OU to Close Season at Nebraska

April 20, 2011

No. 26 Oklahoma Men's Tennis (13-6, 2-3 Big 12) at No. 38 Nebraska (15-9, 1-3 Big 12)
Game Info	Friday, April 22, 2011 \| at 3 p.m.
Location	Nebraska Tennis Center \| Lincoln, Nebraska
Internet	Nebraska Live Scoring

NORMAN, Okla. - The 26th-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team closes out its regular season Friday April 22 at No. 38 Nebraska at 3:00 p.m.

The Sooners (13-6, 2-3 Big 12) are coming off a pair of 4-3 road losses to top-25 opponents. OU has defeated four teams ranked in the top 42, while each of the Sooners' six losses came against teams ranked in the top 32.

Nebraska (15-9, 1-3 Big 12) has last three of its last four matches, with its one victory coming against Oklahoma State.

Last season OU claimed a dominant victory over the Huskers in Norman, winning, 6-1.

RANKINGS RUNDOWN

The Sooners are led by senior Ionut Beleleu, the ITA Central Region champion, and reigning All-American Costin Paval. Beleleu, a native of Romania, is ranked No. 32 nationally. Beleleu and his doubles partner Tsvetan Mihov are ranked No. 60 in doubles play. Fellow Romanian Paval checks in at No. 46. Paval and Peerakit Siributwong are ranked No. 78 in doubles.

Nebraska's Christopher Aumueller, ranked at No. 68, is the only Cornhusker in the ITA top 100. Aumueller and teammate Andre Stenger are ranked No. 51 in doubles.

Dual Match Records

Singles	1	2	3	4	5	6	Overall
1. Ionut Beleleu (Sr.)	8-7	3-1					11-8
2. Costin Paval (So.)	3-1	11-3					14-4
3. Laurentiu Gavrila (Fr.)			7-5	4-2			11-7
4. Peerakit Siributwong (Fr.)			4-3	5-4			9-7
5. Tsvetan Mihov (Fr.)				2-0	6-5	3-3	11-8
6. Lawrence Formentera (So.)					6-3	7-2	13-5
7. John Warden (Fr.)					1-0	0-3	1-3

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	4-9	1-0		5-9
7. Costin Paval/Peerakit Siributwong	0-1	8-4		8-5
8. Lawrence Formentera/Laurentiu Gavrila			9-4	9-4
9. Costin Paval/John Warden		0-1		0-1

SOONER TENNIS NOTES

FOLLOW THE SENIOR
Ionut Beleleu, OU's lone senior, has led the Sooners at the No. 1 position for the majority of the year. Beleleu, the 2010 ITA Central Region Champion, has a career record of 92-43 in singles and 59-52 in doubles. The Zalua, Romania native was named to the first team All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 teams in 2010. This past fall Beleleu was one of 32 participants to make the cut to compete in the prestigious USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships.

PAVAL THE LEADER
Last year's Big 12 Newcomer of the Year started off the year winning nine in a row before falling to Virginia's second-ranked Alex Domijan on March 18. The Sooner is now 14-4 and is ranked No. 46.

NEWCOMER ALERT
Roddick's squad has seen four newcomers compete in the singles lineup this year. Laurentiu Gavrila has been steady at the No. 3 position, while Peerakit Siributwong is 5-4 at the No. 4 spot and 4-3 at No. 3. Tsvetan Mihov (11-8) has been instrumental for the Sooners, while Harry Warden has filled in at the No. 5 and 6 spots.

DOUBLES LINEUPS
Oklahoma has tried nine different doubles tandems throughout the season and have won a total of 10 doubles points.

GAVRILA THE GREAT
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 been key for OU at the No. 3 spot where he boasts a 7-5 record (11-7 overall).

LAST TIME OUT
The Sooners are coming off of two 4-3 losses on the road to No. 7 Baylor and No. 21 Texas Tech. The Sooners fell in the final singles match of both matchups.

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