No. 21 Men's Tennis defeats Penn State, 5-2
March 7, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas - No. 21 men's tennis swept the first five team points on its to way to a 5-2 win over Penn State on Thursday night at Penick-Allison Tennis Center. The Longhorns improve to 8-4 on the season, including a 3-0 mark at home, as they begin a six-match homestand that includes No. 30 Michigan on Saturday, No. 44 North Carolina on March 12 and No. 1 Virginia on March 15. Thursday was the first time the two schools met in a men's tennis dual match. Penn State, led by Texas natives Russell Bader (Westlake HS) and Bryan Welnetz (United HS), falls to 5-8 on the year. After the teams split the first two doubles matches, all eyes were on center court at No. 1 doubles to decide the point. No. 11 Chris Camillone and David Holiner rallied from a two-set deficit to win the next four sets and clinch the point against Bader and Guanhua Chen, 8-6. "We talked a lot about being really aggressive, and in the moment being able to make a lot of plays," head coach Michael Center said. "I really liked the way we executed at the end of No. 1 doubles. I thought we raised our level and got a critical point there." After missing two matches due to injury, sophomore Soren Hess-Olesen returned to the court at No. 1 singles with a quick straight-set victory over Texas native Welnetz (6-3, 6-3). Freshman Nick Naumann's straight-set singles victory over Roman Trkulja in No. 5 singles clinched the fourth team point and win for the Longhorns. Naumann improved to 7-2 in dual match singles this season. The remaining singles matches that went to a third set were decided by a 10-point tiebreaker. Lloyd Glasspool extended his singles winning streak to four matches with a three-set win over Bader, which was decided in a 10-5 tiebreaker in the third set. The Longhorns continue a six-match homestand on Saturday against No. 30 Michigan at Penick-Allison Tennis Center. Results Singles Doubles
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