TCU women’s tennis returns home Wednesday to face Cal Poly, aiming to stay sharp before a crucial five-match sprint through the Big 12 race.
FORT WORTH - TCU women’s tennis heads into its final nonconference match with momentum, confidence, and a growing opportunity in front of it.
The No. 23 Horned Frogs host Cal Poly on Wednesday night in Fort Worth, giving TCU women’s tennis one more tune-up before the schedule turns fully toward a pivotal stretch of Big 12 matches.
TCU has played its way to the top of the conference standings with a 7-1 league record, and the Horned Frogs have done it by stacking quality singles wins and finding ways to survive pressure moments.
Over the weekend, they showed both. TCU rallied past No. 26 Oklahoma State for a 4-3 road win, then followed it with a 4-2 victory over Kansas State to keep control of first place in the conference race.
A big reason for that surge has been the team’s strength in singles.
Cayetana Gay has opened Big 12 play with a perfect 6-0 mark, while Cristina Ramos-Sierra and Yu-Chin Tsai are both 5-0 in conference singles.
No other Big 12 team has matched that level of top-to-bottom singles success, and it has given TCU a dependable edge every weekend.
Raquel Caballero Chica also enters the week on a high note after earning the first Big 12 Player of the Week honor of her career.
She’s now ranked No. 75 nationally in singles, while Ramos-Sierra sits at No. 125, giving the Horned Frogs multiple nationally recognized players in the lineup.
Cal Poly arrives with a 7-6 overall record and a 3-0 start in Big West play, so this isn’t just a casual stop before conference action resumes.
It’s the first meeting ever between the two programs, and it gives TCU a chance to sharpen its form before Baylor and Utah, two of the conference’s better teams, loom later in the stretch run.
At this point in the season, every match has a little extra meaning. For TCU women’s tennis, Wednesday is about holding serve at home, building more confidence, and keeping the pressure on the rest of the Big 12.
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