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No. 23 Men's Tennis wins 16th consecutive season opener
01.13.2013 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 12, 2013
Texas 5, SMU 2
Saturday, Jan. 12
Dallas, Texas | Dallas Country Club
DALLAS, Texas - No. 23 Texas men's tennis won its 16th consecutive season-opening dual match on Saturday by defeating SMU, 5-2, at the Dallas Country Club. The Longhorns improved to 13-0 in season openers under head coach Michael Center.
SMU began the match by defeating two of UT's nationally ranked pairs to win the doubles point. The Longhorns would bounce back in singles competition with wins in five of the six matches for a final of 5-2.
"Today we got off to a slow start in the doubles by losing some 3-all points that shifted the momentum but I though the guys really rallied well in the singles and played hard," Center said. "We had a couple freshmen get wins and Daniel had a great win at No. 2 singles. I was really proud of the way we rallied after our doubles performance to finish the match."
With the win UT improves to 34-17 against SMU since 1975, including a 26-2 mark in the last 28 matches.
The Longhorns finished the match with five consecutive singles victories, including a momentum-shifting win for No. 43 Daniel Whitehead in three sets over Gaston Cuadranti in No. 2 singles. No. 98 Nick Naumann, Lloyd Glasspool, Andrew Korinek and Ben Chen all picked up wins for Texas in singles play.
No. 40 Sudanwa Sitaram and Daniel Whitehead defeated Nate Lammons and Ross Peets in No. 3 doubles, 8-2.
Texas returns to action next weekend, facing No. 25 Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19 and No. 17 Tulsa and on Sunday, Jan. 20. Both dual matches are in Tulsa, Okla.
Results
Final: Texas 5, SMU 2
Doubles
1. Arturs Kazijevs / Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. No. 13 Chris Camillone / David Holiner (UT) - 8-3
2. Gaston Cuadranti / Alex Sanders (SMU) def. No. 41 Alex Hilliard / Andrew Korinek (UT) - 8-4
3. No. 40 Sudanwa Sitaram / Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Nate Lammons / Ross Peets (SMU) - 8-2
Singles
1. No. 83 Arturs Kazijevs (SMU) def. Sudanwa Sitaram (UT) - 6-3, 7-5
2. No. 43 Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Gaston Cuadranti (SMU) - 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
3. No. 98 Nick Naumann (UT) def. Alex Sanders (SMU) - 6-4, 6-1
4. Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. Mischa Nowicki (SMU) - 6-2, 6-0
5. Andrew Korinek (UT) def. Nate Lammons (SMU) - 6-3, 6-4
6. Ben Chen (UT) def. Ross Peets (SMU) - 6-3, 6-3
