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WICHITA, Kan. – The 29th-ranked Wichita State women's tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 37 TCU Friday afternoon in NCAA Tournament First Round action at the University of Miami's Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
 
WSU (27-4) took the doubles point but couldn't build on the momentum. All six singles matches finished up in straight-sets, with TCU winning the first three to completion for a 3-1 advantage.
 
The Shockers drew even at 3-3 with wins by Giulia Guidetti and Aleksandra Trifunovic on courts 4 and 5, putting all eyes on court 1. Down a set, Gabriela Porubin roared back from a 5-3 deficit to force a tiebreaker, but TCU's Seda Arantekin won 7-3 to clinch the dual and send TCU (16-6) into Saturday's Second Round.
 
"We played such a good doubles point," WSU head coach, Colin Foster said. "In singles there were certainly chances for us but credit TCU for playing better in those moments. We've had a record-setting season and today's result against a most-formidable opponent does nothing to diminish what this group accomplished."
 
Making its eighth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, WSU lost a 4-3 First Round decision for the second-straight year and saw its school-record 17-match winning streak come to an end. The Shockers' 27 wins also tied a program-best.
 
Guidetti improved on her school record for singles wins, finishing up at 39-5 (25-1 in duals) with 18-straight wins. Pedrazzi ended her doubles match unfinished, leaving her with 32 wins – one short of the tying the program's single-season mark.
 
Doubles:
In the doubles portion, WSU raced to early leads on all three courts. Porubin and Julia Schiller finished off TCU's nationally ranked duo of Arantekin and Caroline Wegner (ITA No. 34), 6-2, and gained some revenge from a loss in the finals of last summer's OU Fall Invite.
 
The remaining courts were tight. TCU's Mia King and Olaya Garrido-Reyes led 5-4 over WSU's Rebecca Pedrazzi and Trifunovic, at No. 2 doubles, but the Shockers closed out the doubles point with Guidetti and Abby Stevens' 6-4 triumph on court No. 3.
 
Singles:
TCU's No. 1 singles player Marie Norris was removed from the lineup prior to the singles portion, prompting a last-minute shakeup at all six positions, but the Horned Frogs still enjoyed a quick start. TCU took first sets on four of the six courts, with Guidetti (No. 4) and Trifunovic (No. 5) providing WSU's only positives.
 
The Frogs evened the dual at 1-1 when Wegner defeated Schiller, 6-3, 6-4 on court No. 3, and they took a 2-1 advantage less than 10 minutes later with Garrido-Rivas' win over Pedrazzi at the No. 2 spot, 6-4, 6-3.
 
Momentum swings followed. Down a set, Stevens got off to a strong start to her second set on court 6, but Alexis Pereira bounced back for a 6-3, 7-5 win to go up 3-1 overall.
 
WSU reeled off two quick wins in successions to even the dual at 3-3. Trifunovic closed out a two-set sweep on court 5, 6-4, 6-2.  Guidetti put away her own sweep at No. 4 by a 6-2, 7-5 margin.
 
That placed all eyes on the lone remaining match at No. 1 singles. Down a set already, Porubin had faced a 5-3 deficit in the second before winning back-to-back games.
 
With the pivotal No. 1 singles match now tied at 5-all (and 30-30), TCU's Seda Arantekin served up a win to go up 6-5.
 
That left Porubin needing to hold serve to force tiebreaker. She did so, up 40-30, with a forehand winner.
 
However, Porubin's bid to send the match to a third set came up short. Arantekin took six of the first seven points and clinched the dual with a 7-3 win.
   

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 #37 TCU 4, #29 Wichita State 3
May 13, 2016 at Coral Gables, Fla.
Coral Gables, Fla. / Neil Schiff Tennis Center
 
Singles competition
1. Seda Arantekin (TCU) def. #91 Gabriela Porubin (WS) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Olaya Garrido-Rivas (TCU) def. Rebecca Pedrazzi (WS) 6-4, 6-3
3. Caroline Wegner (TCU) def. Julia Schiller (WS) 6-3, 6-4
4. Giulia Guidetti (WS) def. Aleksandra Zenovka (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
5. Aleksandra Trifunovic (WS) def. Mia King (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alexis Pereira (TCU) def. Abby Stevens (WS) 6-3, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Porubin/Schiller (WS) def. #34 Arantekin/Wegner (TCU) 6-2
2. Pedrazzi/Trifunovic (WS) vs. King/Garrido-Rivas (TCU) 4-5, unfinished
3. Guidetti/Stevens (WS) def. Pereira/Zenovka (TCU) 6-4
Match Notes:
 
TCU 16-6, 6-3 B12; National ranking #37
Wichita State 27-4, 7-0 MVC; National ranking #29
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,2,6,5,4,1)
NCAA Team Championship Round of 64
Wichita State seeded No. 17-32, TCU seeded No. 33-48
TCU advances to face Miami or Quinnipiac in the Round of 32