TCU Tennis Sweeps SMU

FORT WORTH, Texas – Wrapping up the nonconference slate, the No. 2 TCU men’s tennis team earned sweep No. 8 this season and its 25th consecutive win at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center with a 7-0 blanking of No. 25 SMU on Wednesday night.

The 13th consecutive victory of the season for the Horned Frogs (18-2) started with a dominant doubles performance, as the No. 82 ranked pair of Hudson Blake and Reese Stalder crushed the Mustangs (19-6) duo of Nate Lammons and Markus Kerner, 6-0. Seconds later, Alex Rybakov and Cameron Norrie remained undefeated and moved up to 6-0 on the season with a 6-1 win over Arkadijs Slobodkins and Tony Russell, to secure the team’s third straight doubles point of the season.

Norrie and Rybakov carried the momentum into singles, as the duo were the first two off the courts at the top two positions. No. 3 Norrie earned his 13th win over a ranked foe with a 6-3, 6-4 downing of No. 82 Nate Lammons, while No. 16 Rybakov topped No. 48 Hunter Johnson, 6-4, 6-1. Trevor Johnson clinched the overall match victory from court six, as the sophomore scored win No. 19 this season with a 6-1, 7-6(7) victory over Yates Johnson.

With the match already secured in TCU’s favor, the final three courts finished out their matches with the Frogs picking up three more victories for the day. Eduardo Nava came back from dropping the first set to defeat Markus Kerner on court four, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Jerry Lopez then wrapped up his match on court five with a 6-1, 7-6(4) victory over Ronald Slobodchikov. No. 61 Guillermo Nuñez used a super tiebreaker third set to finish out the match, as the sophomore defeated Samm Butler, 6-7(8), 6-4, 10-3.