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No. 7 Men’s Tennis preview: Oklahoma State / Oklahoma
03.26.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns begin rigorous Big 12 Conference schedule this weekend.
Match 17: #7 Texas at #22 Oklahoma State
Date/Time: Friday, March 27, 2015 • 6 p.m. Central
Site: Stillwater, Okla.
Match 18: #7 Texas at #1 Oklahoma
Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 2015 • 1 p.m. Central
Site: Norman, Okla.
BIG 12 POWER
• Seventh-ranked Texas begins a rigorous Big 12 Conference schedule this weekend on the road at Oklahoma State on Friday (6 p.m. Central) and Oklahoma on Sunday (1 p.m. Central).
• All six Big 12 men's tennis teams are ranked in the ITA top-25, including four in the top-10 -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 7 Texas, and No. 10 TCU. The league is rounded out by 22nd-ranked Oklahoma State and 25th-ranked Texas Tech.
• The Big 12 preseason coaches' poll released on Thursday mirrors the ITA rankings with OU picked as the league favorite and Texas slotted third.
• Texas is the reigning Big 12 regular season co-champion and features last season's individual Big 12 champions at No. 1 singles (Søren Hess-Olesen) and No. 5 singles (Nick Naumann).
ON THE ROAD
• Friday and Sunday mark the fourth and fifth true road contests for the Longhorns.
• Texas is 3-0 on the road this season with wins at Tulsa, Arkansas, and SMU.
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.
HESS-OLESEN RANKED #1
Two-time All-American Søren Hess-Olesen is continuing to distinguish himself as one of the best players to dawn a Texas uniform:
• Named the top-ranked singles player in the country on Tuesday, becoming UT's first No. 1-ranked player since Chad Clark in 1995.
• Enters Tuesday on a 17-match winning streak (last loss was Oct. 21, 2014) and a 28-set winning streak (hasn't lost a set since Jan. 16).
• 15-0 during dual match play this season.
• 15-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• Approaching 100 career singles wins, entering Saturday with a 98-34 career record.
• Reigning Big 12 Player of the Year and regular season champion at No. 1 singles and a three-time All-Big 12 honoree in singles.
• Advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship semifinals last season.
SINGLES SUMMARY
• UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 40-6 this season, including a 30-1 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds an overall 62-23 (.729) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• Top-ranked Søren Hess-Olesen (25-2, 15-0 dual) leads the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup. Hess-Olesen has a 15-0 record at No. 1 singles and 15 wins over nationally ranked opponents since the fall tournament season.
• Senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool (14-5, 9-1) has won nine straight matches -- all at No. 2 singles (9-0).
• Senior Adrien Berkowicz (24-9, 12-3) is 12-3 during dual match play, including five wins over ranked opponents.
DOUBLES SUMMARY
• Texas holds an 8-0 record during dual match play when earning the team doubles point.
• The Longhorns enter the weekend with a combined 23-21 (.523) doubles record in the spring.
• Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (11-8, 7-6 dual) account for three of UT's six wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Adrien Berkowicz and George Goldhoff (13-6, 7-2) are 8-2 in their last 10 matches as a team. The duo holds the No. 2 line for Texas.
• Seven different teams have combined for a 6-9 record on UT's No. 3 doubles line.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Longhorns are ranked No. 7 in the latest ITA Rankings.
• Texas has been ranked in the top-10 in 22 of the last 23 polls dating back to last season.
• Three student-athletes represent Texas in the singles rankings -- No. 1 Søren Hess-Olesen and No. 34 Lloyd Glasspool, and No. 72 Adrien Berkowicz.
• Glasspool and Hess-Olesen are ranked No. 41 as a doubles team.
Team
1. Oklahoma
8. TEXAS
22. Oklahoma State
Singles
1. Søren Hess-Olesen (TEXAS)
2. Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU)
13. Andrew Harris (OU)
23. Dane Webb (OU)
34. Lloyd Glasspool (TEXAS)
65. Alexandru Ghilea (OU)
72. Adrien Berkowicz (TEXAS)
87. Jakob Sude (OSU)
Doubles
6. Axel Alvarez Llamas / Dane Webb (OU)
24. Arjun Kadhe / Jakob Sude (OSU)
41. Lloyd Glasspool / Søren Hess-Olesen (TEXAS)
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