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No. 9 Men’s Tennis advances to NCAA Championship round of 16
05.10.2014 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns defeat No. 18 Mississippi State in the last match at Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
2014 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship - First Round
#9 Texas def. #18 Mississippi State, 4-1
Austin, Texas - Penick-Allison Tennis Center
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AUSTIN, Texas – The final tennis match ever to be played at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center ended in a 4-1 victory for the ninth-ranked Longhorns over No. 18 Mississippi State in the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship Second Round on Saturday afternoon.
"It feels great. This was one of our goals -- to win a conference championship and to advance to Athens," head coach Michael Center said. "By no means are we settling on this, but it feels good to return to the round of 16 and close this facility on a good note. It was a pretty emotional and long doubles point that we ended up losing. For our guys to come back and not lose a set in singles speaks volumes to our determination."
Texas (22-5) improves to 20-0 in NCAA Championship matches played in Austin and 13-0 at home this season.
Mississippi State (19-11) won the doubles point, despite a strong showing from the Longhorns' 16th-ranked doubles team of Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen. The NCAA-bound duo earned an 8-3 win over Mississippi State's 17th-ranked Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp. After the No. 1 position completed, the Bulldogs won doubles at position Nos. 2 and 3 to clinch the doubles point.
The Longhorns responded by not losing a set in all six singles matches.
Junior No. 40 Lloyd Glasspool was the first singles match to finish, defeating No. 103 Malte Stropp in straight sets at the No. 2 position. Glasspool closed out his 12th win over a ranked opponent by taking a 3-3 tie in the first set and winning nine of the next 10 games for a 6-3, 6-1 final.
Junior No. 16 Søren Hess-Olesen followed with an identical 6-3, 6-1 score over No. 61 Florian Lakat at No. 1 singles. Hess-Olesen's ninth consecutive victory elevated his dual match record to 18-2 this season, including 13 wins over ranked opponents.
Freshman No. 102 George Goldhoff then defeated Mississippi State's Zach White 6-4, 6-2, to give the Longhorns a commanding 3-1 team lead. Junior Adrien Berkowicz clinched the match for the Longhorns with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Jordan Angus at No. 3 singles.
Junior Clement Homs and senior David Holiner both won the first set of their respective matches before play was called after Texas clinched the match.
The Longhorns will play the winner of Texas A&M and California in the round of 16 on Friday, May 16 at 1 p.m. CT in Athens, Georgia. The No. 8-seed Aggies host Cal on Sunday, May 11 to determine which team advances out of College Station.
"We felt like all year long we were one of the better teams in the nation and that we belonged to be in Athens," Center said. "A new tournament starts when we arrive in Athens, so we are going to enjoy it tonight, rest tomorrow, and come back to work on Monday. We are going to be really fired up to play on Friday."
RESULTS
#9 Texas 4, #18 Mississippi State 1
05/10/14 at Austin, TX (Penick-Allison Tennis Center)
Singles
1. #16 Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. #61 Florian Lakat (MISST) 6-3, 6-1
2. #40 Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. #103 Malte Stropp (MISST) 6-3, 6-1
3. Adrien Berkowicz (UT) def. Jordan Angus (MISST) 6-4, 6-3
4. #102 George Goldhoff (UT) def. Zach White (MISST) 6-4, 6-2
5. Clement Homs (UT) vs. Rishab Agarwal (MISST) 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
6. David Holiner (UT) vs. Tassilo Schmid (MISST) 7-6 (7-5), 0-2, unfinished
Doubles
1. #16 Lloyd Glasspool/Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. #17 Jordan Angus/Malte Stropp (MISST) 8-3
2. Florian Lakat/Tassilo Schmid (MISST) def. Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (UT) 8-6
3. Rishab Agarwal/Zach White (MISST) def. David Holiner/Jacoby Lewis (UT) 8-6
Match Notes
Mississippi State 19-11; National ranking #18
Texas 22-5; National ranking #9; Regional ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,1,4,3)
NCAA Championship Second Round
Final match at Penick-Allison Tennis Center (1986-2014)
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