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February 17, 2011 | Men's Tennis

By: Athletics Communications

Feb. 17, 2011

 No. 21 Oklahoma Men's Tennis
 Friday's Match  vs. No. 59 Arkansas
 Date and Time  Friday, Feb. 18 at 5:00 p.m.
 Internet  Arkansas Live Scoring (TBD)

NORMAN, Okla. - The 21st-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team travels to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on No. 59 Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. The Sooners added the dual event after OU was eliminated from the ITA National Indoors event.

The Sooners (3-2) return to action after going 1-1 on the road last weekend, rebounding to defeat 45th-ranked Indiana, 4-2, Sunday after a close loss at No. 13 Louisville, 4-3, Friday night.

Arkansas (3-1) has won three straight which includes wins over SMU, Iowa and Santa Clara.The Hog's lone loss came at the hands of UNLV, 5-2.

table   RANKINGS RUNDOWN

The Sooners are led by senior Ionut Beleleu and reigning All-American Costin Paval. Beleleu, a native of Romania, is ranked No. 28 nationally. Fellow Romanian Paval checks in at No. 69 and Peerakit Siributwong, a newcomer from Thailand, rounds out the rankings at No. 118.

Oklahoma has two ranked doubles teams and are led by 68th-ranked Beleleu and Paval. Sophomore Lawrence Formentera and John Warden, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla., fell from the rankings after starting the year ranked No. 38.

Arkansas does not posses a ranked singles player or doubles team.

 Dual Match Records
 Singles 1 2 3 4 5 6 Overall
 1. Ionut Beleleu (Sr.) 3-2           3-2
 2. Costin Paval (So.)   4-0         4-0
 3. Laurentiu Gavrila (Fr.)     2-2       2-2
 4. Peerakit Siributwong (Fr.)     1-0 2-0     3-0
 5. Tsvetan Mihov (Fr.)       1-0 2-1   3-1
 6. John Warden (Fr.)         1-0 0-2 1-2
 7. Lawrence Formentera (So.)         0-1 3-0 3-1
               

 Doubles 1 2 3 Overall
 1. Ionut Beleleu /Costin Paval 2-3     2-3
 2. John Warden/Lawrence Formentera   2-3   2-3
 3. Tsvetan Mihov/Peerakit Siributwong     2-0 2-0
 3. Tsvetan Mihov/Laurentiu Gavrila     0-1 0-1
 3. Laurentiu Gavrila/Peerakit Siributwong     1-0 1-0

 

table   SOONER TENNIS NOTES

RODDICK ADDS GAVRILA
Laurentiu Gavrila, a Romanian native, comes to Norman with a multitude of accolades to his name, including a career-high ATP, Associated of Tennis Professionals, singles ranking of 888. In doubles Gavrila was ranked as high as 721 nationally. Gavrila is expected to contribute immediately for the Sooners.

LAST TIME OUT
The Sooners went 1-1 on the road last weekend, rebounding to defeat 45th-ranked Indiana, 4-2, Sunday after a close loss at No. 13 Louisville, 4-3, Friday night.

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