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No. 9 Men’s Tennis preview: vs. Georgia - NCAA Round of 16
05.13.2015 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns face Bulldogs in ‘Sweet 16’ on Thursday morning.
NCAA Championship
Round of 16: #9 Texas (21-6) vs. #7/8 Georgia (23-4)
Date/Time: Thursday, May 14, 2015 • 9 a.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas • Hurd Tennis Center
Championship Central • Live Scoring • @TexasMTN • Season Stats
AT A GLANCE
• No. 9 Texas makes its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship round of 16 on Thursday against No. 8 seed Georgia. First serve is scheduled for 9 a.m. Central on the Riverside Courts of the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. The winner of Thursday's match advances to the quarterfinals to face No. 1 seed Oklahoma or No. 16 seed UCLA on Saturday.
• Live scoring and video coverage of the NCAA Championships can be found on BaylorBears.com.
Texas in the NCAA Championship
• Texas advanced to the round of 16 by defeating Navy and No. 26 California in Austin last weekend. The Longhorns are 22-0 in NCAA Championship matches played at home.
• Since 1977, the Longhorns hold a 50-32 record in NCAA Championship competition.
• In its previous 32 NCAA postseason appearances since 1977, UT has 11 quarterfinal appearances and four semifinal appearances. From 2006 to 2009, Texas advanced to three 'Final Fours,' including the title match in 2008.
• Last season, Texas advanced to the quarterfinals in Athens, Georgia, losing to No. 1-seed and eventual champion USC.
SERIES INFORMAITON
• Georgia leads the all-time series with Texas, 15-4.
• In the last meeting, then-No. 10 Texas defeated then-No. 4 Georgia, 4-3, in the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship round of 16 on Feb. 14, 2014 in Houston. George Goldhoff clinched the three-hour match at No. 3 singles.
SINGLES SUMMARY
• UT's top three positions in singles are a combined 55-16 this season, including a 39-8 mark at singles positions one and two.
• Texas holds a 91-40 (.695) record in singles competition during dual match play.
• Senior All-American Søren Hess-Olesen (30-6, 20-4 dual) has led the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position in the lineup for four years. Hess-Olesen has a 20-4 record at No. 1 singles and 18 wins over nationally ranked opponents.
• Senior All-American Lloyd Glasspool (18-8, 13-4) has won 13 of his last 16 decisions at No. 2 singles.
• Senior Adrien Berkowicz (28-12, 16-6) totals 55 career wins after just two years as a Longhorn.
• Senior Clement Homs is 9-1 with three match-clinching wins since returning from a knee injury on March 12. Homs is 6-0 at No. 6 singles this season.
DOUBLES SUMMARY
• Texas holds a 13-0 record during dual match play when earning the team doubles point.
• UT has won eight consecutive doubles matches during NCAA Championship dual match play, including a 4-0 record in NCAA doubles competition this season.
• The Longhorns enter the round of 16 with a combined 37-31 (.544) doubles record in the spring.
• The All-American doubles team of Lloyd Glasspool and Søren Hess-Olesen (17-10, 13-8 dual) account for seven of UT's 10 wins over nationally ranked doubles teams.
• Texas has used 19 different team combinations during doubles play.
BIG 12 POWER
• Four of six Big 12 men's tennis teams advanced to the round of 16 in Waco. All four are top-9 seeds -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 5 TCU, and No. 9 Texas.
• Three of the top-4 singles players in the country compete in the Big 12 -- No. 1 Axel Alvarez Llamas (Oklahoma), No. 2 Julian Lenz (Baylor), and No. 4 Søren Hess-Olesen (Texas).
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 77 victories, four All-American honors, the 2014 Big 12 regular season title, and four trips to the NCAA tournament during their four years at Texas.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Longhorns are ranked No. 9 in the latest ITA Rankings.
• Texas has been a top-10 team in 27 of the last 28 ITA polls dating back to last season, including all 15 this season.
• Three student-athletes represent Texas in the singles rankings -- No. 4 Søren Hess-Olesen, No. 42 Lloyd Glasspool, and No. 54 Adrien Berkowicz.
• Hess-Olesen has been ranked in the top-5 of the singles poll for 10 consecutive weeks, including a No. 1 ranking on March 24. He has been ranked in the every singles poll since Feb. 16, 2012 -- his freshman year.
• Glasspool and Hess-Olesen are ranked No. 19 as a doubles team.
Hess-Olesen named regional Senior Player of the Year
• Senior All-American Søren Hess-Olesen was named the ITA Texas Region Senior Player of the Year on Tuesday.
• The 15 regional award winners are now finalists for National Senior Player of the Year, which will be announced on May 19.
TRIO ON ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS
• Seniors Adrien Berkowicz, Lloyd Glasspool, and Søren Hess-Olesen were named to the All-Big 12 Teams. All three were named to the All-Big 12 Singles Team; Glasspool and Hess-Olesen were named to the All-Big 12 Doubles Team.
• UT's three selections to the All-Big 12 Singles Team co-leads the conference with TCU.
• Berkowicz posted a 3-1 record at No. 3 singles in conference play this season to earn All-Big 12 honors for the first time.
• Glasspool earns All-Big 12 Singles honors for the third time.
• Hess-Olesen becomes a four-time All-Big 12 Singles honoree after leading the Longhorns at the No. 1 singles position for four years with over 100 career wins.
• It marks the second consecutive All-Big 12 Doubles selection for Glasspool and Hess-Olesen. The duo posted a 3-1 record at No. 1 doubles in Big 12 action this season.
FIVE ON ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
• Five Longhorns were named to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Men's Tennis Teams. 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 is 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 103-37 (.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.
• 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. 103 - Søren Hess-Olesen; 2012-15 (101-38; .726)
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 305-108 (.738) record in 15 years at Texas while appearing in the NCAA tournament during each season of his tenure.
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