Tennis Falls Short in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH – UNT Tennis (4-1) fell 4-2 to TCU on Monday at the Friedman Tennis Center. Senior Lucie Devier and Junior Saki Oyama each won singles points to pace the Mean Green, while Oyama also won her doubles match.

DOUBLES

Saki Oyama and Liisa Vehvilainen had a strong match winning 6-3 in the number two position.
In a hard-fought battle, Lucie Devier and Jasmine Adams fell 4-6.
Kexuan Zhou and Maria Ponomareva fell to TCU's Addy Guevara and Isabel Pascal earning the Horned Frogs the doubles point.

SINGLES

Oyama quickly swept Stevie Kennedy 6-0, 6-2 to win the Mean Green's first point of the match.
In the one position, Devier won her first set 6-2 but struggled early in her second set, before coming through with a 7-5 second-set win to pick up UNT's second point.
Sophia Hummel won her first set by a narrow margin, 7-6, but fell short in set two. Her match remained unfinished in the tiebreaker round.
Adams also won her first set, but dropped the second set bringing the game to a tiebreaker. TCU's Mercedes Aristegui closed out the match with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victor yo secure TCU its fourth point.

QUOTABLE

"We came to play today and our mindset, fight and attitude was outstanding." UNT head coach Sujay Lama said. "We had them on the ropes but just could not land the knock out punch. We are disappointed not to come out with a win but excited getting a glimpse of what the possibilities are for this team. "
"Saki was outstanding today in doubles and singles. Her performance is a reflection of the work she is putting in to improve her game. She has given us a huge lift with our depth up top."

UP NEXT

UNT (4-1) comes home for its first set of conference matches this weekend. North Texas will face UTSA Friday at 2 P.M. CT and Middle Tennessee Sunday at noon.

TCU 4, North Texas 2
Singles

Lucie Devier (UNT) def. Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. Jasmine Adams (UNT) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Saki Oyama (UNT) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-0, 6-2
Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) def. Kexuan Zhou (UNT) 6-2, 6-1
Jade Otway (TCU) def. Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) 6-3, 6-3
Isabel Pascual (TCU) vs. Sophia Hummel (UNT) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 4-2, unfinished

Order of Finish: (4, 3, 1, 5, 2)
Doubles

Aleksa Cveticanin/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) def. Lucie Devier/Jasmine Adams (UNT) 6-4
Saki Oyama/Liisa Vehvilainen (UNT) def. Jade Otway/Alisa Soloveva (TCU) 6-3
Addy Guevara/Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Kexuan Zhou/Maria Ponomareva (UNT) 6-3

Order of Finish: (1, 2, 3)

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Players Mentioned

Jasmine Adams

Lucie Devier

Sophia Hummel

Saki Oyama

Maria Ponomareva

Kexuan Zhou