NORMAN – The No. 23 Oklahoma men's tennis team returns to the Headington Family Tennis Center this weekend to host three matches.
OU will face Wichita State Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a Sunday doubleheader with SMU (11 a.m.) and Abilene Christian (3 p.m.).
Last Time Out
The Sooners advanced to the ITA Kickoff Weekend Championship match last weekend with a 4-0 upset of No. 12 Wake Forest. OU won the doubles point with wins at the No. 3 and No. 1 spots, then reeled off three singles wins from
Jake Van Emburgh,
Justin Schlageter and
Alex Martinez to upend the Demon Deacons. OU fell to conference rival and No. 6 TCU 4-0 in the championship match.
Where They Rank
OU entered the ITA team rankings this week at No. 23. Junior
Mason Beiler is No. 69 in singles play.
The Field
Wichita State
2021 record: 4-1
Ranked players: No. 32 Marius Frosa/Murkel Dellien
Last meeting: 4-0 OU in Norman (Jan. 17, 2019)
SMU
2021 record: 3-4
Ranked players: None
Last meeting: 6-0 SMU in Dallas (March 5, 1999)
Abilene Christian
2021 record: 0-3
Ranked players: None
Last meeting: 7-0 OU in Norman (Jan. 11, 2020)
Match Info
Live stats and
Playsight video will be available for all three matches over the weekend.
OU Athletics has announced that fans will not be admitted for 2021 matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center due to limited seating capacity related to COVID-19 precautions. Home and visitor student-athletes will receive a limited number of complimentary tickets on a pass-list basis.
More information on the policy can be found
here.