Thursday, November 5
Waco, Texas
All Day
TCU
vs
ITA Sectional Championships
11/7/2026 4:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TCU juniors become dual discipline NCAA Championships qualifiers
WACO, Texas – Albert Pedrico and Cooper Woestendick are officially dual discipline NCAA Championships qualifiers.
The TCU juniors won three matches at the ITA Central Sectional Championships to punch their tickets in singles.
Pedrico and Woestendick qualified as a doubles pair after winning the ITA Texas Regional in October.
They will join Roger Pascual, who captured the ITA All-American Championships singles title, in Athens, Georgia. The NCAA Individual Championships run from Nov. 17-23 at the Dan Magil Tennis Complex.
Players needed to win three matches at Sectionals, hosted by Baylor at the Waco Regional Tennis Center, to qualify for the 64-man NCAA Singles Championships.
Woestendick did not drop a set over his three-day stay on the Brazos. The preseason ITA No. 21 singles player, Woestendick steamrolled No. 27 Alex Okonkwo of Ohio State, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. He picked up straight set victories over Ben Weintraub (Arkansas) and Nikita Volonski (Tulsa) in the opening rounds.
Pedrico was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 32-player bracket and looked the part. He began his march to qualification with a 6-3, 6-2 first round victory over Baylor's Louis Bowden. The Spaniard breezed to a 6-1, 6-4 takedown of Zachary Viiala (Illinois) in the last eight. The only adversity Pedrico, tabbed No. 93 in the first set of ITA rankings, faced was in the round of 16. He battled Patrik Meszaros of Wisconsin. Pedrico surrendered a late break in set two leading 6-2, 5-5. Forced to a third set, Pedrico left little to chance, securing an early double break in route to a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory.
Maximus Dussault was the third Frog in action in Waco. He picked up a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 over Illinois' Jeremy Zhang in the first round before falling in three sets in the round of 16.
ITA Central Sectional Championships
Waco Regional Tennis Center | Waco, Texas
Nov. 5-7, 2026
Singles – Main Draw
QF – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Zachary Viiala (Illinois): 6-1, 6-4
QF – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. #27 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State): 6-3, 6-3
RD16 – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Patrik Meszaros (Wisconsin): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
RD16 – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Nikita Volonski (Tulsa): 6-3, 6-3
RD16 – Tito Chavez (Oklahoma) def. #111 Maximus Dussault (TCU): 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
RD32 – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Louis Bowden (Baylor): 6-3, 6-2
RD32 – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Ben Weintraub (Arkansas): 6-1, 6-2
Rd32 – #111 Maximus Dussault (TCU) def. Jeremy Zhang (Illinois): 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
The TCU juniors won three matches at the ITA Central Sectional Championships to punch their tickets in singles.
Pedrico and Woestendick qualified as a doubles pair after winning the ITA Texas Regional in October.
They will join Roger Pascual, who captured the ITA All-American Championships singles title, in Athens, Georgia. The NCAA Individual Championships run from Nov. 17-23 at the Dan Magil Tennis Complex.
Players needed to win three matches at Sectionals, hosted by Baylor at the Waco Regional Tennis Center, to qualify for the 64-man NCAA Singles Championships.
Woestendick did not drop a set over his three-day stay on the Brazos. The preseason ITA No. 21 singles player, Woestendick steamrolled No. 27 Alex Okonkwo of Ohio State, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. He picked up straight set victories over Ben Weintraub (Arkansas) and Nikita Volonski (Tulsa) in the opening rounds.
Pedrico was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 32-player bracket and looked the part. He began his march to qualification with a 6-3, 6-2 first round victory over Baylor's Louis Bowden. The Spaniard breezed to a 6-1, 6-4 takedown of Zachary Viiala (Illinois) in the last eight. The only adversity Pedrico, tabbed No. 93 in the first set of ITA rankings, faced was in the round of 16. He battled Patrik Meszaros of Wisconsin. Pedrico surrendered a late break in set two leading 6-2, 5-5. Forced to a third set, Pedrico left little to chance, securing an early double break in route to a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory.
Maximus Dussault was the third Frog in action in Waco. He picked up a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 over Illinois' Jeremy Zhang in the first round before falling in three sets in the round of 16.
ITA Central Sectional Championships
Waco Regional Tennis Center | Waco, Texas
Nov. 5-7, 2026
Singles – Main Draw
QF – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Zachary Viiala (Illinois): 6-1, 6-4
QF – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. #27 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State): 6-3, 6-3
RD16 – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Patrik Meszaros (Wisconsin): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
RD16 – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Nikita Volonski (Tulsa): 6-3, 6-3
RD16 – Tito Chavez (Oklahoma) def. #111 Maximus Dussault (TCU): 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
RD32 – #93 Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Louis Bowden (Baylor): 6-3, 6-2
RD32 – #21 Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Ben Weintraub (Arkansas): 6-1, 6-2
Rd32 – #111 Maximus Dussault (TCU) def. Jeremy Zhang (Illinois): 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
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