University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sooners Travel to Ohio State

January 26, 2006 | Men's Tennis

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla.  The University of Oklahoma men's tennis team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, Friday to face No. 18 The Ohio State University in a string of four road matches against nationally ranked teams.

Competing for the No. 42 Sooners in singles are seniors Tommy Garrison, Alexei Ivanov and Lee Gregg, junior Marek Velicka and freshmen Sergey Avdeyev and Cale Planck. Senior Matt Long and sophomore Federico Chavarria will compete for OU in doubles action.

Oklahoma lands two Sooners in the preliminary Fila Collegiate rankings, with Velicka at No. 23 in singles and Velicka and Ivanov at No. 20 in doubles.

The Sooners will face a highly-ranked Buckeye team that includes three top-100 singles players and two top-20 doubles teams. OU's next three outings include matches against No. 74 Memphis, No. 56 Alabama and No. 29 Auburn.

Friday's match results will be available on www.SoonerSports.com


Oklahoma 2-1 at Regional Indoor Championships
The Sooners opened their 2006 spring season at the ITA Central Region Team Indoor Championships, hosted by the University of Tulsa Jan. 21-22. Oklahoma defeated Illinois State, 4-2, and No. 75 Nebraska, 4-0, on its way to the finals match. In the finals, OU dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 58 Arkansas and finished the tournament with a 2-1 record.


Sooners Ranked in Latest ITA Poll
Two Sooners are ranked in the top 75 in the nation in the Fila Collegiate Tennis rankings, released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Junior Marek Velicka, who was ranked No. 35 in singles in the fall, jumped to No. 23 in the latest poll. Velicka also ranks No. 20 with teammate, senior Alexei Ivanov, in the doubles poll.


OU Welcomes Newcomers
Freshmen Sergey Avdevey and Cale Planck are two additions to the 2005-06 Sooner squad. Avdeyev, who hails from Moscow, Russia, ranked No. 3 in his age group in Kazakstan before coming to the United States. Planck, a native of Palm Desert, Calif., ranked in the top 10 players in Southern California and among the top 75 in the nation.

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