Sooners Travel to Tulsa Friday for Bedlam

Feb. 24, 2011

No. 24 Oklahoma Men's Tennis (4-2)
Friday's Match	vs. No. 59 Oklahoma State
Date	Friday, Feb. 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Location	Micahel D. Case Tennis Center
Internet	Live Scoring

NORMAN, Okla. - The 24th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team will take on No. 59 Oklahoma State on Friday, Feb. 25, in Stillwater, Okla. The match will begin at 6 p.m. inside the Micahel D. Case Tennis Center on the University of Tulsa campus.

Oklahoma (4-2) is coming off a 4-3 road victory over then-No. 59 Arkansas, while OSU (2-4) limps into the Bedlam showdown after dropping a 4-2 contest against UC-Irvine.

“We are excited about our upcoming match against OSU,” John Roddick said. “We were able to get them twice last year and we are ready for another tough match. They have a talented and deep roster. It will be a tough test for our first outdoor match.”

Last year OU went 2-0 against the Cowboys after defeating OSU 4-3 in their first meeting, snapping a 20-match losing streak to the Cowboys that dated back to 1995. In the second meeting of the season the Sooners won handily, 6-1, in Stillwater.

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.

Oklahoma State's Vlad Bondarenko is ranked No. 115 in singles, while Aleksey Bessonov and Rifat Bigtyakov combine to make the nation's fourth-ranked doubles team.

Dual Match Records

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

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
4. Tsvetan Mihov/Laurentiu Gavrila			0-1	0-1
5. Laurentiu Gavrila/Peerakit Siributwong			1-0	1-0
6. Ionut Beleleu/Tsvetan Mihov	0-1			0-1
7. Costin Paval/Peerakit Siributwong		1-0		1-0
8. Lawrence Formentera/Laurentiu Gavrila			0-1	0-1

SOONER TENNIS NOTES

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS
The Sooners are 42-23 all-time against Oklahoma State, with the Sooners winning both matches from last season.

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
Oklahoma is coming off a 4-3 road victory over then-No. 59 Arkansas and is riding a two-match winning streak.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sooners Travel to Tulsa Friday for Bedlam

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