Mustangs Fall on the Road To No. 6 TCU

Saturday, March 20

Fort Worth, Texas

2 PM

SMU

#6 TCU

Mustangs Fall on the Road To No. 6 TCU

Mar 20 | Men's Tennis

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FORT WORTH, Texas (SMU) - SMU men's tennis fell, 4-0, to No. 6 TCU on Saturday afternoon at the Friedman Tennis Center.

"We couldn't bring the iron skillet home today," said head coach Grant Chen. "Credit to TCU. They are a very good team and beat us today. We had opportunities in the beginning of the match and did not convert. Huntley (Allen) and Julian (Steinhausen) played a great doubles match. We have a big home stretch ahead of us."

Doubles went down to the wire with the Horned Frogs narrowly taking the point. No. 24 Paroulek / Jong topped the Mustang duo of Caleb Chakravarthi and Liam Krall, 6-3, on court one. SMU answered back as Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen put together a 6-3 victory on court three. Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi had an early 4-1 lead on No. 15 Gray / Fearnley on the top line. TCU would rally for a 7-5 win to clinch the doubles point.

TCU held the advantage in singles winning all six first sets. Jordi Redelijk was matched up with No. 125 Fearnley on court six and fell, 6-2, 6-1. The Horned Frogs moved to within one point of clinch after Vaise dropped his match 6-0, 6-3 on court two against the nation's 21^st-ranked singles player, Alastair Gray. The match ended with a Steinhausen falling, 6-1, 6-3 on court five.

Chakravarthi came out strong in the second set against No. 47 Luc Fomba and was all square at 3-3 when TCU clinched. Krall had taken a 4-3 edge in set two and Clarke Wilson had evened set two 3-3 when the match ended.

SMU moves to 12-9 on the season while TCU improves to 10-4.

The 44^th-ranked Mustangs are back in action on Sunday with a home match slated for 1 p.m. against Abilene Christian.