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No. 7 Men's Tennis knocks off Rice, 6-1
04.02.2011 | Men's Tennis
April 2, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - No. 7 Texas (15-5) claimed the doubles point and won five of six singles matches in a 6-1 victory over Rice (13-6) Saturday afternoon at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
The Horns took two of three doubles matches to secure the doubles point. Texas' sophomore tandem of Chris Camillone and Daniel Whitehead got off to a quick start against Rice's Jonathan Chang and Michael Nuesslein and raced out to an 8-3 win at the third doubles slot. Texas clinched the doubles point at first doubles, where UT's third-ranked tandem of Jean Andersen and Ed Corrie defeated Rice's Harry Fowler and Oscar Podlewski by an 8-4 count. Rice claimed the remaining match at second doubles.
Texas' Whitehead pushed the UT lead to 2-0, as he dealt Andy Wang a 6-1, 6-2 defeat at sixth singles. Andersen extended the Texas cushion to 3-0, as he made short work of Sam Garforth-Bles and posted a 6-3, 6-2 win at third singles. Senior Kellen Damico, playing at No. 1 singles against the Owls, clinched the Texas victory when he defeated Rice's 97th-ranked Fowler, 6-2, 7-5.
Corrie tacked on to the lead at second singles, as he knocked off Peter Frank by a 6-3, 6-3 count to stake Texas to a 5-0 lead. The Owls got on the board with a straight-set win at fourth singles, and UT's Vasko Mladenov closed out the Texas victory with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) win over Nuesslein at fifth singles.
Texas resumes conference play on Wednesday, April 6 when it hosts Baylor at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center. The first 50 fans to visit the Texas Athletics marketing table will receive a free polo shirt (adult sizes only). Free hot dogs will be available while supplies last. First serve is set for 6 p.m. Central.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Michael Center
"We're playing better tennis. We're sustaining our level much better, and that was evident with the scores. We were able to win some straight-set matches. There were some really outstanding performances today. Chris Camillone was terrific in doubles, and that was good to see."
#7 Texas 6, Rice 1
Doubles - Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
1 #3 Jean Andersen/Ed Corrie (UT) def. Harry Fowler/Oscar Podlewski (Rice) - 8-4
2 Frank/Garforth-Bles (Rice) def. #30 Kellen Damico/David Holiner (UT) - 8-4
3 Chris Camillone/Whitehead (UT) def. Jonathan Chang/Michael Nuesslein (Rice) - 8-3
Singles - Order of Finish: 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
1 #59 Kellen Damico (UT) def. #97 Harry Fowler (Rice) - 6-2, 7-5
2 #28 Ed Corrie (UT) def. Peter Frank (Rice) - 6-3, 6-3
3 #90 Jean Andersen (UT) def. Sam Garforth-Bles (Rice) - 6-3, 6-2
4 Oscar Podlewski (Rice) def. Ben Chen (UT) - 6-2, 6-3
5 Vasko Mladenov (UT) def. Michael Nuesslein (Rice) - 7-5, 7-6 (3)
6 Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Andy Wang (Rice) - 6-1, 6-2
