Frogs top Wake Forest on Thursday, 5-2

 
 
 

 
Freshman Katariina Tuohimaa clinched the match on Thursday in TCU's win over Wake Forest
 
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March 6, 2008

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 22 TCU women's tennis team defeated No. 37 Wake Forest on Thursday by a score of 5-2 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Horned Frogs improved to 6-3 overall, while the Demon Deacons dropped to 3-5 this season.

"We played a really good match today against a team that competed very hard," said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond. "We competed and fought hard, as reflected by the six three-set matches in singles. Anytime you can get a quality win on the road against a solid opponent, you walk away satisfied.

After a TCU loss at the No. 3 position to begin doubles play, the Horned Frog duo of Nina Munch-Soegaard and Katariina Tuohimaa answered back with an 8-3 victory over Sierra Poske and Ana German. The 14th-ranked TCU duo of Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska clinched the doubles point with a dominating 8-3 win over the No. 27 Wake Forest tandem of Alex Hirsch and Sasha Kulikova.

The Frogs dropped decisions at the No. 2 and No. 5 singles positions to fall behind 2-1 in the match before Harkins downed Christian Tara by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to even the match.

Munch-Soegaard followed with her fourth consecutive win at the top position with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Hirsch, while Tuohimaa won her team-leading seventh victory of the season over Poske at the No. 4 position to clinch the match for TCU.

Freshman Idunn Hertzberg closed out the match with her fourth consecutive victory of the season with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 decision over Katarina Reveche.

The Frogs will return to action on Saturday at 10 a.m. against No. 28 VCU in Richmond, Va.

No. 22 TCU (6-3) def. No. 37 Wake Forest (3-5), 5-2

SINGLES
1. No. 87 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Alex Hirsch (WF) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Sasha Kulikova (WF) def. No. 67 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 6-0, 0-6, 6-3
3. Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Christian Tara (WF) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
4. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Sierra Poske (WF) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
5. Emilee Malvehy (WF) def. Kewa Nichols (TCU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Katarina Reveche (WF) 6-1, 4-6, 10-7

Order of Finish: 5, 2, 3, 1, 4*

DOUBLES
1. No. 14 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) def. No. 27 Hirsch/Kulikova (WF) 8-3
2. Munch-Soegaard/Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Poske/Jerman (WF) 8-3
3. Tara/Davis (WF) def. Nichols/Hertzberg (TCU) 8-1

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*

*Clinching point