Tennis Opens Big 12 Play Against UT, A&M

March 29, 2012

No. 21 Oklahoma Men's Tennis
Friday's Match	vs. No. 13 Texas
Date & Time	Friday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Location	Austin, Texas
Sunday's Match	vs. Texas A&M
Date & Time	Sunday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m.
Location	College Station, Texas
Oklahoma Info	2012 Roster \| Staff \| Schedule
Internet	UT Live Scoring \| A&M Live Scoring

NORMAN, Okla. - Coming off of four-straight road wins, the 21st-ranked Oklahoma men's tennis team opens up Big 12 play on the road at No. 13 Texas on Friday, March 30 at 5 p.m., and 25th-ranked Texas A&M on Sunday, April 1 at 1 p.m.

Oklahoma (10-3, 0-0 Big 12) picked up a pair of wins earlier this week when it took down TCU, 7-0, on Sunday and Tulsa, 5-2, on Tuesday.

The Sooners' two weekend matchups will showcase some of the top teams in the Big 12's preseason poll. Oklahoma was chosen second in the first ever poll of the conference's coaches earlier this week.

Oklahoma trailed only Texas, who was pegged as the favorite to win the conference after the Longhorn's received four first place votes and 24 points. OU tallied two of the six first place votes and finished just three points (21) behind its foe from south of the Red River.

The Sooners' other weekend opponent, Texas A&M, came in third place with 17 points.

RANKINGS RUNDOWN

The Sooners have four ranked in the updated ITA rankings and are led by junior Costin Paval who is the nation's No. 17 ranked tennis player. Three more Sooners -- Peerakit Siributwong (No. 82), Guillermo Alcorta (No. 90) and Dane Webb (No. 94) -- check inside the top 100.

Oklahoma began the year with all three of its tandems ranked, but after the first month two tandems remain in the rankings. Paval and Webb check in at No. 13, while Siributwong and Mihov are 71st.

Texas' lineup features No. 64 Soren Hess-Olesen and No. 97 Daniel Whitehead in the ITA's Top-100 singles players.The Longhorn duo of Chris Camillone and David Holiner is ranked 27th in the doubles rankings along with Ben Chen and Daniel Whitehead at No. 50.

Texas A&M has the 29th-ranked Alexis Klegou and No. 103 John Lewis in the singles portion. Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow are ranked No. 30 in doubles alongside Colin Hoover and John Lewis at No. 76.

Dual Match Records

Singles	1	2	3	4	5	6	Overall
1. Costin Paval (Jr.)	9-2						9-2
2. Guillermo Alcorta (RSo.)		6-2	3-1				9-3
3. Peerakit Siributwong (So.)			1-1	6-2	2-0		9-3
4. Tsvetan Mihov (So.)	1-0	2-2	1-4	2-1			6-7
5. David Pultr (Sr.)					3-0	3-3	6-3
6. Dane Webb (Fr.)			1-0	1-0	4-1	4-1	10-2
7. Lawrence Formentera (Jr.)						0-1	0-1

Doubles	1	2	3	Overall
1. Costin Paval/Dane Webb	9-3			9-3
2. Tsvetan Mihov/Peerakit Siributwong		10-2		10-2
3. Guillermo Alcorta/David Pultr			2-0	2-0
4. Davild Pultr/Lawrence Formentera			8-2	8-2

SOONER TENNIS NOTES

FRESHMAN PHENOM
OU freshman Dane Webb, one the nation's most highly-touted recruits, is off to a 10-2 record competing in the lineup for the Sooners. He and Paval have secured a 9-3 record at the No. 1 doubles position and are ranked 13th-nationally. In singles, Webb began the spring season ranked No. 63 and currently sits at No. 94 in the country.

PULTR RETURNS TO OKLAHOMA
David Pultr was a member of OU's team that reached the Elite Eight in 2010. The Czech Republic native went 16-9 in singles action, with the majority of his matches coming at the No. 4 position. In doubles, he and Ionut Beleleu concluded the year with a 9-11 record.

MORE GEORGIA TIES
Bo Hodge was named the assistant coach at OU on Nov. 17, 2011. Prior to Oklahoma, Hodge served as the assistant at the University of Alabama for the past three seasons. A former star for the University of Georgia before pursuing a career on the professional circuit, Hodge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications at UGA where he returned to complete his studies after several years on the professional tour as a player and coach.

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