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No. 10 Men’s Tennis preview: vs. No. 17 Texas Tech - Big 12 Quarterfinals [April 24, 2015]
04.22.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns open postseason play against No. 17 Texas Tech in Waco.
Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals
Match 24: #10 Texas (18-5) vs. #17 Texas Tech (18-7)
Date/Time: Friday, April 24, 2015 • 8:30 a.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas • Hurd Tennis Center
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Match Notes
AT A GLANCE
• No. 10 Texas opens postseason play this weekend at the Big 12 Men's Tennis Championship in Waco. The No. 4 seed Longhorns face No. 5 seed Texas Tech in the quarterfinals on Friday at 8:30 a.m. Central. The winner of Friday's match advances to the semifinals to play No. 1 seed Oklahoma on Saturday at 12 p.m. Central.
• For the first time in Big 12 Men's Tennis Championship history, the title match on Sunday (12 p.m. Central) will be nationally televised. FOX Sports 2 will carry the action with Lincoln Rose and Kevin Corke on the call.
• The tournament will feature four top-10 nationally ranked teams -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 6 TCU and No. 10 Texas. The 10th-ranked Longhorns have made an appearance in the top-10 of all 14 ITA team polls this season.
TEXAS IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
• Texas holds an all-time record of 23-14 in the Big 12 Men's Tennis Championship.
• The Longhorns have claimed four Big 12 Championship titles (1997, 1999, 2006, 2010). Texas was the No. 1 seed in 1997, 1999, 2010 and the No. 2 seed in 2006. Texas has reached the finals of the tournament on seven occasions.
• UT is a No. 4 seed for the second time in the 18-year history of the Big 12 Men's Tennis Championship.
• Last season in Fort Worth, UT received a bye to the semifinal round as the No. 2 seed and lost to No. 3 seed Oklahoma, 4-0.
TEXAS-TEXAS TECH SERIES
• Texas has won the last three meetings against Texas Tech and leads the all-time series, 65-6-2.
• In the regular season, the Longhorns defeated the Red Raiders, 4-1, on April 4 in Austin.
• Texas is 5-1 against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship play. The last time the teams met in the Big 12 postseason tournament was the 2010 semifinal, which No. 1 seed Texas defeated No. 4 seed Texas Tech, 4-0.
Five honored on Academic All-Big 12 team
• Five Longhorns were named to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Men's Tennis Teams this week. UT's first-team honorees include senior Lloyd Glasspool, senior Søren Hess-Olesen, senior Jacoby Lewis, and junior Michael Riechmann. Junior Nick Naumann earned second team honors.
• Hess-Olesen has earned first team honors for three consecutive years.
• First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 GPA or better. A total of 17 Big 12 Men's Tennis student-athletes earned first-team recognition.
HESS-OLESEN WINS 100TH CAREER MATCH
• Senior three-time All-American Søren Hess-Olesen became the ninth student-athlete in Texas history to reach 100 singles wins. Hess-Olesen reached the century mark by defeating TCU's 44th-ranked Nick Chappell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, on April 18, 2015 in Fort Worth.
• Hess-Olesen enters the week with a 100-37 (.730) career singles record. All but one of his 56 wins during dual match competition have been at the No. 1 position in the lineup. This season, Hess-Olesen is 27-5 overall, 17-3 during dual match play, and 17-4 against ranked opponents.
• The Denmark native has been ranked in the top-5 of the ITA's national singles poll for nine consecutive weeks, including a No. 1 ranking on March 24. He has been ranked in all but two singles polls during his entire collegiate career.
• Hess-Olesen maintained a 17-match winning streak from Jan. 11 to March 17 this season.
• Hess-Olesen is the 2014 Big 12 Player of the Year, 2014 regular season champion at No. 1 singles, a three-time All-Big 12 honoree, and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection. 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; 2002-03,2005-06 (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)
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 in Austin.
• Center has guided the Longhorns to a 302-107 (.738) record in 15 years at Texas while appearing in the NCAA tournament during each season of his tenure.
SINGLES SUMMARY
• UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 48-12 this season, including a 34-6 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds a 78-35 (.690) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• Senior All-American Søren Hess-Olesen (27-5, 17-3 dual) has led the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup for four years. Hess-Olesen has a 17-3 record at No. 1 singles and 17 wins over nationally ranked opponents.
• Senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool (16-7, 11-3) has won 11 of his last 14 decisions at No. 2 singles.
• Senior Adrien Berkowicz (27-9, 15-3) has won four straight decisions and leads the team in overall singles wins (27).
• Senior Clement Homs is 6-1 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 weeked with a combined 32-29 (.525) doubles record in the spring.
• The All-American doubles team of Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (15-9, 11-7 dual) account for seven of UT's 10 wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Texas has used 19 different team combinations during doubles play.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
• The Longhorns have five seniors on their roster -- Adrien Berkowicz, Lloyd Glasspool, Søren Hess-Olesen, Clement Homs, and Jacoby Lewis.
• The group accounts for 74 victories, four All-American honors, the 2014 Big 12 regular season title, and three trips to the NCAA tournament during their four years at Texas.
HOME SUCCESS
• Texas has won 24 of its last 26 home matches, including a 12-2 home record this season.
• This season, six matches have been played at Weller Indoor Tennis Center, six 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. 6 TCU, and No. 10 Texas. The league is rounded out by 17th-ranked Texas Tech and 29th-ranked Oklahoma State.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Longhorns are ranked No. 10 in the latest ITA Rankings.
• Texas has been ranked in the top-10 in 26 of the last 27 ITA polls dating back to last season, including all 14 this season.
• Three student-athletes represent Texas in the singles rankings -- No. 4 Søren Hess-Olesen and No. 41 Lloyd Glasspool, and No. 51 Adrien Berkowicz.
• Glasspool and Hess-Olesen are ranked No. 14 as a doubles team.
BIG 12 IN THE RANKINGS
Team
1. Oklahoma
2. Baylor
6. TCU
10. Texas
17. Texas Tech
29. Oklahoma State
Singles
1. Julian Lenz BU
2. Axel Alvarez Llamas OU
4. Søren Hess-Olesen UT
5. Andrew Harris OU
32. Felipe Soares TTU
33. Tony Lupieri BU
35. Dane Webb OU
39. Jakob Sude OSU
40. Cameron Norrie TCU
41. Lloyd Glasspool UT
51. Adrien Berkowicz UT
53. Nick Chappell TCU
59. Guillermo Nuñez TCU
74. Maxime Tchoutakian BU
84. Alexandru Ghilea OU
110. Mate Zsiga BU
114. Jolan Cailleau TTU
119. Arjun Kadhe OSU
120. Alex Sendegeya TTU
124. Lucas Gerch OSU
Doubles
10. Alvarez Llamas / Webb OU
14. Glasspool / Hess-Olesen UT
18. Lenz / Galeano BU
20. Chappell / Stein TCU
23. Dojas / Soares TTU
25. Kadhe / Sude OSU
29. Norrie / Johnson TCU
53. Lupieri / Rios BU
61. Papa / Harris OU
63. Lupieri / Zsiga BU
69. Ghilea / Harris OU
73. Soares / Curry TTU
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