Sooners Slam Rival Texas

April 5, 2013

NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 11 University of Oklahoma men's tennis team opened Big 12 play with a 5-2 win over their rival, No. 16 Texas, at the Headington Family Tennis Pavilion Friday night.

"We played a great match tonight against Texas," OU head coach John Roddick said. "Our doubles was really strong and it was a great momentum builder. Singles was really solid and we did a better job at Court 6."

The Sooners (14-5, 1-0 Big 12) and Longhorns (12-6, 0-1 Big 12) started the match neck-in-neck with each other in doubles.

Lawrence Formentera and Nick Papac won the first match of the evening, beating their opponents 8-6. Costin Paval and Dane Webb clinched the first team point for OU with a win on Court 1. Axel Alvarez Llamas and Guillermo Alcorta finished the doubles portion of the match with a come-behind win at the No. 2 position.

Alcorta extended the Sooners' lead in singles with a win over Lloyd Glasspool, 6-4, 6-2. Paval added onto that with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over Soren Hess-Olesen on Court 1.

UT tightened the match after a win on Court 5, when Nick Naumann defeated Peerakit Siributwong 6-4, 6-2.

Not long after that, Webb claimed the match for the Sooners with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Daniel Whitehead in the No. 3 position. This was the Sooners' third regular-season win in a row over Texas and extended Roddick's record over the Longhorns to 4-1.

The Sooners' added onto their win margin with a win on Court 4 after Alvarez Llamas upset No. 108 Sudanwa Sitaram 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

The Longhorns brought the final score to 5-2 after David Holiner defeated Papac in a three-set match at the No. 6 position.

The Sooners stay home this weekend for a match against Big 12 newcomers TCU (16-5, 1-0 Big 12) Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m.

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Oklahoma 5, Texas 2

Doubles
1. #29 Paval/Webb (OU) def. # 23 Camillone/Holiner (UT), 8-6
2. #71 Alcorta/Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. Chen/Whitehead, 8-7 (3)
3. Formentera/Papac (OU) def. Glasspool/Naumann, 8-6
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1. #30 Costin Paval (OU) def. #58 Soren Hess-Olesen (UT), 7-6 (2), 6-1
2. #51 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. Lloyd Glasspool (UT), 6-4, 6-2
3. #61 Dane Webb (OU) def. #85 Daniel Whitehead (UT), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. #108 Sudanwa Sitaram (UT), 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
5. Nick Naumann (UT) def. Peerakit Siributwong (OU), 6-4, 6-2
6. David Holiner (UT) def. Nick Papac (OU), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 5, 3*, 4, 6

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Players Mentioned

Guillermo Alcorta

Axel Alvarez Llamas

Lawrence Formentera

Nick Papac

Costin Paval

Peerakit Siributwong

Dane Webb

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