OU Hosts Wichita State Tuesday in Season Opener

No. 17 OU Men's Tennis
Tuesday's Match	vs. Wichita State
Date	Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 2:00 p.m.
Location	Gregg Wadley Pavilion
Internet	Live Scoring

NORMAN, Okla. - The 17th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team opens the 2011 season Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m., when they host Wichita State inside the Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion.

"We are excited about the start of our season against Wichita State," John Roddick said. "The Shockers have a very good program under coach Louderback and are coming off a season in which they won their conference and qualified for the NCAA tournament."

The Sooners are led by senior Ionut Beleleu and reigning All-American Costin Paval. Beleleu, a native of Romania, is ranked No. 26 nationally. Fellow Romanian Paval checks in at No. 57 and Peerakit Siributwong, a newcomer from Thailand, rounds out the rankings at No. 70.

The Sooners have two ranked doubles teams and are led by 24th-ranked Beleleu and Paval. Sophomore Lawrence Formentera and John Warden, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla., comprise the No. 38 tandem nationally after a stellar fall campaign.

Following their match against Wichita State the Sooners travel to Champaign, Ill., to compete in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, Jan. 28-30. Oklahoma will face No. 36 Notre Dame in the opening round.

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OU Hosts Wichita State Tuesday in Season Opener

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