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Hess-Olesen notches 100th career singles win at TCU
04.18.2015 | Men's Tennis
No. 10 Texas falls at No. 7 TCU; Søren Hess-Olesen earns milestone singles victory.
#7 TCU def. #10 TEXAS, 4-1
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Texas Men's Tennis senior All-American Søren Hess-Olesen won his 100th career singles match during a 4-1 team loss against No. 7 TCU on Saturday afternoon at Friedman Tennis Center.
Fifth-ranked Hess-Olesen defeated TCU's 44th-ranked Nick Chappell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, to become just the ninth student-athlete in Texas history to reach the century mark in singles victories.
The Denmark native now has a 100-37 (.730) career singles record. This season, Hess-Olesen is 27-5 overall with 17 wins over ranked opponents. The reigning Big 12 Player of the Year maintained a 17-match winning streak from Jan. 11 to March 17 this season and has made 38 consecutive appearances in the ITA singles poll, including a No. 1 ranking during the week of March 24, 2015.
Hess-Olesen notched the only point for the Longhorns on Saturday as the Horned Frogs (20-6, 3-2) snapped an eight-match losing streak that dates back to April 6, 1996. Texas leads the all-time series with TCU, 63-18-1.
TCU won the doubles point and took a 3-0 team lead with singles wins on courts three and five. Hess-Olesen put the Longhorns on the board with his straight-set victory on court one. TCU's Will Stein edged junior Nick Naumann in a second-set tiebreaker on court six, 6-4, 7-6(8), to clinch the match for the Horned Frogs.
When the match was clinched, senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool was playing a second-set tiebreaker on court two, and sophomore George Goldhoff was playing in a third set on court four.
The Longhorns (18-5, 2-3 Big 12) will begin competition in the Big 12 Tennis Championships on Friday, April 24 in Waco, Texas. The Big 12 features four teams ranked in the national top-10.
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. 100 - Søren Hess-Olesen; 2012-15 (100-37; .730)
10. 99 - Chad Clark; 1993-95 (99-32; .756)
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