Tennis Concludes Season in First Round of Big 12 Championship

WACO, Texas – The University of Houston Tennis team concluded its season in the first round of the Big 12 Championship, falling to (9) TCU, 4-0, on Wednesday at the Hurd Tennis Center.

Houston (4-16) dropped the doubles point as juniors Gabriela Cortes and Sophie Schouten fell to #24 Jade Otway and Isabel Pascual, 6-3.

TCU (13-10) clinched the doubles point when Maya Drozd and Yu-Chin Tsai downed sophomores Heta Nuutinen and Iva Sepa, 6-3.

Fifth-year Santa Strombacha and sophomore Valeriia Krokhotina held a 5-3 lead before the match was abandoned.

Schouten struggled to find any momentum as she fell on court five to Pascual, 6-0, 6-1.

TCU pushed their lead to three as Drozd downed Cortes on court six, 6-2, 6-4.

The Horned Frogs kept their season alive as Raquel Caballero defeated Sepa on court two, 6-2, 6-4.

MATCH RESULTS
Singles
Jade Otway (TCU) vs Santa Strombacha (HOU) 6-2, 4-5, unfinished
Raquel Caballero (TCU) def. Iva Sepa (HOU) 6-2, 6-4
Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) vs Heta Nuutinen (HOU) 5-6, 4-0, unfinished
Tomi Main (TCU) vs Valeriia Krokhotina (HOU), 6-2, 5-6, unfinished
Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Sophie Schouten (HOU) 6-0, 6-1
Mayra Drozd (TCU) def. Gabriela Cortes (HOU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
#24 Jade Otway/Isabel Pascual (TCU) def. Gabriela Cortes/Sophie Schouten (HOU) 6-3
Raquel Caballer/Tomi Main (TCU) vs. Santa Strombacha/Valeriia Krokhotina (HOU) 3-5, unfinished
Maya Drozd/Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) def. Heta Nuutinen/Iva Sepa (HOU) 6-3

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