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No. 4 Men’s Tennis preview: ITA National Indoors Quarterfinals
02.14.2020 | Men's Tennis
The third-seeded Longhorns will face 11 seed No. 13 Michigan on Saturday at 9 a.m. CT in Madison, Wisc.
3 seed No. 4 Texas vs. 11 seed No. 13 Michigan
When: Sat., Feb. 15, 2020, 9 a.m. CT
Where: Nielsen Tennis Stadium, Madison, Wis.
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-Michigan Series: Texas leads, 16-3
Texas and Michigan meet for the 20th time in series history dating back to 1975 and for the first time since 2014, a 5-2 win for Texas in Ann Arbor. This will be the second meeting in the ITA National Indoor Championships with the last coming in 2009, which the Longhorns won, 4-0, in the first round.
Last Meeting
No. 10 Texas 5, Michigan 2
Fri., Feb. 7, 2014 • Varsity Tennis Center • Ann Arbor, Mich.
Singles - Order of Finish (2,1,5,3,4,6)
1. No. 75 Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) def. Alex Petrone (MICH) 6-3, 6-5 (3)
2. No. 35 Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. Vlad Stefan (MICH) 6-5 (7-5), 6-2
3. No. 24 George Goldhoff (UT) def. Shaun Bernstein (MICH) 6-3, 6-4
4. Adrien Berkowicz (UT) def. Alex Buzzi (MICH) 5-6 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4
5. Nick Naumann (UT) def. Barrett Franks (MICH) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
6. Kevin Wong (MICH) def. David Holiner (UT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-5 (7-4)
Doubles - Order of Finish (3,1)
1. Alex Buzzi/Barrett Franks (MICH) def. No. 5 Lloyd Glasspool/Søren Hess-Olesen (UT) 6-4
2. Alex Petrone/Michael Zhu (MICH) vs. George Goldhoff/Nick Naumann (UT) 4-5, unf.
3. Shaun Bernstein/Kevin Wong (MICH) def. David Holiner/Jacoby Lewis (UT) 6-2
-Texas vs Michigan in 2019 tournament play
ITA Fall National Championships
Round of 64
No. 2 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 30 Andrew Fenty (UM), 7-5, 6-3
Ivy Plus Invitational
Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Kristofer Siimar (UM), 7-5, 6-3
-Ranked No. 4
Texas is ranked No. 4 in the latest Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rankings released Feb. 5 by the ITA. It marks the 16th-straight week the Longhorns have been ranked in the top four dating back last February. Texas had been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the last eight polls, but suffered its first loss since last season at No. 6 Ohio State on Feb. 1.
- ITA Individual National Rankings
Texas
Singles
No. 2 Yuya Ito
No. 12 Christian Sigsgaard
No. 37 Siem Woldeab
Doubles
No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard/Siem Woldeab
No. 15 Yuya Ito/Christian Sigsgaard
No. 59 Yuya Ito/Siem Woldeab
Michigan
Singles
No. 43 Ondrej Styler
No. 48 Andrew Fenty
No. 96 Patrick Maloney
Doubles
No. 4 Andrew Fenty/Matias Siimar
No. 42 Connor Johnston/Ondrej Styler
-Back at the ITA Indoors
The Longhorns are back at the ITA National Indoor Championships and have advanced to the quarterfinals for the second-straight year and the third time in the last four. Texas downed 14 seed No. 16 UCLA, 4-2, in the first round on the strength of four singles wins by freshmen Cleeve Harper and Eliot Spizzirri and seniors Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard.
Last season, Texas advanced to the semifinals for the second time in program history with the other coming in 2010, both of which came after defeating USC in the quarterfinals. The Longhorns also defeated host Illinois last year in the first round before falling to eventual champion Ohio State in the semifinals.
-Climbing the charts
Seniors Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard are both rising in the all-time career singles victories list at Texas. Ito is now tied for sixth with 105, while Sigsgaard is 13th with 100. Among the top 15, Ito has posted the best winning percentage (.766), while Sigsgaard's is third (.725).
-Ito dominant
No. 2 Yuya Ito had won 18 consecutive singles matches prior to falling to No. 28 Trent Bryde of Georgia on Feb. 8. He bounced back in his next match with a top-10 win over No. 6 Keegan Smith of UCLA on Feb. 14. He has won 22 of his last 24, and 30 out of his last 33 counting tournament play and dating back to last season. Of the 30 wins, 19 have been against ranked opponents with only two of those coming against players outside of the top 50, while 10 of them have been in the top 25. HIs only other loss since beginning fall play has been to teammate Siem Woldeab in the championship of the Gamecock Invitational.
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