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Fifteenth-ranked Longhorns hit the road to take on second-ranked Cavaliers and 17th-ranked Tar Heels.

WHAT:  No. 15 Texas (4-0) resumes the 2012 dual-match season this week on the east coast when it visits No. 2 Virginia and No. 17 North Carolina.  

WHEN/WHERE:
Friday, Feb. 3
No. 15 Texas at No. 2 Virginia – Boar’s Head Sports Club (Charlottesville, Va.), 5 p.m. Central

No. 15 Texas at No. 17 North Carolina – Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 11 a.m. Central

LIVE SCORING:  Available at VirginiaSports.com and TarHeelBlue.com

LAST TIME OUT:  Texas won a pair of ITA Kick-Off Weekend matches last weekend to earn a berth into the ITA National Team Indoor Championship later this month at The University of Virginia.  Texas shut out both Maryland and Texas Tech by 4-0 counts. 

LAST MEETINGS AGAINST THE CAVALIERS AND TAR HEELS:  Texas suffered a 5-2 defeat to North Carolina on March 8, 2011 in Austin.  Virginia defeated Texas by a 5-2 count on March 20, 2011 in Austin.     

ITA RANKINGS UPDATE: Texas held the 15th slot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) team rankings released Thursday, Feb. 2.  Junior Daniel Whitehead ranks 112th in the preseason singles rankings, while junior Chris Camillone and sophomore David Holiner rank 48th in the preseason doubles rankings.      

THE 2011-12 LONGHORNS:  Texas returns six letterwinners from the 2010-11 squad that reached the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships and the semifinals of the Big 12 Championships.

Junior Daniel Whitehead totaled a 12-2 fall singles record and capped the fall by winning the Southwest Shootout, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals.  Junior Ben Chen returns after posting a 6-5 fall singles record, and sophomore David Holiner tallied an 8-3 fall singles record. 

Sophomore Sudanwa Sitaram registered a 9-6 fall singles record, and junior Chris Camillone notched a 6-5 fall singles record.  Texas also welcomes the return of junior Alex Hilliard, who won a pair of matches earlier this month at the Key Biscayne Invitational. 

Freshmen Soren Hess-Olesen posted a 10-4 fall singles record while reaching the singles finals at a pair of fall events, the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational and the Southwest Shootout.  Notably, Hess-Olesen’s twin brother, Esben, plays tennis at North Carolina, one of Texas’ opponents this weekend.   Freshman Jacoby Lewis won four fall singles matches and won the consolation draw at the Southwest Shootout. 

Newcomer Lloyd Glasspool posted a pair of singles victories in his collegiate debut earlier this month at the Key Biscayne Invitational.  Texas also welcomes Australian freshman Joey Swaysland, who made his collegiate debut two weeks ago at Rice.

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