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GoFrogs: No. 2 TCU Primed for NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship
ORLANDO, Fla. – In what has become a near-annual occurrence, TCU is again in contention for the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship as the 2023 campaign enters its final weekend.
The No. 2 ranked Horned Frogs (25-2) are set to dual No. 7 Michigan (27-4) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament around 6:30 p.m. CT on Thursday at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.
TCU is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the eight-team NCAA Men's D1 Tennis Championship tournament and sixth over the last eight seasons, dating back to 2015. No program nationwide has notched more quarterfinal berths than TCU in that span.
The Horned Frogs will face either No. 3 Ohio State (32-2) or No. 6 Georgia (23-6) in the semifinals on Friday with a defeat of the Wolverines. Comprising the corresponding half of the bracket are No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Kentucky, No. 5 Virginia and No. 9 South Carolina.
Thursday's tilt represents TCU's 13th NCAA quarterfinal match in its 49-year history. The Horned Frogs advanced past the quarterfinals in five of their 12 previous NCAA Championship appearances (1989, 1995, 1996, 2001 2015).
TCU came one point shy of playing for its first-ever NCAA Championship in its most recent semifinal appearance. The Horned Frogs suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal defeat to top-seeded Oklahoma in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
Frog fans following along from afar can watch Thursday's match for free via PlaySight on the USTA National Campus website or in conjunction with a Cracked Racquets cross court cast. Cracked Racquets' coverage will continue through the semifinals and final. Semifinal matches and Saturday's grand finale will also air on the Tennis Channel.
NCAA Tournament History
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33
NCAA Championship Quarterfinals: 13
NCAA Championship Semifinals: 4
NCAA Third Round Appearances (since 1997): 11
All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 49-32
NCAA Tournament Home Record: 23-1
NCAA Tournament First Round Record: 27-11
NCAA Regionals Record: 25-10
NCAA Third Round Record: 10-6
NCAA Super Regional Record: 3-0
NCAA Quarterfinal Record: 5-7
NCAA Semifinal Record: 0-5
NCAA Tournament Record Since 2015: 21-7
Last 10 NCAA Tournament Matches: 7-3
Frog Focus
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ORLANDO, Fla. – In what has become a near-annual occurrence, TCU is again in contention for the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship as the 2023 campaign enters its final weekend.
The No. 2 ranked Horned Frogs (25-2) are set to dual No. 7 Michigan (27-4) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament around 6:30 p.m. CT on Thursday at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.
TCU is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the eight-team NCAA Men's D1 Tennis Championship tournament and sixth over the last eight seasons, dating back to 2015. No program nationwide has notched more quarterfinal berths than TCU in that span.
The Horned Frogs will face either No. 3 Ohio State (32-2) or No. 6 Georgia (23-6) in the semifinals on Friday with a defeat of the Wolverines. Comprising the corresponding half of the bracket are No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Kentucky, No. 5 Virginia and No. 9 South Carolina.
Thursday's tilt represents TCU's 13th NCAA quarterfinal match in its 49-year history. The Horned Frogs advanced past the quarterfinals in five of their 12 previous NCAA Championship appearances (1989, 1995, 1996, 2001 2015).
TCU came one point shy of playing for its first-ever NCAA Championship in its most recent semifinal appearance. The Horned Frogs suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal defeat to top-seeded Oklahoma in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
Frog fans following along from afar can watch Thursday's match for free via PlaySight on the USTA National Campus website or in conjunction with a Cracked Racquets cross court cast. Cracked Racquets' coverage will continue through the semifinals and final. Semifinal matches and Saturday's grand finale will also air on the Tennis Channel.
NCAA Tournament History
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33
NCAA Championship Quarterfinals: 13
NCAA Championship Semifinals: 4
NCAA Third Round Appearances (since 1997): 11
All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 49-32
NCAA Tournament Home Record: 23-1
NCAA Tournament First Round Record: 27-11
NCAA Regionals Record: 25-10
NCAA Third Round Record: 10-6
NCAA Super Regional Record: 3-0
NCAA Quarterfinal Record: 5-7
NCAA Semifinal Record: 0-5
NCAA Tournament Record Since 2015: 21-7
Last 10 NCAA Tournament Matches: 7-3
Frog Focus
- TCU is 4-2 vs. NCAA Championship participants this spring. The Horned Frogs defeated No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Kentucky and No. 6 Georgia during their march to a second straight ITA Indoor National Championship title. TCU knocked off Texas once more on Apr. 23 to win the Big 12 tournament championship. Texas remains the lone team to defeat TCU.
- The Horned Frogs are outscoring opponents 119-22 through 27 matches. TCU has notched 17 victories over ranked teams by a combined 79-11 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 28 of their last 30 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 50-7 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 22-of-23 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 and Pedro Vives lead TCU in doubles victories in 2022-2023 behind a 20-5 overall record. The underclassmen duo is 3-0 in NCAA Tournament action and 6-0 in postseason play. Jake Fearnley leads TCU with five combined NCAA Tournament wins (three singles, two doubles).
- In singles action, TCU has won 224-of-293 (.765) completed sets thus far in 2023. The Horned Frogs boast winning records in singles play vs. every opponent on their schedule. Texas is the one 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 194-232 (.836) completed singles sets.
- Fearnley leads TCU in singles victories in 2022-2023 with a 25-8 overall record. He is 5-0 combined in the NCAA Tournament.
- David Roditi enters Thursday's showdown vs. Michigan with 249 career head coaching victories. Should TCU emerge victorious, Roditi, a three-time All-American for the Horned Frogs from 1993-1996, will join his own head coach, the legendary Tut Bartzen, as one of only two coaches to reach 250 career victories.
- The Horned Frogs were awarded the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, marking the third straight season the program has received a national seed. TCU claimed the No. 1 overall seed in 2022 and was seeded seventh in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
- TCU's streak of eight consecutive postseason appearances is the second-longest in program history, trailing only the program's run of 16 straight NCAA Tournament selections from 1991-2006.
- TCU is 3-3 all-time vs. Michigan.
- Thursday's tilt marks the second meeting in as many years between the Horned Frogs and Wolverines. Michigan defeated TCU 4-1 on March 2, 2022, in Fort Worth. The Wolverines were one of just three teams to knock off the Horned Frogs last season. Jake Fearnley, TCU's top singles and doubles player this season, recorded the Horned Frogs' lone point in the dual with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win over Gavin Young on court five.
Preview: No. 2 TCU Primed for NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship - TCU Athletics
ORLANDO, Fla. – In what has become a near-annual occurrence, TCU is again in contention for the NCAA D1 Men's Tennis Championship as the 2023 campaign enters its
