Men's Tennis preview: Duke
March 10, 2009
WHAT: No. 10 Texas (11-2) hosts Duke (6-3). WHEN: Wednesday, March 11 – 3:30 p.m. Central (match was previously scheduled for 6 p.m.) WHERE: Penick-Allison Tennis Center – Austin, Texas LAST TEXAS-DUKE MEETING: Texas posted a 6-1 win over Duke on March 2, 2008 in Durham, N.C. LAST TIME OUT: Texas defeated Vanderbilt by a 5-2 count on Tuesday, March 3 in Austin. THE 2009 LONGHORNS: Ninth-year head coach Michael Center and assistant coach Ricardo Rubio, the 2008 ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year, welcome four singles starters – each of whom have earned All-America honors as Longhorns - from last year’s NCAA runner-up squad. Junior Dimitar Kutrovsky returns after holding down the No. 1 singles slot in his first two seasons. The native Bulgarian clinched UT’s 2008 NCAA quarterfinal win over Ohio State and its NCAA semifinal win over UCLA. Sophomores Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie earned ITA doubles All-America honors a season ago and earned a spot on the 2008 NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 1 doubles. Senior Miguel Reyes Varela, who earned ITA doubles All-America honors as a freshman, was selected to the 2008 NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 6 singles and at No. 2 doubles with former Longhorn Luis Diaz Barriga. Junior Josh Zavala teamed up with Kutrovsky to land the No. 3 doubles slot on the 2008 NCAA All-Tournament Team. UT welcomes junior Olivier Sajous, a top-50 standout who played the last two seasons at Florida Atlantic University.
TEXAS-VIRGINIA START TIME CHANGED: The start time for the match featuring No. 10 Texas and No. 1 Virginia slated for Sunday, March 15 has been moved up to noon Central at UT’s Penick-Allison Tennis Center. |
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