Sunday, May 18
Waco, Texas
7 PM
TCU
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Wake Forest
TCU Finishes as National Runner-Up
5/19/2025 1:21:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Horned Frogs fall to Wake Forest 4-2 in NCAA Championships final
WACO, Texas – TCU came two sets shy of repeating as national champions, falling to No. 1 Wake Forest 4-2 in the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship final on Sunday.
Trailing 2-0, Lui Maxted and Albert Pedrico pulled the Horned Frogs within a point of the Demon Deacons with singles victories on courts three and five. Down 3-2, the match came down to a pair of third sets in the second and fourth flights. TCU was level at three games all on both courts following Maxted's 6-1, 7-6 (3) triumph over No. 123 Ioannis Xilas.
Ultimately, the comeback bid was not to be. No. 9 DK Suresh, the Demon Deacons' top-ranked player, broke vs. Pedro Vives leading four games to three en route to a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 match-clincher.
TCU (28-4) was aiming to become just the sixth program in the sport's history to repeat as NCAA Champions. The national runner-up finish will go down as the second-best ending to a season in program history. The Horned Frogs set a single-season record for total wins and reached the NCAA semifinals for the third straight season, a feat only Texas, whom they defeated in Saturday's Final Four dual, can match. TCU will earn its third consecutive top-five final ITA team ranking come Wednesday. The Frogs will also extend their NCAA-leading streak of end-of-year top-10 rankings to 11 seasons dating back to 2015.
Maxted and Vives each earned NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team honors. Maxted got the nod at No. 3 singles. The senior duo shared the accolade in No. 1 doubles. Maxted finished 5-0 in singles play in the postseason. He and Vives put doubles victories on the board in three matches and never surrendered defeat.
Sunday's dual was the final match in the storied careers of three seniors; Maxted, Vives and Luke Swan. Collectively, the trio departs TCU as the winningest class in program history. They led TCU to a 138-16 combined overall record and four team or individual national titles across their four years in Fort Worth.
The match also marked the conclusion of junior Jack Pinnington's career. Pinnington, the 2024 NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Player, announced he will forgo his senior year and turn professional.
The loss to Wake Forest (40-1) was only TCU's second on the outdoor courts. The Horned Frogs lost a rematch for only the third time in the last two seasons. TCU fell 4-3 to the Demon Deacons in the ITA Indoor National Championships final in February.
Doubles Rundown
Wake Forest is the lone team in the country that can match TCU's doubles prowess. And a slow start proved to be too much to overcome.
TCU fell behind 0-3 on all three courts and lost out in the second and third flights.
The Demon Deacons played the ITA No. 18 pair of Luca Pow and Tacchi on the 3-line. The tandem downed Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico 6-2 to put the first court on the board.
Maxted and Vives rallied to level their affair with No. 53 Suresh and Xilas at four game all.
But Wake Forest secured the 1-0 lead with a 6-3 victory by No. 26 Stefan Dostanic and Charlie Robertson over Pinnington and Cooper Woestendick.
TCU dropped the doubles point for just the fifth time all year and saw its 12-match streak snapped.
By leaving their match unfinished at 4-5, Maxted and Vives preserved their record vs. ranked pairs at 16-1. The NCAA doubles champions produced a 26-3 overall record in 2024-25.
Pinnington and Woestendick tasted defeat for the first time on the outdoor courts. They carried a 10-match winning streak into Sunday's final, with their most recent defeat coming at the hands of Wake Forest in February.
Doubles Results
Singles Rundown
Wake Forest claimed four of the first six sets.
Maxted and Woestendick put a pair of frames on the board for the Frogs, with the freshman Woestendick using two breaks to secure a 6-3 set vs. Robertson on court four.
The Demon Deacons stretched their lead to 2-0 after Dostanic downed Pinnington 6-3, 6-1 on court one.
Vives, Pedrico and Chan, though, all sent their match to a decisive third set and gave TCU a pulse.
Pedrico battled Tacchi on court five. The freshman dropped set one 3-6 but hung a pair of 6-1, 6-2 frames vs. the senior to score TCU's first point.
Chan bowed out to Pow, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, but Maxted claimed his tiebreaker minutes later and kept the Frogs within a point.
Maxted collected his team-leading 31st singles victory of the year.
He and Pedrico each pocketed five wins in the NCAA Tournament.
Singles Results
Trailing 2-0, Lui Maxted and Albert Pedrico pulled the Horned Frogs within a point of the Demon Deacons with singles victories on courts three and five. Down 3-2, the match came down to a pair of third sets in the second and fourth flights. TCU was level at three games all on both courts following Maxted's 6-1, 7-6 (3) triumph over No. 123 Ioannis Xilas.
Ultimately, the comeback bid was not to be. No. 9 DK Suresh, the Demon Deacons' top-ranked player, broke vs. Pedro Vives leading four games to three en route to a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 match-clincher.
TCU (28-4) was aiming to become just the sixth program in the sport's history to repeat as NCAA Champions. The national runner-up finish will go down as the second-best ending to a season in program history. The Horned Frogs set a single-season record for total wins and reached the NCAA semifinals for the third straight season, a feat only Texas, whom they defeated in Saturday's Final Four dual, can match. TCU will earn its third consecutive top-five final ITA team ranking come Wednesday. The Frogs will also extend their NCAA-leading streak of end-of-year top-10 rankings to 11 seasons dating back to 2015.
Maxted and Vives each earned NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team honors. Maxted got the nod at No. 3 singles. The senior duo shared the accolade in No. 1 doubles. Maxted finished 5-0 in singles play in the postseason. He and Vives put doubles victories on the board in three matches and never surrendered defeat.
Sunday's dual was the final match in the storied careers of three seniors; Maxted, Vives and Luke Swan. Collectively, the trio departs TCU as the winningest class in program history. They led TCU to a 138-16 combined overall record and four team or individual national titles across their four years in Fort Worth.
The match also marked the conclusion of junior Jack Pinnington's career. Pinnington, the 2024 NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Player, announced he will forgo his senior year and turn professional.
The loss to Wake Forest (40-1) was only TCU's second on the outdoor courts. The Horned Frogs lost a rematch for only the third time in the last two seasons. TCU fell 4-3 to the Demon Deacons in the ITA Indoor National Championships final in February.
Doubles Rundown
Wake Forest is the lone team in the country that can match TCU's doubles prowess. And a slow start proved to be too much to overcome.
TCU fell behind 0-3 on all three courts and lost out in the second and third flights.
The Demon Deacons played the ITA No. 18 pair of Luca Pow and Tacchi on the 3-line. The tandem downed Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico 6-2 to put the first court on the board.
Maxted and Vives rallied to level their affair with No. 53 Suresh and Xilas at four game all.
But Wake Forest secured the 1-0 lead with a 6-3 victory by No. 26 Stefan Dostanic and Charlie Robertson over Pinnington and Cooper Woestendick.
TCU dropped the doubles point for just the fifth time all year and saw its 12-match streak snapped.
By leaving their match unfinished at 4-5, Maxted and Vives preserved their record vs. ranked pairs at 16-1. The NCAA doubles champions produced a 26-3 overall record in 2024-25.
Pinnington and Woestendick tasted defeat for the first time on the outdoor courts. They carried a 10-match winning streak into Sunday's final, with their most recent defeat coming at the hands of Wake Forest in February.
Doubles Results
- #2 Lui Maxted / Pedro Vives (TCU) vs. #53 DK Suresh / Ioannis Xilas (WFU): 4-5, unfinished
- #26 Stefan Dostanic / Charlie Robertson (WFU) def. #32 Jack Pinnington / Cooper Woestendick (TCU): 6-3
- #18 Luca Pow / Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. Duncan Chan / Albert Pedrico: 6-2
Singles Rundown
Wake Forest claimed four of the first six sets.
Maxted and Woestendick put a pair of frames on the board for the Frogs, with the freshman Woestendick using two breaks to secure a 6-3 set vs. Robertson on court four.
The Demon Deacons stretched their lead to 2-0 after Dostanic downed Pinnington 6-3, 6-1 on court one.
Vives, Pedrico and Chan, though, all sent their match to a decisive third set and gave TCU a pulse.
Pedrico battled Tacchi on court five. The freshman dropped set one 3-6 but hung a pair of 6-1, 6-2 frames vs. the senior to score TCU's first point.
Chan bowed out to Pow, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, but Maxted claimed his tiebreaker minutes later and kept the Frogs within a point.
Maxted collected his team-leading 31st singles victory of the year.
He and Pedrico each pocketed five wins in the NCAA Tournament.
Singles Results
- #13 Stefan Dostanic (WFU) def. #8 Jack Pinnington (TCU): 6-3, 6-1
- #9 DK Suresh (WFU) def. #10 Pedro Vives (TCU0: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- #37 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #123 Ioannis Xilas (WFU): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- #95 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) vs. Charlie Robertson (WFU): 6-3, 2-6, 3-5, unfinished
- Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Luciano Tacchi (WFU): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Luca Pow (WFU) def. Duncan Chan (TCU): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
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