CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The 14th-ranked University of North Carolina men’s tennis team played one of its better matches of the season but dropped a 4-3 decision to third-ranked TCU on Sunday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
The Tar Heels clawed back and took the lead twice in singles play after the Horned Frogs had won the doubles point. TCU’s Lui Maxted lost the first set to Anuj Watane but came back to win the clinching match at No. 5 singles, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
The Horned Frogs improved to 7-0 with the win, while Carolina dropped to 5-2. Both teams will be part of the 16-team field at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship on February 17-20 in Chicago.
TCU grabbed the doubles point by winning two of three matches to start the afternoon.
Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives beat Will Jansen and Karl Poling, 6-3, at No. 3. Carolina bounced back and won at No. 1 when Ryan Seggerman and Casey Kania beat the nation’s fourth-ranked team, Sander Jong and Maxted. TCU’s Jake Fearnley and Luc Fomba beat Brian Cernoch and Benjamin Kittay, 6-4, at No. 2 to seal the doubles point and a 1-0 Horned Frog lead.
The Tar Heels tied the score at 1-1 when Poling quickly grabbed a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles over Tomas Jirousek. Shortly thereafter, TCU retook the lead when Fomb, ranked No. 28 nationally, beat Jansen, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 3.
Cernoch and Seggerman won back-to-back matches for Carolina to seize the lead right back at 3-2. Cernoch lost the first set, 6-2, then roared back for his biggest win of the season so far over the nation’s ninth-ranked player, Jake…
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