Roddick's Squad Travels to Louisville, Indiana

Feb. 9, 2011

No. 24 Oklahoma Men's Tennis
Friday's Match	vs. No. 13 Louisville
Sunday's Match	vs. No. 45 Indiana
Date and Time	Friday, Feb. 11 at 5:00 p.m. \| Sunday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m.
Internet	Louisville Live Scoring

NORMAN, Okla. - The 24th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team travels to Louisville, Ken., to take on No. 13 Louisville on Friday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m., before heading to Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday to compete against 45th-ranked Indiana.

The Sooners (2-1) return to action after going 1-1 at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Illinois, where OU fell to No. 25 Notre Dame, 4-1, before rebounding to beat No. 41 Denver, 6-1.

Louisville's 7-0 start is tied for the best start in program history after beating four opponents ranked in the top 75; including a win over No. 17 Ole Miss in the finals of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.

Indiana (6-2) is hosting three matches over the course of the weekend. Throughout the year the Hoosiers have only sustained losses to second-ranked USC and No. 12 Kentucky so far this season.

This marks the first matchup between the Sooners and Louisville. Oklahoma is 1-1 all-time against the Hoosiers with the last meeting going in favor of the Sooners 6-1 in Norman last year.

RANKINGS RUNDOWN

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.

Oklahoma has 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.

Louisville has three singles players ranked in the top 100 and are led by No. 8 Austen Childs. Viktor Maksimcuk is ranked No. 75 and Simon Childs checks in at No. 98. The Cardinals do not possess a ranked doubles squad.

Indiana has zero ranked individuals and no ranked doubles tandems.

Dual Match Records

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

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

SOONER TENNIS NOTES

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS
This marks the first matchup between the Sooners and Louisville. Oklahoma is 1-1 all-time against the Hoosiers with the last meeting going in favor of the Sooners 6-1 in Norman last year.

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 (2-1) return to action after going 1-1 at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Illinois, where OU fell to No. 25 Notre Dame, 4-1, before rebounding to beat No. 41 Denver, 6-1.

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