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No. 9 Men's Tennis preview: No. 21 Texas Tech [April 4, 2015]
04.03.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns begin final home stretch of the regular season against Texas Tech on Saturday (3 p.m., Longhorn Network).
MATCH INFORMATION
Match 19: #9 Texas (15-3, 1-1 Big 12) vs. #21 Texas Tech (16-5, 0-1 Big 12)
Date/Time: Saturday, April 4, 2015 • 3 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas • Caswell Tennis Center
TV: Longhorn Network - Sam Gore (play-by-play), Jon Wiegand (analyst)
Live Scoring: TexasSports.com
Twitter: @TexasMTN
HOME STRETCH
• Ninth-ranked Texas returns to Austin for its final four home matches of the regular season, starting against Texas Tech on Saturday at Caswell Tennis Center (3 p.m. Central, Longhorn Network).
• The Longhorns have a 9-1 record at home this season.
• Texas has won 23 of the last 24 home matches, including a 13-0 home record last season.
• Six matches have been played at Weller Indoor Tennis Center, three at the Caswell Tennis Center, and one at Westwood Country Club this season.
• Last season, Texas went undefeated at home (13-0) for the first time since 2010 (17-0).
CENTER APPROACHING 300
• With a win on Saturday, Head Coach Michael Center would reach 300 wins at Texas.
• Center holds a .740 winning percentage in 15 seasons at Texas (299-105), and a .722 winning percentage in 24 seasons as a head coach (455-173).
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. 9 Texas, and No. 10 TCU. The league is rounded out by 21st-ranked Texas Tech and 30th-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.
TEXAS-TEXAS TECH SERIES
• Texas leads the all-time series with Texas Tech, 64-6-2.
• The Longhorns have won the last two meetings.
HESS-OLESEN RANKED #1
Two-time All-American Søren Hess-Olesen is continuing to distinguish himself as one of the best players in Texas history:
• Named the top-ranked singles player in the country last week, becoming UT's first No. 1-ranked player since Chad Clark in 1995.
• Enters Saturday with a 25-4 overall record and 15-2 record in dual match play.
• Last week at Oklahoma State (March 27), his 17-match winning streak and 28-set winning streak came to an end.
• 15-3 against ranked opponents this season.
• Approaching 100 career singles wins, entering Saturday with a 98-36 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 42-10 this season, including a 30-5 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds a 66-29 (.695) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• Top-ranked senior Søren Hess-Olesen (25-4, 15-2 dual) has led the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup for four years. Hess-Olesen has a 15-2 record at No. 1 singles and 15 wins over nationally ranked opponents since the fall tournament season.
• Senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool (14-7, 9-3) has won nine of his last 11 matches at No. 2 singles (9-2).
• Senior Adrien Berkowicz (26-9, 12-3) is 14-3 during dual match play, including six wins over ranked opponents.
DOUBLES SUMMARY
• Texas holds a 9-0 record during dual match play when earning the team doubles point.
• The Longhorns enter the weekend with a combined 26-23 (.531) doubles record in the spring.
• 41st-ranked Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (12-9, 8-7 dual) account for four of UT's seven wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Adrien Berkowicz and George Goldhoff (13-7, 7-3) are 7-3 in their last 10 matches as a team. The duo holds the No. 2 line for Texas.
• Seven different teams have combined for a 8-9 record on UT's No. 3 doubles line.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Longhorns are ranked No. 9 in the latest ITA Rankings.
• Texas has been ranked in the top-10 in 23 of the last 24 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.
ALL-AMERICANS
• The Longhorns return a pair of ITA All-Americans this season -- seniors Søren Hess-Olesen and Lloyd Glasspool. Hess-Olesen, a 2014 NCAA Singles Championship semifinalist, has earned All-American honors in singles twice (2013, 2014). Glasspool and Hess-Olesen earned doubles All-American honors last season as quarterfinalists in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Singles
1. #1 Søren Hess-Olesen (TEXAS) vs. #40 Felipe Soares (TTU)
2. #34 Lloyd Glasspool (TEXAS) vs. Hugo Dojas (TTU)
3. #72 Adrien Berkowicz (TEXAS) vs. Alex Sendegeya (TTU)
4. George Goldhoff (TEXAS) vs. #113 Jolan Cailleau (TTU)
5. Nick Naumann (TEXAS) vs. Francisco Zambon (TTU)
6. Clement Homs (TEXAS) vs. Connor Curry (TTU)
Doubles
1. #41 Glasspool / Hess-Olesen (TEXAS) vs. #25 Dojas / Soares (TTU)
2. Berkowicz / Goldhoff (TEXAS) vs. Cailleau / Sendegeya (TTU)
3. Naumann / Riechmann (TEXAS) vs. Curry / Zambon (TTU)
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