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No. 10 Men’s Tennis preview: No. 2 Baylor [April 15, 2015]
04.14.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns host second-ranked Baylor on Senior Night.
Match 22: #10 Texas (18-3, 2-1) vs. #2 Baylor (18-4, 2-1)
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 15 • 5 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas • Caswell Tennis Center
Live Scoring • @TexasMTN • Season Stats
SENIOR NIGHT
• Wednesday marks the final regular season home match for five seniors -- Adrien Berkowicz, Lloyd Glasspool, Søren Hess-Olesen, Clement Homs, and Jacoby Lewis.
• With a Big 12 title and a run in the NCAA tournament still in the picture for this season, the group already accounts for 74 victories, a Big 12 regular season title, and three trips to the NCAA tournament during their four years at Texas.
TEXAS-BAYLOR SERIES
• Texas leads the all-time series with Baylor, 79-20-1.
• The Bears have won the last four meetings. The last Texas victory in the series was April 10, 2010 in Waco.
HOME STRETCH
• Texas enters Wednesday's regular season home finale against Baylor with a 12-1 record at home this season, and as winners of 24 of the last 25 home matches.
• This season, six matches have been played at Weller Indoor Tennis Center, five at the Caswell Tennis Center, and two at Westwood Country Club.
BIG 12 POWER
• All six Big 12 men's tennis teams are ranked in the ITA top-30, including four in the top-10 -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 7 TCU, and No. 10 Texas. The league is rounded out by 16th-ranked Texas Tech and 29th-ranked Oklahoma State.
• Texas is the reigning Big 12 regular season co-champion and features reigning individual Big 12 champions at No. 1 singles (Søren Hess-Olesen) and No. 5 singles (Nick Naumann). Hess-Olesen was awarded Big 12 Player of the Year last season.
HESS-OLESEN ONE AWAY FROM 100TH CAREER WIN
• Senior two-time All-American Søren Hess-Olesen is one win away from becoming the ninth student-athlete in Texas history to reach 100 wins in singles competition. Hess-Olesen enters the week with a 99-36 (.733) career singles record. All but one of his 55 wins during dual match competition have been at the No. 1 position in the lineup.
• The Denmark native was the top-ranked singles player in the country during the week of March 24, becoming UT's first No. 1-ranked player since Chad Clark in 1995. This season, Hess-Olesen is 26-4 overall, 16-2 during dual match play, and 16-3 against ranked opponents.
• Hess-Olesen maintained a 17-match winning streak from Jan. 11 to March 17 this season.
• Hess-Olesen is the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year, the reigning regular season champion at No. 1 singles, and a three-time All-Big 12 honoree in singles. Last season he advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship semifinals and earned ITA All-America honors in singles and doubles.
TEXAS ALL-TIME SINGLES WINS
1. 120 - Paul Koscielski; 1985-88 (120-46; .723)
2. 119 - Jack Brasington; 1996-99 (119-55; .684)
3. 118 - Dimitar Kutrovsky; 2007-10 (118-53; .690)
4. 112 - Royce Deppe; 1984-87 (112-49; .696)
5. 109 - Charles Beckman; 1984-87 (109-46; .703)
6. 105 - Trey Phillips; 1992-95 (105-47; .691)
7. 105 - Roger Gubser; 2002-06 (105-50; .677)
8. 105 - Ed Corrie; 2008-11 (105-57; .648)
9. 99 - Chad Clark; 1993-95 (99-32; .756)
9. 99 - Søren Hess-Olesen; 2012-15 (99-36; .733)
SINGLES SUMMARY
• UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 46-10 this season, including a 32-5 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds a 76-29 (.724) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• Senior Søren Hess-Olesen (26-4, 16-2 dual) has led the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup for four years. Hess-Olesen has a 16-2 record at No. 1 singles and 16 wins over nationally ranked opponents.
• Senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool (15-7, 10-3) has won 10 of his last 12 decisions at No. 2 singles.
• Senior Adrien Berkowicz (27-9, 15-3) has won four straight matches and leads the team in overall singles wins (27).
• Senior Clement Homs (6-0, 6-0) is undefeated with three match-clinching wins since returning from a knee injury on March 12.
DOUBLES SUMMARY
• Texas holds an 11-0 record during dual match play when earning the team doubles point.
• The Longhorns enter the week with a combined 31-25 (.554) doubles record in the spring.
• The All-American doubles team of Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (14-9, 10-7 dual) account for six of UT's nine wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Adrien Berkowicz and George Goldhoff (14-8, 8-4) are 6-4 in their last 10 matches as a team. The duo holds the No. 2 line for Texas.
• At No. 3 doubles, Nick Naumann and Michael Riechmann have a 7-2 record since their first match as a doubles team in March.
CENTER REACHES 300TH WIN AT TEXAS
• Michael Center notched his 300th victory as the head coach of Texas after a 4-1 win over No. 21 Texas Tech on April 4 at Caswell Tennis Center.
• Center has guided the Longhorns to a 302-105 (.742) record in 15 years at Texas while appearing in the NCAA tournament during each season of his tenure.
IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Team
2. Baylor
10. TEXAS
Singles
2. Julian Lenz, Baylor
5. Søren Hess-Olesen, TEXAS
30. Tony Lupieri, Baylor
48. Lloyd Glasspool, Texas
49. Adrien Berkowicz, Texas
67. Maxime Tchoutakian, Baylor
112. Mate Zsiga, Baylor
Doubles
23. Lloyd Glasspool / Søren Hess-Olesen, TEXAS
25. Julian Lenz / Diego Galeano, Baylor
43. Tony Lupieri / Felipe Rios, Baylor
58. Tony Lupieri / Mate Zsiga, Baylor
Players Mentioned
