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Frogs blow out Mustangs 6-1 to pick up sixth straight win TCU women’s tennis head coach Roland Ingram insists that any match between his team and Southern Methodist isn’t really a rivalry. “It’s not the rivalry it is in some of the other sports,” Ingram said. “It’s a good, clean match every time we play them.”
Whether it is considered a rivalry or not, the No. 26-ranked Frogs picked up their sixth straight victory in a 6-1 blow-out of the Mustangs Wednesday. The Frogs improved their record to 16-4 on the year, while the Mustangs fell to 13-11. When asked why his team has put together a win streak, Ingram did not hesitate to find an answer. “We’ve gotten better at doubles,” Ingram said. “In our first few matches, we went 4-5 in doubles. Then, the girls had an idea to change sides and to put Paty (Aburto) and Rosa (Perez) at one doubles. Since then, we’ve started winning the doubles point, and have a 33-6 record in doubles matches.” The success in doubles continued as the Frogs took two out of the three doubles matches. Aburto and Perez, ranked No. 20 in the nation, defeated Kit Carson and Nadia Vaughn, 8-2, and the team of Katrin Gaber and Karla Mancinas won over Siayareh Rambally and Allison Leuszler, 8-3. From
there, the Frogs took five out of six singles matches to wrap up
the victory, with every match ending in straight sets. Gaber defeated
Jenny Langer, 6-2, 6-3 at one singles, and Aburto dominated Carson,
6-0, 6-0. “The whole team is playing strong and doing well,” Ingram said. “We’re strong, we’re playing well, and we’re maintaining our poise throughout the match.” The Mustangs scored their only point in the match when Rambally picked up a win over senior Leoni Weirich by default. At the time the match was stopped, Weirich was up 6-4, 2-1. In an extra match that did not go against the standings, freshman Ivonne Andrade defeated Sana Cortas, 6-3, 6-4. The Lady Frog netters get two days to prepare for their match against No. 62-ranked Tulsa on Saturday, and Ingram believes that his team will be up to the challenge. “There’s no real way to prepare,” Ingram said. “Really, being ready is being prepared. We don’t want to get tired before we play. The best-rested team, both mentally and physically, will perform well.” The Frogs take on Tulsa today at noon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Quinten
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