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April 16, 2011

WHAT:  No. 11 Texas (16-6, 2-2 Big 12) hosts No. 38 Nebraska (15-8, 1-2 Big 12) on Senior Day for UT’s Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie. 

WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, April 17 – 1:00 p.m. Central – Penick-Allison Tennis Center – Austin, Texas (admission is free).  UT’s Corrie and Damico will be recognized shortly before the match. 

LIVE SCORING:  TexasSports.com

LAST MEETING vs. NEBRASKA:  Texas defeated Nebraska by a 5-2 count on April 25, 2010 in Lincoln, Neb.

LAST TIME OUT:  Texas defeated Texas Tech by a 5-2 count on Sunday, April 10 in Austin. 

PRE-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Michael Center
“Nebraska has significantly improved over the last couple of years.  They gave us a great match in Lincoln last year and have had some really good results this year.  I expect another tough match from them on Sunday.  Nebraska has an excellent team.  I thought we finished the (Texas Tech) match well last week, and we need  to build on that and try to build some momentum here  at the end of the season.  It is our last home match, and it is Senior Day for Ed Corrie and Kellen Damico.  We want to play well on Sunday.” 

ITA RANKINGS UPDATE
Singles
33. Ed Corrie (Texas)
49. Kellen Damico (Texas)
75. Christopher Aumueller (Nebraska)
107. Jean Andersen (Texas)
122. Daniel Whitehead (Texas)
Doubles
6. Ed Corrie/Jean Andersen (Texas)
38. Kellen Damico/David Holiner (Texas)
73. Ben Chen/Daniel Whitehead (Texas)

THE 2011 LONGHORNS:  Under 11th-year head coach Michael Center, Texas has reached the NCAA semifinals or better in three of the last five seasons.  The Longhorns have taken on a challenging slate in 2011 and enter the match ranked 11th, nationally.

UT opened the season on Jan. 15 with a 5-2 win over California in Tulsa, Okla.  The next day, Texas defeated host Tulsa by a 6-1 count.   The Horns took to the road again the following weekend and held on for a 4-3 win over host Michigan.

The Horns registered a pair of 4-0 victories over Hawaii and Rice (Jan. 28-29) during the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Austin to earn their trip to The Emerald City before posting a 4-3 win over No. 10 Texas A&M in a non-conference match in Houston.  Texas took to the road again in February and posted a 4-3 win over No. 25 Florida State on its home courts in Tallahassee, Fla., before venturing to Seattle for the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, where it defeated Kentucky and Illinois and suffered a loss to Ohio State.

Texas returns four regular singles starters from the 2009-10 squad that won the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles and reached the round of 16 for a fifth consecutive year at the NCAA Championships.

Texas ranked fifth in the preseason college tennis team poll released Tuesday, Jan. 4 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), and the Longhorns commanded five additional slots in the preseason singles and doubles rankings.

Senior Ed Corrie and junior Jean Andersen ranked fifth in the ITA preseason doubles rankings after qualifying for the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships last fall.  Sophomores Ben Chen and Daniel Whitehead boasted a No. 15 ITA preseason doubles ranking after producing a stellar fall season together.  Senior Kellen Damico and redshirt freshman David Holiner held a No. 25 ITA doubles ranking.

Damico and the aforementioned Corrie earned doubles All-America honors as freshmen in 2008.
Sophomore Vasko Mladenov, the 2010 ITA Texas Region Rookie Player of the Year, ranked No. 78 in singles.  Sophomore Ben Chen, who clinched the first three Texas victories this season, ranked 100th nationally in singles.

UT welcomes the aforementioned Holiner, Purdue transfer Thomas Wilson and freshman Sudanwa Sitaram for the 2010-11 season.