TCU had won four tight battles, with Otway, Kennedy and Aristegui joining Soloveva.

The second sets were much more pronounced, with four of the five completed sets being decided by four or more games. Otway found her form in the second set, dominating play to the tune of a 6-4, 6-1 victory. WVU cut the lead to 2-1 with a win on court five just before Soloveva put the finishing touches on her 6-3, 6-2 victory on one. With a 3-1 lead, it was Mercedes Aristegui, clinching the match with a dominant 6-1 second set, giving TCU the victory just a few seconds after WVU got a second point on court 4.

Doubles Quick Hits

Aristegui and Pascual improved to 3-4 in doubles matches this season with a win at No. 2.
They are 3-3 at No. 2 doubles this season and 3-1 at home together.
Kennedy and Otway clinched the doubles point on court three 7-6(5).
This was their first result in their third match paired together after both previous matches ended unfinished (4-5 at KU and 4-4 at K-State).
Otway won her first doubles tiebreaker as a collegiate athlete while Kennedy improves to 2-0 in her career, playing doubles tiebreakers.
TCU has won 10 of 11 doubles points at home this season.

Singles Quick Hits

Otway recorded the first singles win of the day for the second match in a row.
It was her second-career victory at No. 3, her highest starting position, after also doing so last Sunday, at K-State.
She earns her team-leading ninth singles win of the season.
Soloveva delivered her first straight set victory in Big 12 play.
She improves to 8-5 this season and 7-5 at No. 1 singles.
Aristegui clinched the match at No. 2, pushing her Big 12 singles record to 2-2.
She improves to 7-4 this season and 5-2 on the purple courts.
TCU improves to 9-2 in home matches this season.

Doubles Results

1. Camilla Bossi/Ting-Pei Chang (WVU) def. Aleksa Cveticanin/Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-1
2. Mercedes Aristegui/Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Momoko Nagato/Kendall Kovick (WVU) 6-3
3. Stevie Kennedy/Jade Otway (TCU) def. Anastasiia Bovolskai/Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) 7-6 (7-5)

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles Results

1. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) def. Kendall Kovick (WVU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Anastasiia Bovolskai (WVU) 7-5, 6-1
3. Jade Otway (TCU) def. Momoko Nagato (WVU) 6-4, 6-1
4. Tatiana Lipatova (WVU) def. Isabel Pascual (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Helena Narmont (TCU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) vs. Michaela Kucharova (WVU) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished

Order of finish – 3, 5, 1, 4, 2

Up Next
The Horned Frogs continue their home stand with a 1 p.m. dual against No. 28 Iowa State, this Sunday, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

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