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No. 6 Men’s Tennis preview: No. 12 Wake Forest [March 1, 2015]
02.28.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns match against 12th-ranked Wake Forest on Sunday (12 p.m. Central) has been moved indoors.
Match 12: #6 TEXAS (10-1) vs. #12 Wake Forest (8-2)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 1 • 12 p.m. Central
Site: Austin, Texas • Weller Indoor Tennis Center
Live Scoring • @TexasMTN • Season Stats
NOTES
• The Longhorns continue a seven-match home stand on Sunday against No. 12 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center (12 p.m. Central).
• SERIES vs. WAKE FOREST: Texas and Wake Forest are meeting for the third time in two years on Sunday. Last season, the Longhorns defeated the Demon Deacons, 4-3, at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 26, 2014). Later in the same year, Texas edged then-No. 13 Wake Forest, 4-3, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• BIG 12 POWER: Four of the six Big 12 men's tennis teams are ranked in the top-20 (No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 5 Baylor, No. 6 Texas, and No. 15 TCU).
• IN THE RANKINGS: The Longhorns moved up to No. 6 in the latest ITA Rankings this week. Texas has been ranked in the top-10 in 18 of the last 19 polls dating back to last season. Three student-athletes -- No. 4 Søren Hess-Olesen, No. 41 Lloyd Glasspool, and No. 51 Adrien Berkowicz -- represent Texas in the singles rankings. The 38th-ranked doubles team of Glasspool and Hess-Olesen returned to the doubles rankings this week for the first time since Jan. 6.
• TOP TIER SINGLES: UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 29-3 this season, including a 22-0 mark at positions one and two. Texas holds an overall 43-15 (.741) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• UNDEFEATED: Søren Hess-Olesen (11-0) is undefeated in dual match singles play this season at the No. 1 position. Hess-Olesen is a two-time All-American and enters the weekend with 13 consecutive victories and a 21-2 overall record.
• ALL-AMERICANS: The Longhorns return a pair of ITA All-Americans this season -- seniors Søren Hess-Olesen and Lloyd Glasspool. Hess-Olesen, a 2014 NCAA Singles Championship semifinalist, has earned All-American honors in singles twice (2013, 2014). Glasspool and Hess-Olesen earned doubles All-American honors last season as quarterfinalists in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
• COACH CENTER: Head Coach Michael Center is in his 15th season at Texas (294-103; .735) and his 24th overall as a head coach (452-171; .722).
• LAST TIME OUT: Lloyd Glasspool and Texas rallied to defeat No. 8 North Carolina, 4-3, on Feb. 20 in Austin. In the deciding singles match, Glasspool rallied from a 5-1 third-set deficit against No. 19 Ronnie Schneider to clinch the team win after prevailing in a tiebreaker, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(6).
• NEXT UP: The Longhorns host UTSA on Wednesday, March 4 (4 p.m. Central) at the Caswell Tennis Center.
IN THE RANKINGS
Team
6. TEXAS
12. Wake Forest
Singles
4. Søren Hess-Olesen (Texas)
21. Romain Bogaerts (Wake Forest)
41. Lloyd Glasspool (Texas)
51. Adrien Berkowicz (Texas)
53. Noah Rubin (Wake Forest)
70. Jonathan Ho (Wake Forest)
Doubles
28. Christian Seraphim / Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest)
38. Lloyd Glasspool / Søren Hess-Olesen (Texas)
