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No. 6 Men’s Tennis preview: at [RV] Tulsa
02.06.2019 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns travel to Tulsa for their first true road dual match of the season.
No. 6 Men's Tennis preview: at [RV] Tulsa
No. 6 Texas at [RV] Tulsa
When: Fri., Feb. 8, 2019, 6 p.m.
Where: Michael D. Case Tennis Center, Tulsa, Okla.
Live Stats and Video: http://streamingtennis.com/tulsa/
Notes
-Tulsa Series: Texas leads, 17-2
Texas leads the series with Tulsa, 17-2, however one of the two losses came the last time the Longhorns visited the Golden Hurricane, which was on Jan. 20, 2017, as No. 4 Texas fell, 4-3. The Longhorns turned that around last season taking a 7-0 sweep in Austin at the Texas Tennis Center. The only other win for Tulsa in the series was a 4-3 decision in the 2011 NCAA Tournament in a match in Norman, Oklahoma.
Last Meeting
No. 12 Texas 7, Tulsa 0
March 25, 2018 • Texas Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish: 6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 5
1. No. 60 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 116 Majed Kilani (TULSA), 6-2,6-2
2. No. 110 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. No. 81 Joshua Goodger (TULSA), 6-3, 6-2
3. No. 70 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Jarod Hing (TULSA), 6-0, 6-2
4. No. 80 Leonardo Telles (UT) def. Lucca Baptista (TULSA), 6-1, 6-2
5. Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Mitchell Pritchard (TULSA), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Boriss Kamdem (TULSA), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3,1,2
1. Joshua Goodger/Jarod Hing (TULSA) def. No. 4 Leonardo Telles/Rodrigo Banzer (UT), 6-1
2. Christian Sigsgaard/Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Lucca Baptista/Majed Kilani (TULSA), 6-3
3. Colin Markes/Yuya Ito (UT) def. Louis Corker/Mitchell Pritchard (TULSA), 6-0
Last Meeting at Tulsa
Tulsa 4, No. 4 Texas 3
Jan. 20, 2017 • Tulsa, Okla.
Singles – Order of Finish: 4, 6, 1, 3, 2, 5
1. No. 46 Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) def. No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard (UT), 7-6 (2), 6-2
2. Majed Kilani (Tulsa) def. No. 36 Yuya Ito (UT), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
3. George Goldhoff (UT) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
4. No. 47 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Okkie Kellerman (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-2
5. Mitchell Pritchard (Tulsa) def. Julian Zlobinsky (UT), 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
6. Leo Telles (UT) def. Daniel Santos (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 2
1. Okkie Kellerman/Dominic Bechard (Tulsa) vs.Christian Sigsgaard/Yuya Ito (UT), 6-6, susp.
2. Or Ram-Harel/Majed Kilani (Tulsa) def. George Goldhoff/Leo Telles (UT), 6-3
3. Daniel Santos/Jarod Hing (Tulsa) def. Harrison Scott/Julian Zlobinsky (UT), 6-4
-On the road again
The Longhorns hit the road for what will be the first of four road dual matches in the months of February and March with two each sandwiched around the ITA National Indoor Championships. The match against Tulsa will be the first true road dual match of the season, however Texas did face Miami in individual play in Coral Gables on Jan. 12-13. After Tulsa, Texas will go straight to Fayetteville, Ark. to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks, who are among others receiving votes in the latest ITA rankings, on Sunday. Following their trip to Chicago for the ITA Indoors (Feb. 15-18), they will travel to face No. 19 Tulane (Feb. 26) and No. 24 Georgia (March 3).
-In the ITA Rankings
Texas is ranked No. 6 in the latest ITA Team rankings released Feb. 6. The Longhorns also had four different players individually listed with three in singles and one pair in doubles. Texas was one of two teams to have two singles players ranked in the Top 15, along with Ohio State.
Singles
No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard
No. 14 Yuya Ito
No. 91 Leonardo Telles
Doubles
No. 13 Harrison Scott/Christian Sigsgaard
-Tulsa in the ITA Rankings
Tulsa is listed among other teams receiving votes in the ITA Rankings.
Singles
No. 73 Majed Kilani
-Huang earns first career Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor
Freshman Chih Chi Huang earned his first career Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor on Feb. 5. Huang clinched the team's 5-2 win over No. 6 North Carolina in a third-set tiebreaker in fifth singles as a true freshman defeating UNC senior Blaine Boyden (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 [5]). He also paired with Yuya Ito to contribute to the doubles point with a 6-2 victory over Brian Cernoch and Mac Kiger. Earlier in the week, Huang twice stepped into the third singles spot during a Wednesday doubleheader, picking up a win over Javier Rodriguez of UTSA (6-2, 4-6, 1-0 [8]), while having to leave his match against Thomas Rodrigues of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi unfinished on a match point after the team clinched. Huang also partnered with Ito for a 6-4 doubles win over UTSA to help the team earn that point en route to four wins for the week, including two in singles and two in doubles. Overall, Huang helped the team to a 3-0 record with a combined score of 15-3.
-Texas tops No. 6 North Carolina for third straight time
Texas played its first indoor match of the spring season against No. 6 North Carolina at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on Feb. 2. The Longhorns took a thrilling 5-2 victory for their third straight win over the Tar Heels after claiming 4-3 victories in 2018 in Chapel Hill and in 2015 at Weller. In a match that came down to the wire, the top five singles matches all went to a third set with Texas winning four of them. The last time Texas had defeated a top-10 team, it was also a No. 6 North Carolina team in the 2018 match in Chapel Hill.
-Dual match success
So far this season, the Longhorns have compiled a 29-4 singles record and a 15-1 doubles mark in dual match play while getting off to a 7-0 start. Texas is outscoring its opponents 36-4 in its first seven matches.
-Year Two of the Texas Tennis Center
The Longhorns are in their second season at the Texas Tennis Center. During its inaugural season, Texas posted a 10-2 record, including winning the 2018 Big 12 Tournament. Texas opened its home season with a 6-1 win over SMU on January 20, and swept the ITA Kickoff Weekend with wins versus Washington and Miami (Fla.) before sweeping a doubleheader against UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to move to 5-0 at the Texas Tennis Center for the season.
-Texas wins ITA Kickoff Weekend and heads to National Indoor Championships
Texas punched its ticket to the ITA National Indoor Championship with 4-0 sweeps over Washington and Miami (Fla.) in the Austin ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 25-26. The ITA Indoors will take place in Chicago from Feb. 15-18. The Longhorns return to the national event after missing it in 2018 following a loss to Notre Dame in that year's Kickoff Weekend.
-Longhorns begin dual match play in Orlando
Texas topped Ole Miss in the first dual match of the 2019 season, 7-0, on Jan. 16 at the USTA National Campus Collegiate Center in Orlando, Fla. The Longhorns took all six singles points plus the doubles point without dropping a set. Texas now holds a 4-1 all-time dual match record against Ole Miss. It was the second time Texas and Ole Miss competed against each other in this first week of the spring season. The Longhorns posted 6-1 singles and 3-1 doubles marks against the Rebels in individual play at the Miami Invitational.
-Texas part of new college tennis technology
Texas' match versus Ole Miss was part of the United States Tennis Association Collegiate Series, which includes a total of 12 matches featuring 22 different teams throughout the season. It was the first of four matches in the series to be part of the introduction of the PlayFair Challenge System using PlaySight SmartCourt technology. The mission of PlayFair is to improve the level of sportsmanship throughout tennis with the goal of increasing participation in, enjoyment, and viewership of the sport. PlayFair is a feature of PlaySight's SmartCourt technology, enabling players to challenge line calls made by their opponents or an official's overrule using instant video replay (a concept in sports known as Video Assistant Refereeing, or VAR). Players and officials can review where the ball landed by looking at a multi-angle video replay on the PlaySight touchscreen kiosk or an iPad/tablet device. The other three contests will include the Florida State-Miami men's match on March 10, and two women's matches, Michigan-Duke on March 9 and Notre Dame-Iowa on March 12.
-Longhorns open season with individual play at Miami Invitational
Texas finished the Miami Invitational (Jan. 11-13) with an 18-5 singles record and an 11-1 doubles mark, earning more victories than its opponents (Miami, Ole Miss, Wisconsin) in each section of singles and doubles of the three-day tournament. In singles, the Longhorns finished with a 5-1 mark against Wisconsin, 7-3 against Miami, and 6-1 against Ole Miss, while in doubles they swept both Miami and Wisconsin in four matches and were 3-1 against Ole Miss.
-ITA Preseason Rankings
Texas was ranked No. 8 in the preseason Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Rankings released Jan. 9. It marked the second straight season the Longhorns have opened in that spot and they moved back into the Top 10 after finishing last season at No. 12. Texas was the top-rated Big 12 team in the poll, which featured five of the six conference members. Texas held that spot in each of the rankings released Jan. 23 and 30 before moving up to No. 6 after its win over then No. 6 North Carolina.
-Big 12 Preseason Rankings
The Big 12 Conference men's tennis coaches unanimously selected Texas as the No. 1 team in the preseason conference poll, the league announced on Jan. 8. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team, so the Longhorns took all five first-place votes available to them and 25 points overall. Baylor and Oklahoma tied for second with 18 points.
-Defending Big 12 Champs
The Longhorns return a talented and experienced lineup that includes seven juniors or seniors back from its 2018 Big 12 title team, along with three newcomers. Head coach Michael Center enters his 19th season leading the team.
-Full records of the Longhorns' fall season can be found here.
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