Sunday, February 16
Madison, Wis.
9:00 AM
Texas A&M
0
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4
TCU
Photo by: Jacob Dye / ITA
No. 7 Texas A&M Falls to No. 11 TCU
Feb 16, 2020 | Men's Tennis
MADISON, Wisc. – The No. 7 Texas A&M men's tennis team (5-3) dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 11 TCU (5-4) to wrap up play at the 2020 ITA Indoor Team Championships on Sunday.
"We came out with great energy in the doubles but then we lost our serve on a couple courts and the air came out of the balloon a little bit," Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton said. "We weren't ever really able to get that momentum back and that was the disappointing part for me. We didn't handle adversity today like we needed to. They pushed us back after we got ahead early and we did not respond. These are the growing pains we have this season with a new team, we have to learn how to handle the ups and downs of a tennis match. TCU played very well today, but our guys have to learn to resist more and put things behind them faster. We did not do that today and it cost us."
TCU earned the doubles point to open the match through wins on courts two and three. In singles action, the Horned Frogs claimed first sets on five courts but the Aggies were able to force third sets on a couple. TCU earned points on courts two, four and six to secure the win.
The Aggies are back in action Friday at 6 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas against Rice.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Tennis Match Results
TCU vs Texas A&M
2/16/2020 at Madison, Wisc.
(Nielsen Tennis Stadium)
#11 TCU 4, #6 Texas A&M 0
Singles competition
1. #14 Hady Habib (TAMU) vs. #55 Alastair Gray (TCU) 2-6, 6-6 (5-2), unfinished
2. #125 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #34 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
3. #3 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) vs. #122 Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
4. #74 Jacob Fearnley (TCU) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
5. Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. Bertus Kruger (TCU) 2-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
6. Sander Jong (TCU) def. Guido Marson (TAMU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. #34 Jacob Fearnley/Alastair Gray (TCU) 4-5, unfinished
2. Tadeas Paroulek/Sander Jong (TCU) def. Noah Schachter/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) 6-3
3. Luc Fomba/Bertus Kruger (TCU) def. Pierce Rollins/Stefan Storch (TAMU) 6-4
Match Notes:
TCU 5-4; National ranking #11
Texas A&M 5-3; National ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,2,3,4)
"We came out with great energy in the doubles but then we lost our serve on a couple courts and the air came out of the balloon a little bit," Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton said. "We weren't ever really able to get that momentum back and that was the disappointing part for me. We didn't handle adversity today like we needed to. They pushed us back after we got ahead early and we did not respond. These are the growing pains we have this season with a new team, we have to learn how to handle the ups and downs of a tennis match. TCU played very well today, but our guys have to learn to resist more and put things behind them faster. We did not do that today and it cost us."
TCU earned the doubles point to open the match through wins on courts two and three. In singles action, the Horned Frogs claimed first sets on five courts but the Aggies were able to force third sets on a couple. TCU earned points on courts two, four and six to secure the win.
The Aggies are back in action Friday at 6 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas against Rice.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Tennis Match Results
TCU vs Texas A&M
2/16/2020 at Madison, Wisc.
(Nielsen Tennis Stadium)
#11 TCU 4, #6 Texas A&M 0
Singles competition
1. #14 Hady Habib (TAMU) vs. #55 Alastair Gray (TCU) 2-6, 6-6 (5-2), unfinished
2. #125 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. #34 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
3. #3 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) vs. #122 Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
4. #74 Jacob Fearnley (TCU) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
5. Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. Bertus Kruger (TCU) 2-6, 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
6. Sander Jong (TCU) def. Guido Marson (TAMU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. #34 Jacob Fearnley/Alastair Gray (TCU) 4-5, unfinished
2. Tadeas Paroulek/Sander Jong (TCU) def. Noah Schachter/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) 6-3
3. Luc Fomba/Bertus Kruger (TCU) def. Pierce Rollins/Stefan Storch (TAMU) 6-4
Match Notes:
TCU 5-4; National ranking #11
Texas A&M 5-3; National ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,2,3,4)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
1
Luc Fomba/ Bertus Kruger [TCU]
6
4
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
123
Alastair Gray / 0 (55/-) [TCU]
660
26UF
#2 Singles Match
12
Luc Fomba / 0 (125/-) [TCU]
67
06
#3 Singles Match
1234
Tadeas Paroulek / 0 (122/-) [TCU]
6300
461UF
#4 Singles Match
123
Jacob Fearnley / 0 (74/-) [TCU]
167
625
#5 Singles Match
1234
Bertus Kruger / 0 [TCU]
6410
260UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Sander Jong / 0 [TCU]
66
32
Order of Finish:
6,2,3,4
Players Mentioned
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