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No. 23 Men's Tennis preview: at SMU

Jan. 11, 2013

Texas at SMU
Saturday, Jan. 12 | 1 p.m. CT
Dallas, Texas | Dallas Country Club

DALLAS, Texas - No. 23 Texas men's tennis will play its first dual match of the spring season on Saturday against SMU at the Dallas Country Club. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. Central.

Texas holds a 73-22-2 record against SMU since 1975. The Longhorns defeated the Mustangs 5-2 in Dallas last season and have not lost a dual match in the series since 2001.

Last week, UT opened the season at the Key Biscayne Invitational with a combined record of 21-12 in the quad with Denver, No. 24 LSU and No. 20 Michigan.

Texas returns all 10 players and added two newcomers from last season's team, which finished No. 27 in the ITA rankings. In the most-recent ITA Rankings (Jan. 4), the Longhorns have three ranked singles players (No. 31 Soren Hess-Olesen, No. 43 Daniel Whitehead, No. 98 Nick Naumann) and three ranked doubles teams (No. 13 Camillone / Holiner ; No. 40 Sitaram / Whitehead ; No. 41 Hilliard / Korinek).

Ranked Players (ITA - Jan 4)
Texas
No. 98 Nick Naumann
No. 43 Daniel Whitehead
No. 41 Alex Hilliard / Andrew Korinek
No. 40 Sudanwa Sitaram / Daniel Whitehead
No. 13 Chris Camillone / David Holiner


 

 

SMU
No. 83 Arturs Kazijevs

Next Match
Texas faces No. 25 Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19 and No. 17 Tulsa and on Sunday, Jan. 20. Both dual matches are in Tulsa, Okla.

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