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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Tennis Travels to West Coast This Weekend
March 09, 2011 | Men's Tennis
March 9, 2011
| No. 29 Oklahoma Men's Tennis (6-2) | |
| Friday's Match | at No. 42 Arizona on Friday, March 11 at 1 p.m. |
| Sunday's Match | at San Diego State on Sunday, March 13 at 1 p.m. |
| Locations | Aztec Tennis Center |
| Internet | Live Scoring (TBA) |
NORMAN, Okla. - The 29th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis hits the road this weekend to take on No. 42 Arizona on Friday, March11, and San Diego State on Sunday, March 13.
“We're excited to be going out to Arizona and San Diego State,” John Roddick said. “We will start our outdoor schedule now after playing all of our matches indoors. We have been practicing outside quite a bit but it's going to be a new challenge and one that will be beneficial to our team especially the way we play.”
Oklahoma (6-2) is coming off a 6-1 victory over then-No. 60 Northwestern and is riding a four-match winning streak heading to the west coast.
Arizona (8-5) has won two straight after defeating Sacramento State and New Mexico State. The Wildcats are 7-1 at home this season.
OU's opponent on Sunday, San Diego State, is on a seven-match losing streak and most recently fell to Rice, 5-2.
“It's going to be a good match against a good Pac 10 team that beat UCLA last year. We played them last year as well and it was a tough match at the Blue-Gray. Then we will be going on to San Diego State who we played twice last year too. Both are traditionally good teams and we're excited about the opportunity to be going to those places.”
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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. 59 and Peerakit Siributwong, a newcomer from Thailand, rounds out the rankings at No. 105.
Oklahoma has one ranked doubles teams led by 61st-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.
Arizona is led by Andres Carrasco, ranked No. 107 nationally, while San Diego State does not have any ranked indivuduals.
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SOONER TENNIS NOTES |
PAVAL PERFECT
Last year's Big 12 Newcomer of the Year is off to the best start of his career and is undefeated in singles action after going 7-0 at the No. 2 position for the Sooners.
NEWCOMER ALERT
Roddick's squad has seen four newcomers compete in singles this year. Laurentiu Gavrila has been steady at the No. 3 position, while Peerakit Siributwong is 4-1 at the No. 4 spot. Tsvetan Mihov (6-1) has been instrumental for the Sooners at the No. 5 position and Harry Warden has filled in at the No. 4 and 5 spots.
DOUBLES LINEUPS
Oklahoma has tried nine different doubles tandems throughout the season and have won a total of three doubles points during that span.
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 in the world. Gavrila has done a great job manning the No. 3 spot for the Sooners where he boasts a 5-2 record and has won three straight.
LAST TIME OUT
Oklahoma is coming off a 6-1 victory over then-No. 60 Northwestern and is riding a four-match winning streak.
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, UCF 0
Saturday, March 30
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, TCU 3
Thursday, March 28
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, BYU 2
Saturday, March 23
MTEN Highlights: OU 7, Texas Tech 0
Thursday, March 21
