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Men’s, women’s teams open season with wins
By Brent Yarina
Staff Reporter
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Ty
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Pepe Mendoza practices his serve while waiting to play the Saint
Louis Billikens at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center Friday.
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The men’s and women’s tennis teams opened their spring
seasons with victories this weekend at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis
Center.
The men’s team swept a double-header Friday, beginning with
a 6-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi followed by a 6-1
victory over Conference USA opponent Saint Louis.
Against the Billikens, the Frogs swept the doubles matches and won
five of the six singles matches.
Sophomore Fabrizio Sestini and junior Alex Menichini won 8-5. The
two other doubles matches were won 8-4 by sophomore Daniel Scholten
and freshman Rafael Abreu and junior Toni Gordon and freshman Jacopo
Tezza.
TCU’s only loss came from the team’s No. 1 singles player
Menichini, who lost 6-2; 2-6; 6-3.
The women’s team opened its season under new head coach Dave
Borelli Friday with a 7-0 victory in its first-ever match against
Saint Louis. Due to the cold weather, the match was played at the
tennis center’s indoor courts.
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Saber Pierce returns a serve in her doubles match against Saint
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Senior Rosa Perez and junior Patty Aburto, who make up the team’s
top doubles pair and the nation’s 30th-ranked duo, won 9-7.
TCU’s No. 2 doubles team junior Saber Pierce and freshman Iris
Jaklin won 8-3. The No. 3 team of sophomores Ivonne Andrade and
Karla Mancinas won 9-7.
Mancinas, who won 6-2, 6-4 in singles, said she was excited with
her team’s performance Friday afternoon.
“This year we have a very tough schedule and a young team,”
Mancinas said. “The competition we play will make us a better
team.”
The women’s team currently has two freshman on its roster and
is scheduled to play Stanford, Pepperdine and UCLA this year.
Brent
Yarina
b.j.yarina@tcu.edu
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