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No. 8 Men's Tennis preview: No. 10 Ohio State [March 17, 2015]
03.16.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns host No. 10 Ohio State on Saturday at Caswell Tennis Center (4 p.m. Central, LHN).
Match 15: #8 Texas (12-2, 0-0 Big 12) vs. #10 Ohio State (13-5, 1-0 Big Ten)
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 • 4 p.m. Central
Site: Austin, Texas • Caswell Tennis Center
Live Scoring • @TexasMTN • Season Stats
• Eighth-ranked Texas will play its second of two consecutive top-10 matches on Tuesday (4 p.m. Central, LHN) against No. 10 Ohio State at Caswell Tennis Center. The match will be nationally televised on Longhorn Network.
• Texas and Ohio State are meeting for the second time this season. The Buckeyes edged the Longhorns, 4-3, in the first round of the ITA National Indoor Championship on Feb. 13 in Chicago.
• The Longhorns are coming off their first home loss in 22 matches on Saturday against No. 4 Illinois, 4-2. UT's 21-match home winning streak dated back to April 17, 2013.
PARKING AT CASWELL TENNIS CENTER
• Fans are advised to park on Parkway road, just one block west of Caswell Tennis Center (2312 Shoal Creek Blvd, Austin, TX 78705).
WINNING TRENDS
• The Longhorns enter Tuesday having won five of their last six matches and 21 of the last 22 home matches.
• Texas is 7-1 at home this season. Six matches were played at Weller Indoor Tennis Center and two have been played at the outdoor Caswell Tennis Center.
• Last season, Texas went undefeated at home (13-0) for the first time since 2010 (17-0). Texas went on to win the Big 12 regular season title both in 2010 and 2014.
GREAT DANE - HESS-OLESEN
Already a two-time All-American, Denmark native Søren Hess-Olesen is continuing to distinguish himself as one of the best players to dawn a Texas uniform:
• Current No. 2 national ranking.
• Enters Tuesday on a 16-match winning streak (last loss was Oct. 21, 2014) and a 26-set winning streak (hasn't lost a set since Jan. 16).
• 14-0 during dual match play this season.
• 14-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• Approaching 100 career singles wins, entering Saturday with a 97-34 career record.
• Reigning Big 12 Player of the Year and regular season champion at No. 1 singles ... three-time All-Big 12 honoree in singles.
• Advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship semifinals last season.
BIG 12 POWER
• All six Big 12 men's tennis teams are ranked in the top-35, including three in the top-10 -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 8 Texas, No. 17 TCU, No. 32 Oklahoma State, and No. 34 Texas Tech.
SINGLES SUMMARY
• UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 36-5 this season, including a 28-0 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds an overall 55-20 (.733) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• No. 2 Søren Hess-Olesen (24-2, 14-0 dual) leads the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup. Hess-Olesen has a 14-0 record at No. 1 singles and 14 wins over nationally ranked opponents since the fall tournament season.
• No. 52 Lloyd Glasspool (14-5, 9-1) has won nine straight matches -- all at No. 2 singles (9-0).
• Junior Adrien Berkowicz (23-9, 11-3) is 11-3 during dual match play, including an 5-0 mark at No. 2 singles.
DOUBLES SUMMARY
• Texas has won the doubles point in six of 14 dual matches this season, holding a 6-0 team record when earning the team doubles point.
• The Longhorns enter the weekend with a combined 19-19 (.500) doubles record in the spring.
• No. 35 Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (11-6, 7-4 dual) account for three of UT's five wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Adrien Berkowicz and George Goldhoff (12-6, 6-2) are 8-2 in their last 10 matches as a team. The duo holds the No. 2 line for Texas.
• Six different teams have combined for a 4-9 record on UT's No. 3 doubles line.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Longhorns are ranked No. 8 in the latest ITA Rankings.
• Texas has been ranked in the top-10 in 20 of the last 21 polls dating back to last season.
• Three student-athletes represent Texas in the singles rankings -- No. 2 Søren Hess-Olesen and No. 52 Lloyd Glasspool, and No. 60 Adrien Berkowicz.
• Glasspool and Hess-Olesen are ranked No. 35 as a doubles team.
Team
8. TEXAS
10. Ohio State
Singles
2. Søren Hess-Olesen, TEXAS
28. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
44. Chris Diaz, Ohio State
52. Lloyd Glasspool, TEXAS
60. Adrien Berkowicz, TEXAS
68. Ralf Steinbach, Ohio State
114. Herkko Pollanen, Ohio State
Doubles
12. Kevin Metka / Ralf Steinbach, Ohio State
34. Hunter Callahan / Chris Diaz, Ohio State
35. Lloyd Glasspool / Søren Hess-Olesen, TEXAS
Players Mentioned
