TCU Tennis Returns To Action Against Arkansas Sunday

FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS (May 10, 2009) The 28th-ranked TCU women’s tennis team will take on No. 14 Arkansas in the second round of the 2009 NCAA Team Championship Sunday at the Billingsley Tennis Center. The winner will advance to the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships, which feature the nation’s top 16 teams, on May 15th in College Station, Texas.

TCU (17-10) makes its fifth NCAA second round showing since 2001 after storming past No. 36 Tulsa, 4-1, Saturday. Freshman Kayla Duncan sealed the deal with her 16th win of the spring, pushing her winning streak to 10 matches. The newcomer has won the deciding point for the Frogs’ on five occassions, leading all TCU players for the year.

Senior Anna Sydorska has a chance to tie Lori Nelson for the most career doubles wins in program history. After picking up her 104th doubles victory with senior partner Macall Harkinson Saturday, the Lviv, Ukraine product also surpassed Angela Bartzen and Teresa Dobson in career combined wins, notching her 177th overall victory as a Horned Frog to claim sole possession for the fifth-most career victories in TCU history.

The 14th-ranked Razorbacks (14-7) move into Sunday’s match after dominating Oral Roberts inthe first round, 4-0. Arkansas is paced by the No. 2 singles player in the country, senior Aurelija Miseviciute, as well as 77th-ranked Anouk Tigu. The Hogs also boast a pair of ranked doubles tandems, with Tigu and Nanar Airapetian sitting at No. 20 and Miseviciute and Ela Kaluder earning a No. 45 ranking.

The former Southwest Conference rivals have not squared-off since the Razorbacks elected to leave the league in 1991. TCU holds an 8-4 advantage in the all-time series, highlighted by a six-match winning streak that ran from 1984-89. The Frogs’ triumphed in the final meeting in 1991, the same year TCU claimed its only Southwest Conference title.

First serve is set for 2 p.m. CT Sunday and fans can follow the live action from GoFrogs.com. Visit NCAAsports.com for complete coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships.