This is TCU Horned Frog Success in 2009 SPRING 2009 On the field and the court, four progams -baseball, men’s golf, women’s tennis and men’s tennis -- won Mountain West Conference championships. All four programs, as well as individuals from rifle, men’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, competed in NCAA postseason action. For the first time in TCU history, the Horned Frogs hosted the NCAA Rifle Championships and an NCAA Baseball Regional. Women’s tennis’ Jefferson Hammond and men’s golf’s Bill Montigel earned MWC Coach of the Year honors. TCU baseball climbed as high as No. 10 in the nation, according to Baseball America, for the program’s highest-ever ranking. The Frogs compiled 40 wins for the third-straight year. Additionally, TCU earned its sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Regionals, but this time as a No. 1 seed and host of the Fort Worth Regional. Advancing to the program’s first Super Regional, the Frogs extended the series with No. 1 overall seed Texas to an elimination game. Sophomore men’s golfer Tom Hoge provided drama at the MWC tournament, rallying from eight strokes down with five holes to play to
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force a playoff. With three birdies and a par, the Frogs won the first sudden death hole to capture their first-ever MWC title. The magic didn’t stop there, as the squad finished in the top four at the Midwest Regional and qualified for the NCAA Championships. Led by Hoge’s three-under-par, third place individual finish, TCU’s highes in seven years, the team completed the tournament in ninth, the program’s best showing in 12 years. The No. 29 women’s tennis squad captured their second MWC Championship in four years in the league. The Frogs went 10-1 against conference foes and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championships. Junior Nina Munch-Soegaard garnered AllAmerica status after claiming a top-16 seed in the NCAA Singles Championships, while seniors Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championships for the secondstraight season. The No. 38 men’s tennis team clinched the MWC regular-season crown for the second year in a row and third time in four seasons. The team earned a league-high five allconference selections and earned a trip to the NCAA Championships for the 18th time in 19 years.
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