Fort Worth, Texas- To close out ITA Kickoff Weekend, Arizona went up against a No. 8 TCU team. After grabbing a win against a top 30 Notre Dame, the Wildcats were stopped in their tracks, getting handed their first loss of the spring season.
After a poor performance in doubles, the Saguaro Soldiers held their ground in singles, taking four of the six game to the third set. The Horned Frogs ended the Wildcats five match win streak with a clean 4-0 sweep.
Men's Tennis will look to rebound at home in a double header against San Francisco and St. Johns on Friday, January 31.
Results
Doubles
Order of Finish: (1,2)
- No. 29 Gray/Fearnley (TCU) def. Hassey/Ziverts (ARIZ) 6-0
- Jong/Paroulek (TCU) vs. Karpovets/Malbasic (ARIZ) 4-3 unf.
- Fomba/Kruger (TCU) def. Reguant/Block (ARIZ) 6-2
Singles
Order of Finish: (1,6,2)
- No. 51 Alastair Gray (TCU) def. No. 61 Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-3
- Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. No. 36 Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- No. 100 Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. No. 86 Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) 3-6, 6-4, 4-3 unf.
- No. 119 Jacob Fearnley (TCU) vs. Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) 6-1, 5-7, 5-4 unf.
- Sander Jong (TCU) vs. Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) 7-6(14), 1-6, 1-0 unf.
- Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) 6-2, 7-6(7)