Feb. 20, 2013
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 • Austin, Texas • Penick-Allison Tennis Center
Texas vs. UT Alrington - 1:30 p.m. CT
Texas vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - 6:00 p.m. CT
Live Scoring: TexasSports.com
Twitter: @TexasMTN
TV: Longhorn Network - Steve Weissman (play-by-play), Jon Wiegand(analyst)
Texas Game Notes 
• Texas begins its 2013 home schedule on Thursday, Feb. 21, with a doubleheader against UT Arlington and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi televised on Longhorn Network.
• The Longhorns are ranked 15th in the latest ITA Rankings, released on Tuesday. It is UT's highest ranking of the seaosn after beginning dual match play ranked 23rd.
• After beginning the season 4-0, UT is on a three-match losing streak with all three losses against top-10 opponents -- No. 9 Kentucky, No. 2 Southern California and No. 7 Pepperdine.
• Series: Texas is undefeated all-time against both UT Alrington (4-0) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-0). Last season, UT defeated UTA 7-0 on Feb. 25, 2012 and then-No. 75 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-1 on Feb. 12, 2012.
• Home Openers: Texas has won 17 consecutive home openers, including a 12-0 mark under Head Coach Michael Center. The Last time Texas lost a home opener was on Feb. 10, 1995 against South Alabama.
• Longhorn Network will televise eight Texas men's tennis matches this season at Penick-Allison Tennis Center. The next live televised event will be on March 7 against Penn State.
• Sophomore Soren Hess-Olesen is the highest-ranked singles player for the Longhorns at No. 39. Hess-Olesen sports an 8-5 overall record and 2-3 record in No. 1 singles this season. The Denmark native was named the ITA Texas Region Player to Watch after last season.
• Senior No. 81 Daniel Whitehead is 13-10 this season, including a 4-3 mark during the dual match season.
• Sophomore Lloyd Glasspool leads the team in wins during the dual match season with a 5-2 record in No. 4 singles.
• Texas' two nationally-ranked doubles teams -- No. 17 Chris Camillone / David Holiner and No. 50 Sudanwa Sitaram / Daniel Whitehead -- have only played a combined two matches during the dual match season. Instead, Holiner and Whitehead hold a 4-2 record in No. 2 doubles, while Camillone and freshman Nick Naumann hold a 1-5 mark in No. 1 doubles.
• Michael Center is in his 13th season at Texas (248-90 record) and 22nd season overall as a tennis head coach (407-158 record).
• Texas has made 21 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament, including three Final Four appearances in 2006, 2008 and 2009. UT's highest final ITA ranking was No. 3 after the 2006 season.
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