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FORT WORTH – Just one win separates No. 2 seed TCU from a return to the quarterfinals of the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship.
The Horned Frogs (24-2) host No. 15 seed Mississippi State (21-7) in an NCAA Super Regional dual at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
TCU punched its eighth straight ticket to the round of 16 with a perfect weekend sweep of UT Arlington and No. 19 Texas A&M on May 5-6 in the Fort Worth Regional. The Bulldogs fended off Alabama State and Middle Tennessee in the Starkville Regional to set up Saturday's showdown.
A win over Mississippi State sends TCU to its fourth straight Quarterfinals and sixth in the last eight postseasons. No program nationwide has made more Elite Eight appearances since 2015 than TCU.
Saturday's dual marks the second Super Regional meeting between TCU and Mississippi State. The Horned Frogs defeated the Bulldogs 4-2 on May 11, 2019, in the inaugural Super Regional round of the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship. Prior to 2019, NCAA Tournament third round matches were contested at a neutral site. In the victory over Mississippi State, then-freshmen Luc Fomba and Sander Jong earned a victory as TCU's No. 3 doubles pair. Fomba was also victorious on court five in singles play.
TCU and Mississippi State have played on a near-annual basis over the last four seasons. Saturday's match will be the fifth time since 2019 the Horned Frogs have squared off with the Bulldogs. TCU is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in postseason play in that span. The Horned Frogs downed Mississippi State 4-1 at the 2019 ITA Indoor National Championships and claimed consecutive indoor duals in 2021 and 2022.
Fans can purchase tickets to the Super Regional in one of two ways; online on the TCU tickets page on GoFrogs.com or in person at the gate for $5 (cash only).
The match will be streamed for free on PlaySight and in conjunction with a Cracked Racquets cross court cast, which can be accessed on the D1 men's tennis home page on NCAA.com.
NCAA Tournament History
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33
NCAA Championship Quarterfinals: 10
NCAA Championship Semifinals: 3
NCAA Third Round Appearances (since 1997): 11
All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 48-32
NCAA Tournament Home Record: 22-1
NCAA Tournament First Round Record: 27-11
NCAA Regionals Record: 25-10
NCAA Third Round Record: 9-6
NCAA Super Regional Record: 2-0
NCAA Tournament Record Since 2015: 20-7
Last 10 NCAA Tournament Matches: 9-1
Inside the Match: Mississippi State
ITA Team Rankings (May 4)
No. 2 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (May 4)
No. 17 – Luc Fomba
No. 21 – Jake Fearnley
No. 62 – Sander Jong
No. 71 – Jack Pinnington
No. 92 – Sebastian Gorzny
ITA Doubles Rankings (May 4)
No. 2 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
No. 22 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 84 – Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington
Doubles Quick Hits
Overall Doubles Record: 45-12
No. 1 Doubles Record: 13-5
No. 2 Doubles Record: 15-6
No. 3 Doubles Record: 19-1
When Winning the Doubles Point: 23-1
When Losing the Doubles Point: 1-1
Singles Quick Hits
Overall Singles Record: 89-18
No. 1 Singles Record: 15-6
No. 2 Singles Record: 12-4
No. 3 Singles Record: 16-2
No. 4 Singles Record: 15-1
No. 5 Singles record: 17-2
No. 6 Singles record: 14-3
Protect the Purple
The Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center is arguably the toughest venue in the nation for opposing teams to compete at. TCU has amassed a 108-12 (.900) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 108 victories, 66 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 148-36 (.804) home record.
Read more at https://forum.killerfrogs.com/index.php?forums/scott-wes-frog-fan-forum.4/
FORT WORTH – Just one win separates No. 2 seed TCU from a return to the quarterfinals of the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship.
The Horned Frogs (24-2) host No. 15 seed Mississippi State (21-7) in an NCAA Super Regional dual at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
TCU punched its eighth straight ticket to the round of 16 with a perfect weekend sweep of UT Arlington and No. 19 Texas A&M on May 5-6 in the Fort Worth Regional. The Bulldogs fended off Alabama State and Middle Tennessee in the Starkville Regional to set up Saturday's showdown.
A win over Mississippi State sends TCU to its fourth straight Quarterfinals and sixth in the last eight postseasons. No program nationwide has made more Elite Eight appearances since 2015 than TCU.
Saturday's dual marks the second Super Regional meeting between TCU and Mississippi State. The Horned Frogs defeated the Bulldogs 4-2 on May 11, 2019, in the inaugural Super Regional round of the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship. Prior to 2019, NCAA Tournament third round matches were contested at a neutral site. In the victory over Mississippi State, then-freshmen Luc Fomba and Sander Jong earned a victory as TCU's No. 3 doubles pair. Fomba was also victorious on court five in singles play.
TCU and Mississippi State have played on a near-annual basis over the last four seasons. Saturday's match will be the fifth time since 2019 the Horned Frogs have squared off with the Bulldogs. TCU is 4-0 overall and 2-0 in postseason play in that span. The Horned Frogs downed Mississippi State 4-1 at the 2019 ITA Indoor National Championships and claimed consecutive indoor duals in 2021 and 2022.
Fans can purchase tickets to the Super Regional in one of two ways; online on the TCU tickets page on GoFrogs.com or in person at the gate for $5 (cash only).
The match will be streamed for free on PlaySight and in conjunction with a Cracked Racquets cross court cast, which can be accessed on the D1 men's tennis home page on NCAA.com.
NCAA Tournament History
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33
NCAA Championship Quarterfinals: 10
NCAA Championship Semifinals: 3
NCAA Third Round Appearances (since 1997): 11
All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 48-32
NCAA Tournament Home Record: 22-1
NCAA Tournament First Round Record: 27-11
NCAA Regionals Record: 25-10
NCAA Third Round Record: 9-6
NCAA Super Regional Record: 2-0
NCAA Tournament Record Since 2015: 20-7
Last 10 NCAA Tournament Matches: 9-1
Inside the Match: Mississippi State
- The Horned Frogs are 4-0 vs. SEC opponents this season. Three of the victories were road or neutral site wins against NCAA Tournament national seeds (vs. No. 4 Kentucky, vs. No. 6 Georgia, at No. 8 Tennessee). The Horned Frogs outscored the SEC by a combined 17-3 margin across the four triumphs, all of which came against teams ranked in the ITA top-20.
- Fomba and Jong are matching up with Mississippi State for the fifth time in their TCU tenures. Fomba holds a 6-2 career overall record (3-1 singles, 3-1 doubles) vs. the Bulldogs. Jong is 4-1 all-time (2-0 singles, 2-1 doubles) opposite Mississippi State.
- Five members of TCU's projected lineup scored singles victories against Mississippi State as a part of last season's 6-1 indoor win on Feb. 11; Fomba notched a win in the top flight while Jong, Pedro Vives, Lui Maxted and Jake Fearnley swept courts three through six.
- TCU completed a weekend sweep of the Fort Worth Regional in 4-0 wins over UT Arlington and No. 19 Texas A&M. The Horned Frogs did not drop a set in either match. Saturday's shutout of the Aggies was TCU's 15th of the spring.
- The Horned Frogs are outscoring opponents 115-21 through 26 matches. TCU has notched 16 victories over ranked teams by a combined 75-10 margin of victory. Only three teams - Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina - have scored multiple points vs. TCU.
- The Horned Frogs have claimed the doubles point in 27 of their last 29 outings dating back to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. TCU enjoyed a nation-leading and program record streak of 18 straight doubles points from May 5, 2022-March 19, 2023. TCU is 49-7 in doubles play over the last two seasons.
- Building an early lead in doubles has been a near-certain pathway to victory. TCU has won 21-of-22 matches when claiming the first completed doubles set. The Horned Frogs have trailed in doubles just three times in 2023 (vs. No. 2 Kentucky, vs. No. 19 Illinois, Vs. No. 3 Texas).
- Sebastian Gorzny leads TCU in doubles victories in 2022-2023 behind a 19-5 overall record. The underclassmen duo played as TCU's No. 1 pair in the Fort Worth Regional. Fearnley and Jack Pinnington were paired together for the first time ever on court three and went 2-0.
- In singles action, TCU has won 216-of-281 (.769) completed sets thus far in 2023. The Horned Frogs boast winning records in singles play vs. every opponent on their schedule. Texas is the lone program who has proven capable of competing with TCU. The Horned Frogs are 28-55 (.509) vs. the Longhorns in completed singles sets. Excluding the teams' quartet of duals, TCU has come out on top in 186-224 (.830) completed singles sets.
- Five Horned Frogs were selected to the NCAA Individual championships; Fomba (singles at-large, doubles automatic) Fearnley (singles at-large, doubles automatic), Jong (singles alternate, doubles at-large, Maxted (doubles at-large and Pinnington (singles alternate)
- TCU produced a conference-leading and program-record 11 postseason All-Big 12 conference citations on Apr. 28. David Roditi was honored as Big 12 coach of the Year for the fifth time in TCU's 11-year Big 12 era. Sebastian Gorzny garnered Freshman of the Year accolades. The Horned Frogs received a program record seven All-Conference singles and doubles selections.
- Roditi is two wins shy from earning the 250th victory of his coaching career. He ranks second in program history in career wins (248).
ITA Team Rankings (May 4)
No. 2 – TCU
ITA Singles Rankings (May 4)
No. 17 – Luc Fomba
No. 21 – Jake Fearnley
No. 62 – Sander Jong
No. 71 – Jack Pinnington
No. 92 – Sebastian Gorzny
ITA Doubles Rankings (May 4)
No. 2 – Jake Fearnley / Luc Fomba
No. 22 – Sander Jong / Lui Maxted
No. 84 – Sander Jong / Jack Pinnington
Doubles Quick Hits
Overall Doubles Record: 45-12
No. 1 Doubles Record: 13-5
No. 2 Doubles Record: 15-6
No. 3 Doubles Record: 19-1
When Winning the Doubles Point: 23-1
When Losing the Doubles Point: 1-1
Singles Quick Hits
Overall Singles Record: 89-18
No. 1 Singles Record: 15-6
No. 2 Singles Record: 12-4
No. 3 Singles Record: 16-2
No. 4 Singles Record: 15-1
No. 5 Singles record: 17-2
No. 6 Singles record: 14-3
Protect the Purple
The Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center is arguably the toughest venue in the nation for opposing teams to compete at. TCU has amassed a 108-12 (.900) record on the purple courts since 2015. Of the 108 victories, 66 have come at the expense of ranked opponents. Under head coach David Roditi, the Horned Frogs have posted a remarkable 148-36 (.804) home record.
Read more at https://forum.killerfrogs.com/index.php?forums/scott-wes-frog-fan-forum.4/
